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National CSA resource centre:The scale and nature of CSA-overcoming barriers on practice.

The Scale and Nature of Child Sexual Abuse:  Overcoming the barriers in practice

Building a better understanding of the scale and nature of child sexual abuse has been at the forefront of the work of the CSA Centre from the beginning.  This presentation will outline what we currently know about sexual abuse from existing data, both nationally and locally, before going on to explore the challenges professionals face in both identifying and responding to concerns of child sexual abuse.  An overview of the recommendations of the Child Safeguarding Practice Review’s national enquiry into child sexual abuse in the family environment (November 2024) and existing resources to support practice will also be provided, aiming to raise awareness of the issues and support vital changes in safeguarding practice.

Speaker Biography

Anna Glinski, Deputy Director, Knowledge and Practice Development

Anna is a qualified social worker and has worked within statutory child protection and specialist services as a social worker and manager throughout her career. She has specialised in child sexual abuse work for nearly 20 years, previously acting as an expert witness in the family courts on child sexual abuse cases.  Prior to being in her current role, Anna was the CSA Centre's Practice Improvement Advisor for Social Work and, prior to that, the practice development lead for child sexual abuse within her local authority, contributing to local and regional service and policy development. Anna developed and led a multi-disciplinary specialist sexual abuse team, which provided assessments, interventions, supervision, consultation and training.

In her current role Anna offers expert input on a number of national strategic projects relating to child sexual abuse, including most recently the National Panel’s thematic inquiry into child sexual abuse in the family environment.   Anna is co-chair of the Child Sexual Abuse Special Interest Group for the Association of Child Protection Professionals and is a member of the Children and Families Thematic Group at the British Association for Social Workers.  She is an Associate Tutor at the University of Sussex and is the Editor of NOTA News, the quarterly magazine for members of the National Organisation for the Treatment of Abuse.

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