The Second Annual Countering Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse Event 2022
Online Event 24 February 2022, 9:00am - 3:00pm
Day 1
9:00am
Online Registration
9:35am
Chair’s Welcome Address
Olivia Townsend, Member, Institute of Government and Public Policy
9:40am
Keynote Address: Improving the Response to Child Sexual Abuse Through Better Understanding of its Scale and Nature
- Bringing together the latest evidence from surveys and official agency records to set out what is and is not known about the scale and nature of child sexual abuse
- Defining child sexual abuse: seeing the whole picture
- Understanding prevalence from the ONS Crime Survey for England and Wales and other surveys
- Considering the widening gap between the likely rates of child sexual abuse compared to identification and intervention and some resources to assist services to address this challenge
Dr Sophie Laws, Deputy Director, Research and Evaluation, Centre of expertise on child sexual abuse
10:10am
Case Study: Creating The UK’s First Multi-agency Service For Children And Young People That Experience Child Sexual Abuse
- Co-designing a service with victims and survivors
- Learning about multi-agency partnership working
- Benefits of one safe place to support children
- Creating child-friendly justice
- Sustainable models for the future
Emma Harewood, Lighthouse Strategic Lead, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
10:40am
Questions And Answers Session
11:05am
Break and Networking
11:35am
The Need For Systemic Approach In Responding To Child Abuse And Exploitation Bringing Together:
- Child-centred and trauma-informed practice
- Strong partnership working across agencies and with communities
- Policy and legislative changes aimed at addressing gaps and barriers in responses
- The shift in societal attitudes and awareness of child abuse and exploitation
Iryna Pona, Policy Research Manager, The Children’s Society
12:05pm
Case Study: Processing A Record Number Of Reports Of Online Sexual Abuse Through Longer Periods Spent Online During The Pandemic
- Encountering a dramatic increase in the amount of ‘self-generated’ abuse material as more children and more criminals spend longer online
- Experiencing a surge of public reports to the hotline with people working and learning from home
- Dealing with whole online communities of sexual predators who devote themselves to finding and tracking down children on the internet
- Launching a campaign to tackle youth-produced sexual imagery and delivering a tool that helps young people to get nude images or videos removed from the internet
Dan Sexton, Chief Technical Officer, Internet Watch Foundation (IWF)
12:35pm
Questions And Answers Session
12:55pm
Lunch And Networking
1:40pm
Case Study: Offering Free Training For Delivery Drivers And Tradesmen To Spot The Signs Of Child Abuse During Lockdown
- Overview of short campaigns by NSPCC to reach delivery drivers and tradesmen during Covid lockdown restrictions
- How using free training as part of the campaign NSPCC targeted those still visiting family homes
- Signposting to safeguarding (SG) support and help for those who may not traditionally receive SG training – what we learned
Margaret Gallagher, Head of Local Campaigns Service, National Services, NSPCC
2:10pm
Afternoon Keynote Address: The UK Safer Internet Centre
Boris Radanović, Engagement and Partnership Manager, UK Safer Internet Centre
2:40pm
Question And Answer Session
3:00pm
Chair’s Summary And Close