Merton Safeguarding Children Board - Protecting Children at Risk of Physical and Sexual Abuse Course

Course Aims

• To discuss the concept of 'Risk', 'Thresholds' and 'Significant Harm'
• To review the national definitions of physical and sexual abuse and consider indicators of abuse
• To explore the impact of physical and sexual abuse on the child/young person and family
• To encourage the professional to maintain a child/young person friendly approach in their work
• To explain the child protection process and the referral process to Merton Children's Social Care

Content

• Listening to, and advocating for, children and young people
• Why work together?
• The definitions, indicators and processes of physical and sexual abuse
• The necessity of evidence gathering, accurate report writing and the compilation of chronologies/time lines

Teaching Methods

• PowerPoint presentation, Discussion, exercises, DVD's

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