Training for Professionals
Understanding Sexual Abuse from a Child or Teenager’s Point of View — and What Can Often Be Missed
Training for foster agencies, councils, police, corporate organisations, and other professionals working with children and young people, delivered by someone with lived experience of childhood sexual abuse, grooming, and exploitation — offering insight from the inside out.
Overview
A session that blends real-life storytelling, audience interaction, reflective practice, and practical tools to help professionals understand grooming, abuse, and exploitation — through the eyes of those who have lived it. The session offers a balance of emotion, insight, and clarity, supporting safer, more responsive practice across any role that works with children and young people.
Why This Session Matters
This session connects on a human level — because real change happens when we feel it, not just when we’re told about it.
Session Length
strongly recommends allocating the maximum time possible, as the value of the training increases significantly with a longer format. Extended sessions allow for deeper exploration, group discussion, reflective exercises, video elements, and meaningful engagement with the material.
Jeremy fully understands the logistical challenges professional teams face when trying to bring staff together for extended training. However, feedback consistently shows that organisations often comment afterwards that they wish they had booked a longer session.
If only a shorter session — for example, 60 minutes — is possible, Jeremy is still able to deliver essential learning and create meaningful impact within that timeframe.
Learning Outcomes
By the end of this session, participants will:
- Gain a deeper understanding of what a child or teenager may feel in an abusive situation — which is often very different from common assumptions or stereotypes.
- Develop greater empathy and awareness, enabling more sensitive and confident safeguarding responses.
- Understand the importance of following formal safeguarding procedures and never becoming complacent.
- Recognise the early signs that a child might be at risk or struggling to disclose.
