SHS in the Media: child-on-child sex offences and what we can do
News article from May 3, 2017
Our CEO, Jaine Stannard, has written for the British Journal of Nursing and Sec Ed magazine on the rise of child-on-child sex offences and how it can be tackled. She begins:
“In February, police figures revealed a rise of almost 80 per cent in reports of child-on-child sex offences (Barnardo’s 2017). In the four-year period, there were 32,452 reports of alleged sexual offences by children on other children – an average of more than 22 every day. With such shockingly high figures, it is clear we need to act and that speed is of the essence. But what can we do?
I work for School-Home Support (SHS), a charity dedicated to helping children and young people overcome barriers to education such as poverty, housing issues and abuse.
In this article, I want to outline what child-on-child sexual abuse is, provide possible reasons behind the rise and give practical guidance as to how you can prevent this happening to children at your school. The first step? Knowing what we’re dealing with.”
You can read the full article in the British Journal of Nursing here: http://www.magonlinelibrary.com/doi/10.12968/bjsn.2017.12.3.133
And in Sec Ed here: http://www.sec-ed.co.uk/best-practice/safeguarding-child-on-child-sexual-abuse/