New Tool: Child Sexual Abuse Response Pathway
This step by step resource from the Centre of Expertise on Child Sexual Abuse is centred on children’s needs, how they are feeling and what they hope will happen.
It is interactive with clickable sections designed to support professionals in identifying and responding to child sexual abuse, and empower them to learn more about the role they, and their colleagues, can play to best protect and support children.
It doesn’t just tell professionals what to do, it helps them understand how to do it.
The Response Pathway sets out how to respond to concerns of child sexual abuse at key points: from first concerns and early help safeguarding through to child protection and criminal justice responses. Throughout, it focuses on meeting the needs of children and their families.
A short 3min video by May Baxter-Thornton, Child Sexual Abuse Survivor, explains why it is important to always consider child sexual abuse in your work.
This recorded 1 hour session from Social Work England explored how professionals can identify and respond to child sexual abuse effectively. It drew on research from the Centre of Expertise on Child Sexual Abuse (CSA Centre) and other evidence-based sources.
