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What is Child Abuse? Forms of child abuse?

- Physical Abuse
- Emotional Abuse
- Neglect indicators
- Sexual Abuse Indicators
- Why children don’t report abuse?
- Legal requirements, problems and barriers

Why are child abuse cases difficult and complex? **

- Why are child abuse cases difficult and complex?
- Why report cases of child abuse?
- Difficulties people face in reporting abuse

Understanding the Sexual Exploitation of Children and Paedophilia

- How offenders think, operate, target and infiltrate churches.
- Definitions & paedophile terminology
-Types of child molesters and their behavioural patterns
-How child molesters operate and infiltrate

Frequently asked questions **

Female child molesters-do they exist?
- Organised Paedophilia-does it exists?
- Are child molesters sick?

What are the effects of Child Abuse?

- Long/short-term effects on the victim and their social environment
- Effects on perpetrator and their social environment
- Effects on those who report abuse and on those who don’t report known abuse
- Effects on the infiltrated church/organisation

Responding to abuse and managing critical incidents within the organisation

- Case scenarios- Real examples
- Group discussion/feedback session
- Responding to Persons of Concern / Known Sex Offenders
- Insurance ramifications


Mandatory Reporting Legislation (State/Territory specific)

- State/Territory specific legislation and compliance requirements
- Advantages of mandatory reporting
- Frequently asked questions

How to respond to a disclosure

- Direct and indirect disclosures
- Do’s and don’ts when a child discloses to you
- How to protect a child & not contaminate an investigation
- Operating/staying within your ministry framework

Organisational structures and boundaries

- Prevention: Stablishing structures and boundaries in your church
- Making the church/organisation safe
- Group discussions/ Real case scenario’s/debate

CPS consultants and presenters are highly experienced in:

1. Child protection investigations

2. Post and pre-court child protection

3. Prosecutions

4. Child protection church/organisational consultancy

5. Victim and trauma support consultancy

6. Child Protection Training consultancy

7. Child sex offender profiling

**This module includes an audio-visual presentation and a case discussion

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