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Building workforce capability

Learning and Development Survey Report 2023

In October 2022, the National Centre undertook a National Learning and Development Survey to inform its efforts to build the capability of the child sexual abuse workforce. As a summary of these findings, the Learning and Development Survey Report outlines the reported learning and professional development needs of a broad range of workers and organisations who have responsibility for protecting and supporting children, young people and adults who have experienced child sexual abuse. These insights will inform the learning and development opportunities and knowledge resources the National Centre will offer, develop and partner with others on.

Learning and Development Survey video

This video accompanies the Learning and Development Survey Report 2023. It provides a brief snapshot of the key learning and development findings as reported.

Please note that this video does not have spoken audio.

Understanding child sexual abuse

In Conversation: the National Centre and
Detective Inspector Jon Rouse

The dangers of online abuse: how technology is used to harm and abuse children and young people

In this webinar, National Centre CEO Dr Leanne Beagley and Detective Inspector Jon Rouse discuss the risks of technology for children and young people, as well as what parents and workers can do to protect them from the harm it causes.

In Conversation: the National Centre and
Professor Ben Mathews

What can we learn about the prevalence and nature of child sexual abuse?

In this webinar, Professor Ben Mathews, Lead Investigator on the Australian Child Maltreatment Study (ACMS), and leaders of the National Centre discuss the data and insights learned from the ACMS with a particular emphasis on child sexual abuse. They explore how this information can inform policies and practice to reduce child sexual abuse and improve responses to it.

Joining Professor Mathews are National Centre Board Members Dr Joe Tucci, Chair and CEO of the Australian Childhood Foundation, Dr Cathy Kezelman AM, Deputy Chair and CEO of the Blue Knot Foundation, and Fiona Cornforth, Board Member and CEO of The Healing Foundation. The session is moderated by the National Centre’s CEO, Dr Leanne Beagley.