Learning Outcomes
Adult Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse (1 day)
- Define childhood sexual abuse
- Identify the prevalence of childhood sexual abuse
- Identify what stops children disclosing at the time
- Begin to understand the effects of childhood sexual abuse on adults
- Know what makes adults eventually disclose experiences of childhood sexual violence
- Know how to handle an initial disclosure of childhood sexual abuse by an adult
- Understand practice issues and the importance of self-care when working with adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse
Working with Adult Survivors of Rape & Sexual Assault (1 day)
- Define adult rape and sexual assault
- Identify the prevalence of adult rape and sexual assault
- Begin to understand the societal context of adult rape and sexual assault
- Begin to recognise the impact of adult rape and sexual assault on individuals
- Identify barriers to disclosure and help seeking
- Begin to understand how to support someone to overcome barriers to disclosure
- Understand practice issues and the importance of self-care when working with rape and sexual assault
Working with young people who have experienced sexual violence (1 day)
- Define sexual violence what sexual violence is
- Understand the vulnerability of young people including potential enhanced layers of vulnerability
- Recognise the impact of sexual violence on young people
- Recognise the pervasive nature of victim blaming and its effects on the victims
- Identify safeguarding dilemmas and their links to confidentiality
- Identify how to deal with disclosures in relation to young people relevant to your role
- Understand practice issues and the importance of self-care when working with young people who have experienced sexual violence
Sexual Violence and Older People (1 day)
- Understand the nature of sexual violence and older people
- Identify the prevalence of sexual violence in relation to older people
- Understand the context of sexual violence and older people
- Recognise key differences in relation to sexual violence and older people compared to the accepted narrative
- Recognise the impact that sexual violence can have on older women
- Identify the barriers older women face in disclosing and reporting sexual violence
- Understand practice issues and the importance of self-care when working with older people who have experienced sexual violence
Sexual Violence & Trauma – Introductory Training (½ day)
- Define sexual violence
- Identify the prevalence of sexual violence
- Begin to understand trauma responses
- Identify the barriers to disclosure and help seeking
- Begin to understand how to support someone to overcome barriers to disclosure.
Understanding secondary trauma and the impact on practice (½ day)
- Understand the impact on professionals of working with trauma
- Understand the impact secondary and vicarious trauma can have on you and your practice
- Identify ways to address self-care when dealing with trauma
- Understand triggers which impact professional boundaries
- Identify strategies to minimise the impact of triggers affecting professional boundaries
