Understand the particular relevance of trauma-informed practice when working with young people experiencing harm such as exploitation, recognise trauma response behaviours and create safety and trust.
This episode discusses why sibling sexual abuse can be so challenging for social workers, how to work with the whole family and the shame, blame and denial of parents, as well as the fact that both the child who has been harmed and the child who has harmed are children, and use this opportunity to make a real positive difference to their lives and longer term outcomes.
This episode discusses why sibling sexual abuse can be so challenging for social workers, how to work with the whole family and the shame, blame and denial of parents, as well as the fact that both the child who has been harmed and the child who has harmed are children, and use this opportunity to make a real positive difference to their lives and longer term outcomes.
Learn how the contextual safeguarding approach was developed, how it has been applied to date and how you might use it in your own practice.
Lessons from research to help social workers protect boys from sexual abuse, recognise and support victims and their disclosures
Brings together practice guidance, research, survivor perspectives, interactive and multimedia learning about child sexual abuse to help social workers identify and support children and families.
This scenario applies a family therapy approach to a case of sibling sexual abuse, including understanding what has happened, what the child and family need, and family conflict.
Group CPD learning activity: reflect on how parents might react to sibling sexual abuse, and how this could inform the social work response/intervention to support the whole family
Case scenarios involving sibling sexual abuse with practice questions to consider for group discussion or individual reflection
Understand the risk factors for sibling sexual abuse and learn ways to work with the whole family when harmful sexual behaviour has taken place.