Best practice for parent-focused child sexual abuse prevention education in early childhood
Commissioned research
Workforce Capability Project: Developing a workforce capability statement to underpin how workers prevent and respond to child sexual abuse across the lifespan
- Prevention
- Workforce
Project Length
8 months
Project Budget
$39,833.60
Funding Stream
Research
Project Lead
- Dr Lauren Lines, Flinders University
Project Team
- Alex Owens, Flinders University
Background and Aim
Workers across multiple disciplines (health, education, welfare, law enforcement) do not feel adequately equipped to prevent and respond to child sexual abuse across the lifespan. Effectively equipping the workforce requires responses at multiple levels, including:
- Enhancing undergraduate pathways of priority qualifications so workers are better equipped before they enter the workforce.
- Enhancing access to postgraduate level programs for those already in the workforce, including generalist and specialist roles.
This Workforce Capability Project builds on work undertaken to date, by both the National Centre for Action on Child Sexual Abuse and other key bodies) to articulate the required capabilities for the generalist workforce.
Methods
Phase 1: Planning and synthesis of existing evidence
The landscape of existing evidence, including literature, practice-related standards, government enquiries, and National Centre evidence, will be mapped and synthesised.
Phase 2: Developing a framework
A framework articulating core domains and related capabilities, knowledge, and skills for priority professions will be developed.
Phase 3: Consultation
Feedback from key stakeholders will be sourced to conduct a broad sense-check on the utility of the framework.
Significance
This capability framework will underpin future work, inclusive of guiding and embedding of capabilities for workers into different pathways and educational approaches.
Latest research outcomes
Research report: Workforce capability framework for preventing and responding to child sexual abuse across the lifespan
Presents a national workforce capability framework to strengthen prevention, identification and responses to child sexual abuse across professional roles, sectors and life stages
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