Target audience: This course is aimed at anyone working with children and families in Essex.
In November 2024 the Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel published its national review into child sexual abuse in the family environment. The report found a “systemic failure across all services to identify and respond to child sexual abuse in the family environment”.
This session will explore the findings of this report and the broader challenges which we know exist in practice for safeguarding professionals, before going on to think about what we can all do in our roles to improve the identification and response to concerns of child sexual abuse.
Learning outcomes:
- Understand the national and local data relating to child sexual abuse
- Recognise the challenges in practice on child sexual abuse, and what we can do to overcome them
- Understand the barriers facing children (and professionals) in communicating about sexual abuse
- Gain knowledge on resources to support practice including: identifying the signs and indicators of sexual abuse; communicating with children; supporting parents and carers; and safety planning in education settings.
In addition to this you will be provided with an overview and the learning from Multi Agency Case Audits (MACAs) about Child Sexual Abuse held in Essex in 2025
Speaker Biography
Anna Glinski, Deputy Director, Knowledge and Practice Development
Centre of Expertise on child sexual abuse
Anna is a qualified social worker and has worked within statutory child protection and specialist services as a social worker and manager throughout her career. She has specialised in child sexual abuse work for nearly 20 years, previously acting as an expert witness in the family courts on child sexual abuse cases. Prior to being in her current role, Anna was the CSA Centre's Practice Improvement Advisor for Social Work and, prior to that, the practice development lead for child sexual abuse within her local authority, contributing to local and regional service and policy development. Anna developed and led a multi-disciplinary specialist sexual abuse team, which provided assessments, interventions, supervision, consultation and training.
In her current role Anna offers expert input on a number of national strategic projects relating to child sexual abuse, including most recently the National Panel’s thematic inquiry into child sexual abuse in the family environment. Anna is co-chair of the Child Sexual Abuse Special Interest Group for the Association of Child Protection Professionals and is a member of the Children and Families Thematic Group at the British Association for Social Workers. She is an Associate Tutor at the University of Sussex and is the Editor of NOTA News, the quarterly magazine for members of the National Organisation for the Treatment of Abuse.
Cost to participants: Free (Please ensure you have read the charging and cancellation policy before completing this application, as non-attendance or late-notice cancellation will result in a charge).
If a delegate fails to attend a course that they have booked, or cancel with less than five working days’ notice, their organisation will be charged £20 for the half day session. A delegate will be deemed a non-attendee if they arrive 15 minutes after the course commences either online or at a venue.
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