Research shows that a third of child sexual abuse is committed by other children, while 43 per cent of protection plans had offline HSB, and 25 per cent online HSB, recorded as a factor.
Despite this, analysis by the NSPCC has shown that HSB is sometimes overlooked by social workers and that practitioners want more support in how they assess and respond to the issue.
The webinar, HSB in children and young people: how to recognise it and respond effectively, is taking place from 12-1pm on Wednesday 29 November and is free to attend.
Speakers include safeguarding trainer and social worker Marcella Leonard, who has specialised in assessment and therapy in the fields of sexuality, sexual deviancy and trauma in both victims and perpetrators, and Sharron Wareham, children’s services manager at Barnardo’s Cymru Better Futures Service, whose work has helped shape NICE guidelines on working with children and young people who sexually harm.
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