Responding to Disclosures of Rape and/or Sexual Abuse
Venue
Kingswood Civic Centre, High Street, Kingswood
Event Tutors
Learning and Development
Admin Contact
Learning and Development (HRlearninganddevelopment@southglos.gov.uk)
Target Audience
Adopters / Childminders / Connected Carers / External Care Providers / Foster Carers / Health Practitioners / Pre-Schools & Nurseries / Schools / Social Care Staff
Event Types
Course (daytime)
Course categories
Adopters and Foster Carers / Adult Social Care / Children and Young People
Adopters and Foster Carers subcategories
Professional Development
Adult Social Care subcategories
Adult Mental Health / General Adult Social Care / Learning Difficulties / Older People / Safeguarding Adult
Children and Young People subcategories
Children's Social Care / Early Years / Safeguarding Children / Sexual Health and Relationships / Single Assessment Framework (Early Help)
Event description
This course is for people working in an environment that involves disclosures of sexual violence/ sexual abuse. It Covers: - Barriers to disclosure -Current Sexual Violence Legislation -Discussions About Safeguarding -Information about trauma, flashbacks, and grounding techniques -The support needs of survivors of rape and sexual violence - Services that are available for survivors of rape and sexual violence.
New booking website launch: We will be hosting courses on the new Learning and Development Hub from 1st July 2025 which you’ll be able to access at: www.southglos.gov.uk/learning once we switch over to the new site. If you have an existing booking on a course, we will transfer your booking. You will receive details of how to login when the site is live as well as a course booking confirmation email once your booking has been transferred.
Charges: If a charge applies to the course you are booked onto, we will contact you separately to arrange payment.
Support we will be offering: We have designed the Hub to be an intuitive system we hope will be easy to use. There will be a Frequently Asked Questions page which will provide guidance and further information to help you navigate the new website.
What you need to do: If you require a copy of your training record, please log in to the existing learning and development website and visit the My Account – My Learning Events page as access to this will be removed in July.
Please send any questions or comments you may have to: training@southglos.gov.uk.
New booking website launch: We will be hosting courses on the new Learning and Development Hub from 1st July 2025 which you’ll be able to access at: www.southglos.gov.uk/learning once we switch over to the new site. If you have an existing booking on a course, we will transfer your booking. You will receive details of how to login when the site is live as well as a course booking confirmation email once your booking has been transferred.
Charges: If a charge applies to the course you are booked onto, we will contact you separately to arrange payment.
Support we will be offering: We have designed the Hub to be an intuitive system we hope will be easy to use. There will be a Frequently Asked Questions page which will provide guidance and further information to help you navigate the new website.
What you need to do: If you require a copy of your training record, please log in to the existing learning and development website and visit the My Account – My Learning Events page as access to this will be removed in July.
Please send any questions or comments you may have to: training@southglos.gov.uk.
Learning outcomes
By the end of this course attendees will: - Have an understanding of definitions of rape and sexual abuse - Feel confident to respond to a disclosure of rape or sexual abuse - Have an awareness of the support referral pathways for rape or sexual abuse - Have been encouraged to consider the emotional impact that this aspect of their work can have on themselves - Feel able to discuss coping methods and grounding techniques with their service users.
Start Date
Tuesday 24 June 2025
End Date
Tuesday 24 June 2025
Closing Date
Monday 23 June 2025
Times
14:00 - 17:00
Maximum Places
16
Cost
£115.00
Number of Sessions
1
Certificate expiry
No
Pass/Fail event
No