Child Exploitation Awareness Briefings for parents and carers –  Train the trainer

Learn how to deliver an introductory training session on child exploitation to parents and/or professionals. The session will enable you to develop your knowledge and confidence.

Learning objectives

By the end of this webinar you will of:

Developed a clear understanding of child exploitation, including the different forms it can take and how exploitation may present in children and young people.

Explored current child exploitation typologies and trends, gaining insight into the contemporary landscape in which exploitation occurs.

Increased understanding of the role of parents and carers as core safeguarding partners, including how they can be supported to recognise concerns and reduce risk.

Practised delivering child exploitation awareness content to parents and community groups using clear, accessible, and trauma-informed approaches.

Had the opportunity to practise facilitation skills, including supporting discussion, encouraging reflection, and managing sensitive or challenging conversations.

Used interactive exercises and discussion activities to support learning, engagement, and reflection within awareness sessions.

Had the opportunity to reflect on their own practice and readiness to deliver, including participating in a short practice delivery and receiving supportive feedback to build confidence for community delivery.

Who is the course for?

All those working in safeguarding with limited knowledge about child exploitation.

Those with a foundation knowledge of Child Sexual Exploitation and are looking to further their knowledge.

Course delivery

Our course will be accessed by learners online, streamed live via Teams, with the ability to watch and interact with our live trainers and other course participants. It will be a blended style of learning, with the same content and structure as our traditional face to face course. We are dedicated to ensuring the experience for our learners continues to be of the highest standard. This session will enable you to deliver an awareness session on child exploitation to parents and carers who you may support.

Our speakers

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  Dr Sarah Hall

  Sarah is a professionally qualified youth and community worker. She has worked in the voluntary sector for over 20yrs, mainly in the field of child exploitation.  She has two Masters; The Ethics of Social Welfare and, Social Research Methods and Evaluation (Social Work) and a PhD. Her doctorate explored social workers’ understandings of CSE and sexually exploited girls. She was awarded the Association of Child Protection Professionals Research and Practice award in 2019. Her paper, “She doesn’t have to get in the car: exploring social workers’ understandings of sexually exploited girls as agents and choice-makers, was published in Children’s Geographies in 2019.

  Sarah has worked as a trainer and evaluator within a multi-agency child exploitation team in South Yorkshire and currently works at Ivison Trust as a trainer and research consultant. She has also worked as a trainer for the Contextual Safeguarding Network and as an evaluator on a number of independent evaluations relating to CSE and the abuse of women and girls.

  Her main areas of interest are Contextual Safeguarding; supporting parents affected by child exploitation and professionals’ understandings of the agency of exploited young people.

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