Multi-Agency Harmful Sexual Behaviour (HSB) Training
Focus CAMHS (FCAMHS) & The Learning Academy
For Wakefield Council colleagues please book these courses via the ‘Me System’. To cancel your place, please do this via ‘My Activities’.
Introduction to Harmful Sexual Behaviour (HSB)
Available Dates, Times & Location:
9th May 2024, 10:00am – 13:00pm – Chesneys Centre, WF7 5EN (RCYSPS Staff, School Staff, Local Health Partners)
Course Content:
- Demographics and characteristic of children that display HSB
- Research base
- Recognising and responding to HSB
- Impact of this area of work – space to reflect on this
- Importance of involving families
- Role of FCAMHS – consultation, assessment, formulation, and intervention
- Signposting and resources
Introduction to Technology Assisted Harmful Sexual Behaviour (TA-HSB)
Available Dates, Times & Location:
17th January 2024, 10:00am – 13:00pm – Chesneys Centre, WF7 5EN (Residential Home Staff, Foster Carers)
10th July 2024, 09:30am – 12:30pm – Chesneys Centre, WF7 5EN (All CYPS Staff, School Staff, Local Health Partners) Click here to book
Course Content:
- Children’s vulnerabilities online
- Prevalence of TA HSB
- Demographics and characteristics of children that display TA HSB
- Recognising and responding to TA HSB
- Challenges presented by technology – space to reflect on this
- Role of FCAMHS
- Consultation, assessment, formulation and intervention
- Signposting and resources
Harmful Sexual Behaviours Planning
Please note: You must have completed ‘Introduction to Harmful Sexual Behaviours’ to attend this course.
Available Dates, Times & Location:
22nd March 2024, Chesneys Centre WF7 5EN (Residential Home Staff, Foster Carers)
Course Content:
- Factors to consider in safety planning
- Involving the child and family
- Professional roles within safety planning
- Considering communication / learning needs
- Balancing risk and need
- Case studies to develop safety plans
- Role of FCAMHS
- Signposting and resources (including safety plan templates)
- For courses that are available for ‘School Staff’, this refers to staff that directly work in a school either managed by WMDC or an academy trust within Wakefield. If you have contacts in schools that would be interested in this training, you can email learningacademy@wakefield.gov.uk and they can provide you with the external booking link to forward onto them.
- For Residential Homes staff, please only book onto the sessions that are specifically for you as this will be more relevant compared to a general all staff session.
- For any questions or queries please email learningacademy@wakefield.gov.uk
Wakefield Safeguarding Children Partnership are committed with its obligations under the new EU GDPR Data Protection Act 2018 that came into force on the 25th May 2018 by keeping personal data up to date; by storing and destroying it securely; by not collecting or retaining excessive amounts of data; by protecting personal data from loss, misuse, unauthorised access and disclosure and by ensuring that appropriate technical measures are in place to protect your personal data.
We keep your personal data for no longer than reasonably necessary for a period of 3 years in order to offer upcoming courses, briefings and updates around safeguarding. We use your data to provide certificates once you have attended one of the sessions we provide, and to ensure that we have an appropriate sign in register with your name for fire safety purposes. After the 3 year period we will ensure that your data/information is destroyed in accordance under the new GDPR act.
The personal data that we collect about you are: your name, email, phone number and work address. If you require a copy of the data we hold for you, you can contact us by emailing wscpevents@wakefield.gov.uk.
Courses are free for the statutory, voluntary and community sector in Wakefield, however failure to attend without giving prior notice may result in a charge to cover costs. You may now be charged for undertaking our training if you are outside of Wakefield. Please see the Charging Policy for full details.
