NSCB Best Practice Child Sexual Abuse 19 March 2015

Agenda Introductions and Scene Setting – Abigail McGarry 9.40 – 10.40Introduction to the Strategy and Mapping Exercise - Andrea Brown and Val Crewdson – 11.00Tea/Coffee break – 11.45Effects of Child Sexual Abuse and The Assessment & Treatment of Survivors – Dr Ian Newey – 12.10Sharing the Draft CSA Strategy & Next Steps - Andrea Brown and Val Crewdson – 12.15Closing Remarks – Abigail McGarry

Outcomes for today Understand why CSA is a priority for Norfolk Gauge confidence in dealing with CSA in Norfolk. Learn about the effects of CSA Be involved in the development of the CSA strategy Understanding your role in taking it forward.

Setting the scene Board Priorities agreed March 2014: Neglect Child Sexual Exploitation Child Sexual Abuse

Why CSA? Because we have a problem in terms of: Identifying Tackling Preventing We know this because of our case review work, both Multi-Agency Reviews and Serious Case Reviews

What do we know about how well we manage CSA cases?

So many recommendations! supervisors need to help workers to have a low threshold of suspicion of CSA managing/addressing concerns about CSA that don’t have a solid evidence base specialist service – either for advice or for direct work – in dealing with CSA addressing the greater risks where both victim and perpetrator are children/siblings understanding links with domestic violence

Recommendations, cont. Clarify and strengthen the action expected of agencies following allegations and disclosures of CSA that are not evidentially substantiated in ABE interview, especially where these have the following features: The child has a learning disability A clear disclosure has been made to a professional but not repeated in the ABE interview The identity of the perpetrator is/was unclear A follow-up Strategy Meeting in such cases should be routine, to include all those involved with the family.

Introduction to the draft CSA strategy Think: On a scale of 0-10 how confident are you in dealing with CSA cases/situations? Tell us - are there particular barriers to practising confidently in cases of CSA?

Lucy Faithfull ‘Framework to Eradicate CSA’ Why did we use the ECSA framework? Primary – prevent through universal services Secondary – prevent with at risk groups Tertiary – prevent further abuse

Mapping Exercise Victims/offenders/families/communities Framework

Dr Ian Newey

Sharing the draft strategy Read and discuss the strategy Feedback (10 mins) On a scale of 0-10 how confident are you that the strategy is going to make a difference?

Our next steps Refining the strategy Norfolk Safeguarding Children’s Board Implementation….

Your next steps What is your next step? How will you take the strategy forward? Traffic Lights – identification tool.

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