Anna is a qualified social worker and has worked within statutory front line child protection and specialist services as a practitioner and manager throughout her career. She specialised in child sexual abuse work, acting as an expert witness in the family courts on CSA cases. She was previously the CSA Centre's Practice Improvement Advisor for Social Work and, before that, the practice development lead for CSA within the local authority and contributed to local and regional service and policy development. Anna developed and led a multi-disciplinary specialist sexual abuse team, which provided assessments, interventions, supervision, consultation and training. Anna is an Associate Tutor at the University of Sussex and is currently the Editor of NOTA News, the quarterly magazine for members of the National Organisation for the Treatment of Abuse.

Emma is a qualified social worker and practice educator. She worked for the NSPCC for almost two decades in the field of children and young people who display harmful sexual behaviour and child sexual abuse recovery services; with 15 in direct practice and then as a development social worker. This role focused on delivering training, workshops and resources for a wide range of professionals working with children and families. She has developed guidance and training for professionals working directly with technology-assisted harmful sexual behaviour, including completing an MSc in forensic Psychology exploring Technology Assisted-Harmful Sexual Behaviour and the tools and resources available and used by professionals working with young people.

Jasmin is a criminologist with extensive research and evaluation experience across both statutory and voluntary sectors. Before joining the CSA Centre, Jasmin worked as an independent research consultant, supporting organisations that operate within criminal justice, children’s health and social care and local government. Prior to this, she was a lecturer and researcher in the Centre for Law, Crime and Justice at Cardiff University for over 15 years and remains an Honorary Research Fellow in the University’s School of Social Sciences. Jasmin’s work is practice-informed, and she has worked on a number of research projects that have made a significant impact on both UK and EU policy-making.