Around 40 per cent of referrals to council children’s services for sexual abuse in 2021/22 involved harmful sexual behaviour (HSB) by children.
In light of this significant need among children and young people, CYP Now teamed up with Amberleigh Care and Kites Children’s Services to host a webinar to improve practitioners’ knowledge of, and response to, HSB by children. The free webinar, held on 29 November 2023, was attended by a wide range of practitioners working with vulnerable children including social workers, school safeguarding leads, residential and foster care workers, children’s social care commissioners and third sector providers.
Four leading experts shared their experiences and knowledge about a range of issues related to childhood HSB including how to identify it at assessment and start a conversation with parents, what therapeutic responses are available and how to tailor these to different settings, and what outcomes can be achieved and how to measure these.
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