Do you know about the Centre of Expertise on Child Sexual Abuse?
The Centre of expertise on child sexual abuse (CSA Centre) aims to reduce the impact of child sexual abuse through improved prevention and better response.
They are a multi-disciplinary team, working closely with key partners from academic institutions, government, local authorities, health, education, police and the voluntary sector with a focus on supporting professionals to improve identification and response to child sexual abuse through evidence-informed resources, training, and guidance.The CSA centre has a range of free resources available to support professionals, including topics such as signs and indicators of CSA, communicating with children and supporting parents and carers.
The resources can be found here: Practice resources | CSA Centre
This week the Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel published the results of their National review into child sexual abuse within the family environment – conducted by the CSA Centre. For the past 12 months, the CSA Centre has worked with the Panel to produce an important new report exploring the challenges in the identification, assessment and response to child sexual abuse. Based on the experiences of 193 children, this report sets out 10 national recommendations which, if enacted, could help fundamentally transform the identification of abuse and the response that children and families receive.
The full report can be read here : National review into child sexual abuse within the family environment
Please note the children’s experiences reviewed in this report are upsetting.
The CSA Centre website has a wealth of information and you can sign-up for the latest news, work, courses and events from the CSA Centre team straight into your inbox every month : About us | CSA Centre