Child Sexual Exploitation Half Day Course

Course overview

This course is designed for anyone wanting to improve their skills and reach their potential as a practitioner. The course is fully interactive and prompts you to assess your own approach to supporting young people who are in care or education and may be at risk of child sexual exploitation, (CSE) or who are survivors of abuse and exploitation. The course covers key topics such as definitions of Child Sexual Exploitation, Identifying factors that may increase the risks of abuse, recognising grooming relationships associated with child sexual exploitation and explores vulnerabilities and risk factors that can lead to exploitation. The course also includes a downloadable PDF workbook that you can fill in as you complete the training, so that you can develop your skills as a leader or manager and get the most out of the course content.

Aims and objectives

• Distinguish child sexual exploitation from other forms of abuse
• Give an understanding of the scale of the issue
• Recognise the stages of grooming
• Identify the signs of Child Sexual Exploitation
• Recognise the lessons learned from the Rotherham independent inquiry into CSE
• Respond appropriately when working with children with CSE