Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA) final report: CASPAR briefing – A summary of IICSA’s final report into child sexual abuse and exploitation in England and Wales, with evidence from public hearings, submissions to the ‘Truth Project’, and IICSA’s research programme.
Resources
1) Strategy & Governance
HIPS Child Sexual Abuse Strategy
HIPS Child Sexual Abuse Strategy
HIPS Procedures on Child Sexual Abuse
HIPS Procedures on Child Exploitation
2) What is CSA?
The scale and nature of CSA
The scale and nature of CSA – CSA Centre – To tackle child sexual abuse, there is a need to properly understand its causes, scope, scale and impact. The CSA Centre’s ‘scale and nature’ research programme was built following a review of evidence on the scale and nature of child sexual abuse which consists of four strands.
A typology of child sexual abuse offending
A typology of CSA offending – CSA Centre – The CSA Centre outlines their new typology of child sexual abuse offending. Intended to inform, rather than direct practice, helping to improve collective responses to child sexual abuse by developing a stronger shared understanding of the complexity of this abuse and the many different forms it can take.
Supporting practice in tackling child sexual abuse film series
Supporting practice in tackling child sexual abuse – CSA Centre – At least half a million children are estimated to experience some form of sexual abuse each year. Supporting professionals to have the knowledge, skills and confidence in identifying and responding to concerns of child sexual abuse is fundamental in addressing this. These 12 short films produced by The Centre of Expertise on CSA distils key information from their resources quickly and accessibly for professionals.
NSPCC Learning, Protecting Children from Sexual Abuse
NSPCC Learning ‘Protecting Children from Sexual abuse’ – This useful NSPCC guide provides advice and information on CSA including recognising, responding and preventing, as well as the impact of CSA on children.
Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse final report: CASPAR briefing
Child Sexual Abuse: Statistics Briefing
Child Sexual Abuse: Statistics Briefing – This NSPCC briefing looks at what data and statistics are available about CSA to help professionals, and the organisations they work for, make evidence-based decisions.
Harmful Sexual Behaviour
General
disrespectnobody
BISH- Planet Porn
Fumble – Your Handy Guide To Sex
AMAZE – Age appropriate info on puberty for tweens and their parents
Adolescents toolkit
Safeguarding Adolescents Toolkit – Hampshire Safeguarding Children Partnership (hampshirescp.org.uk)
NICE- Harmful sexual behaviour among children and young people
Consent
Guide To Sexual Consent | Consent Meaning | The Mix
https://youtu.be/pZwvrxVavnQ – Cup of Tea/consent video
https://youtu.be/h3nhM9UlJjc – consent video animation
https://youtu.be/oeReb_aUZe8 – consent video for older teens
For all clips – watch first to determine if they are appropriate for the children and young people you work with.
Healthy relationships
Teen-Relationship-Workbook.pdf (cheshirewestscp.co.uk)
Healthy Relationship Teens Toolkit (uksaysnomore.org)
healthy relationships toolkit
Healthy Relationships Toolkit – Teenagers – Free Social Work Tools and Resources:
Sexting
Resources to deal with sexting – Internet Matters
https://www.thinkuknow.co.uk/ – CEOP resource
Sexting resources – UK Safer Internet Centre
Sexting: a guide for parents | Free resources for parents | The Spark
Others
Puberty and Sexuality – Leeds Sexual Health for children with additional needs
Talk PANTS & Join Pantosaurus – The Underwear Rule | NSPCC
Books
Parents Protect – Books to read with children to help prevent sexual abuse
3) Identification
Signs and indicators: A template for identifying and recording concerns of child sexual abuse
Signs and indicators: A template for identifying and recording concerns of CSA – This template, produce by the CSA Centre, has been designed to support professionals across a range of organisations and agencies in systematically observing, recording and communicating their concerns about possible CSA.
Helping education settings identify and respond to concerns
Helping education settings identify and respond to concerns – CSA Centre – Three resources tailored to help all education professionals when they have concerns of CSA or behaviour.
4) Reporting
Hampshire Children’s Services
Public Tel: 0300 555 1384 (Monday – Friday, 9am – 5pm)
Out of Hours: 0300 555 1373
Professionals should complete the online interagency referral form. For urgent Child protection enquiries, call the Professionals Line: 01329 225379.
Isle of Wight Children’s Services
Public: 0300 300 0117
Professionals should complete the online interagency referral form. For urgent Child protection enquiries, professionals can phone: 0300 300 0901.
Southampton Children’s Services
Public: 023 8083 3336
Out of Hours (5:00pm – 8:30am): 023 8023 3344
Professionals should complete the online referral form or contact the Children’s Resource Service on 02380 83 3004 (Monday to Thursday 8.30am to 5.00pm and Friday 8.30am to 4.30pm) or 02380 23 3344 (weekends, bank holidays and outside of office hours).
The Children’s Resource Service (southampton.gov.uk)
Portsmouth Children’s Services
Tel: 023 9268 8793
Email: mash@portsmouthcc.gov.uk
Out of Hours (5:00pm – 8:30am): 0300 555 1373
5) Assessment
Medical examinations
The HIPS guide to CSA medical examinations – Provides information on local services.
Leaflets for children and carers about what to expect at a CSA medical can b accessed by children and carers on the Healthier Together website.
Medical examinations – CSA Centre – When CSA is suspected or disclosed, a paediatric medical examination should be considered. These examinations are holistic assessments of the child’s wellbeing and broad health needs, as well as an opportunity to look for supportive findings, such as injury or gather forensic samples.
6) Support & Interventions
Communicating with children: A guide for those working with
Communicating with children: A guide for those working with
children who have or may have been sexually abused
Communicating with Children Guide: A guide for those working with children who have or may have been sexually abuse – This guide is for anyone whose role brings them into contact with children, including social workers, teachers, police officers, health professionals, voluntary-sector workers or faith leaders/workers.
Supporting parents and carers: A guide for those working with families affected by child sexual abuse
Supporting Parents and Carers: A guide for those working with families affected by child sexual abuse (csacentre.org.uk) – This guide is for anyone whose role brings them into contact with the parents and carers of children under 18 years old, including social workers, teachers, police
officers, health professionals, voluntary-sector workers or faith leaders/workers.
Centre of expertise on child sexual abuse (CSA Centre)
Centre of Expertise on child sexual abuse (CSA Centre) – are a multi-disciplinary team, funded by the Home Office, hosted by Barnardo’s and work closely with key partners from academic institutions, local authorities, health, education, police and the voluntary sector.
The Lucy Faithfull Foundation
Lucy Faithfull website – Provides a range of services for organisations, professionals and the public including risk assessments and intervention; expert training; specialist consultancy, and public education.
Preventing harmful sexual behaviour in children – Stop It Now
Stop It Now!
Stop it now Helpline – Supports adults who are unsure or worried about their own sexual thoughts or behaviour towards children, or the behaviour of someone they know (adults or children).
Internet Watch Foundation
Internet Watch Foundation – Works to stop the repeated victimisation of people abused in childhood and make the internet a safer place, by identifying & removing global online child sexual abuse imagery.
New tool empowers children and young people to stop spread of nude images online | IWF
NSPCC
NSPCC – The UK’s leading children’s charity providing services to prevent abuse, help rebuild children’s lives and support families.
Preventing Child Sexual Abuse & Keeping Children Safe | NSPCC
ISVAs can support children and families through the criminal justice process, answer questions about the medical care and sexual health and they can give emotional support with referral on to counselling services if needed.
Information and guidance in ISVA roles can be found on https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/647112/The_Role_of_the_Independent_Sexual_Violence_Adviser_-_Essential_Elements_September_2017_Final.pdf
There are Young Peoples ISVAs, based at the Sexual Assault Referral Centre in Portsmouth (telephone 0300 123 6616). They see children aged 13 to 18 from across Hampshire, Isle of Wight, Portsmouth, and Southampton.
Children’s ISVAs are able to advise children and their carers for children of all ages. They are provided in different areas by specialist organisations such as Yellow Doors, PARCs. Please see the individual websites listed on https://www.hampshirerasac.org.uk/services/ . Many of these organisations also provide counselling services
Harmful Sexual Behaviour
Where to go for initial help and advice for professionals – Online
Parents Protect – Harmful behaviour in young people and children – Parents Protect Website has lots of helpful information for parents, carers and professionals, and also a confidential helpline.
Harmful sexual behaviour (HSB) or peer-on-peer sexual abuse | NSPCC Learning
Keeping children safe in education 2022 (publishing.service.gov.uk) – For education – government guidance ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’ 2022
Age-appropriate-behaviours-book.pdf (ncsby.org)
SWGfl – Harmful Sexual Behaviour Support Service | SWGfL – support line for professionals
Lucy Faithful foundation – The Lucy Faithfull Foundation | Preventing Child Sex Abuse
SARSAS – Organisations that can help | SARSAS
Harmful Sexual Behaviour
Where to get direct help and advice Services for professionals:
HSB forum is HIPS wide and is facilitated by Hampshire Youth Offending Team and Forensic CAMHS – email HSB.consult@hants.gov.uk for the link to attend.
The forum allows practitioners to:
- Discuss cases of concern or raising professional query.
- Agreement of actions for intervention which may form part of plans to address or manage need and risks identified.
- Explore academic or theoretical developments in relation HSB, with a view to increasing awareness, knowledge and skills in the management of cases involving HSB.
- Development of professional networking amongst the children’s workforce in relation to HSB cases.
- Increased awareness of services available and how they might work together to manage needs and risks.
Southampton:
Complex Case panel (Supported by FCAMHS)
Anna.Harbridge@southampton.gov.uk
Dawn.McCormick@southampton.gov.uk
Youth Work Provision – Louise.Upcher@southampton.gov.uk
Inclusion & Prevention – Kelly.ward@southampton.gov.uk
Portsmouth:
Prevention via MASH Keeping children safe – Portsmouth City Council
YOTs are not specialist Harmful Sexual Behaviour services but they are happy to provide support and intervention alongside Childrens Services, CAMHS and Barnardo’s.
Please note YOTs can not work with YP who are under Police Investigation, they must have an outcome first.
FCAMHS consultations
Services for families:
IOW: Youth Crime Prevention – youthoffendingteam@iow.gov.uk 823011
Hampshire: Youth Crime Prevention – YCP (Youth Crime Prevention) | Family Information and Services Hub (hants.gov.uk)
Southampton – Inclusion & Prevention – Kelly.ward@southampton.gov.uk
Portsmouth: prevention via MASH Keeping children safe – Portsmouth City Council
7) Prevention
NSPCC: Talk PANTS campaign
Talk PANTS resources for schools and teachers. Talk PANTS helps children understand that their body belongs to them, and they should tell someone they trust if anything makes them feel upset or worried.
HM Government: Tackling Child Sexual Abuse Strategy
Tackling Child Sexual Abuse Strategy 2021 (publishing.service.gov.uk) – This Strategy sets out the Government’s ambition to prevent, tackle and respond to all forms of child sexual abuse.
The Lucy Faithfull Foundation
Lucy Faithfull website – Provides a range of services for organisations, professionals and the public including risk assessments and intervention; expert training; specialist consultancy, and public education.
Stop It Now!
Stop it now Helpline – Supports adults who are unsure or worried about their own sexual thoughts or behaviour towards children, or the behaviour of someone they know (adults or children).
Parents Protect
Parents Protect – This website from Stop It Now! supports parents and carers to protect children from sexual abuse and exploitation.
The things I wish my parents had known
The things I wish my parents had known draws together advice from 16-21-year-olds on how parents should manage tricky conversations around sexual harassment and access to inappropriate content, including pornography. No child should have to stumble across harmful content online, and my office is taking action to try and tackle this issue. But, in the meantime I wanted to provide support and guidance for parents now on how to support your child if they do come across harmful content online.
8) Local & National Contacts including support services
Hampshire Help and Support Services
Services – Hampshire Hub (hampshirerasac.org.uk)
HIPS Procedures on Child Sexual Abuse
3.8 Child sexual abuse | Hampshire, Isle of Wight, Portsmouth and Southampton
LSCP Children’s Services
See above: Section (4) Reporting.
Specialist support for sexual abuse
Sexual health services
Solent Sexual Health Services accept self-referrals for young people aged 13 and over, across Hampshire, Isle of Wight, Portsmouth, and Southampton, for sexually transmitted infection (STI) testing, pregnancy testing and contraceptive services. Younger children can be referred by paediatricians and will receive a specialist service. https://www.letstalkaboutit.nhs.uk/ or phone 0300 300 2016. The R.O.S.E clinic provides a non-judgemental sexual health service for people at risk of sexual exploitation regardless of age – they take referrals from professionals only.
Sexual Trauma & Abuse Restorative Therapies (START)
START – is a new sexual trauma service, operating across Central, West and North Hampshire, bringing together the previous RASAC (Rape and Sexual Abuse Counselling Service) supporting Central, West and North Hampshire and BRASACC (Basingstoke Rape and Sexual Abuse Crisis Centre), also operating in the North of the county. The core service offered by START is a confidential, specialist counselling and support service for anyone who has experienced sexual abuse and/or sexual assault, resulting in sexual trauma. They also offer Peer Support Groups in locations across the county and therapeutic residential week-ends.
Advice and Support Line Tel: 01962 868 688
Yellow Door
Yellow Door – offer a wide range of specialist therapeutic, support & prevention services to anyone at risk from or affected by domestic abuse, sexual violence/abuse or other forms of interpersonal harm. They offer services, including Independent Sexual Violence Advisers, throughout most of Hampshire, Portsmouth and Southampton. The therapeutic support offered will vary on where a child lives.
Tel: 023 8063 6312
CIS’ters
CIS’ters – was set up in September 1995 by Gillian, a female survivor of childhood sexual abuse by a member of her immediate family. Their mission is to raise awareness of the existence of sexual abuse during childhood and to highlight the needs of those directly and indirectly affected. The also includes information to help the wider community of victim/survivors, friends and non-abusing family, plus professionals.
Tel: 02380 338 080
Mosac
Mosac – provides supportive services in a safe and non-judgemental environmental for non-abusing parents and carers whose children have been sexually abused.
Helpline: 0800 980 1958
Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS)
If a child or young person has significant mental health problems professionals can refer to specialist CAMHs services local to the area where the child lives.
General youth counselling services
Hampshire Youth Access
Hampshire Youth Access – is a partnership of local agencies providing counselling and support for young people across Hampshire.
Tel: 02382 147 755
YPI counselling (Basingstoke and Deane area)
YPI Counselling – offers confidential counselling for young people aged 11-25 in the Basingstoke and Deane area.
Tel: 01256 423878
Winchester Youth counselling
Winchester Youth Counselling – offers counselling, therapy and mental health support for young people aged 11-25 in the Winchester area.
Tel: 01962 820444
Step by step (Aldershot area)
Step by Step – offer a free confidential counselling service for young people aged 11-25 in the Aldershot area.
Tel: 01252 346120
Andover Mind counselling
Andover Mind – provide confidential counselling for young people aged 11-23 in the Andover area.
Tel: 01264 332297