Harmful Sexual Behaviour Support Service

In response to Ofsted’s review of sexual abuse in schools and colleges (2021), SWGfL and the Marie Collins Foundation have created a service to support professionals working with children and young people in tackling harmful sexual behaviour and respond to incidents.

The service is available to professionals in England who work with children and young people including teachers, designated safeguarding leads, police, social care and healthcare professionals. The service offers:

• advice on individual cases or incidents of harmful sexual behaviour in children and young people
• guidance on policy development on tackling harmful sexual behaviour in children and young people
• relevant resources and best practise around harmful sexual behaviour in children and young people

Funded by the Home Office in collaboration with the Department for Education, the service is run by trained professionals. More information can be found in SWGfL’s news article.