The Centre of Expertise on Child Sexual Abuse was launched in February 2017. Hosted by Barnardo's and backed with £8m of Home Office funding until 2020, the creation of the centre was a key part of the former coalition government's child sexual exploitation action plan published in March 2015.
Cassandra Harrison, formerly deputy director of policy and public affairs at Barnardo's, was appointed director of the centre in November 2016 to oversee its launch. She undertook a number of policy and research positions in local government after graduating with a degree in international business, and says her mother's job as a social worker and parents being foster carers sparked her interest in children's social care issues.
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