20. Assessing young people (10+) with sexually harmful behaviours

Course overview

This is an introductory course designed to cater for social workers, carers and other professionals who work or care for young people (10+) who display sexually harmful behaviours. The course will involve a mixture of didactic and experiential learning, including taught material, large and small group exercises. Each participant will receive a training pack.

Course aims

• To provide participants with a basic knowledge of the main issues raised by harmful behaviours shown by young people
  
  
• To highlight the myths and realities around issues of sexual harmful behaviour
  
  
• To develop knowledge of the ways in which young people can develop such behaviour
  
  
• To enable participants to distinguish between 'normal' and harmful behaviour
  
  
• To provide an understanding of the needs that underlie such behaviour
  
  
• To increase assessment skills
  
  
• To highlight intervention, risk reduction and risk management strategies
  
  
• To have ideas for ways to support young people with their difficulties
  
  
• To consider worker feelings, values and personal issues which arise in this work
  
  
• To consider such work in the context of a child's developmental needs, language, gender, ethnicity, disability or experience of trauma
  
  
• To consider the requirements of child protection

Course Content

• What is sexual abuse?
  
  
• Myths and realities
  
  
• What research tells us
  
  
• Normal or harmful?
  
  
• How abuse develops
  
  
• Patterns of abuse
  
  
• Assessment tools and frameworks
  
  
• Intervention issues
  
  
• Relapse prevention and risk management
  

For further information and to discuss your individual needs please contact the Training Co-ordinator on 01527 591922 or email: training@lucyfaithfull.org.uk