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Adult Sexual Exploitation

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Course Overview

Format

  • Intermediate
  • 1-2 Study Hours
  • Online Study
  • Self-Printed Certificate

Accreditation

  • 2 CPD Points
  • CPD Certified

Course description

Adult sexual exploitation (ASE) is an extremely important issue for anyone working vulnerable adults and can effect a very wide range of people in multiple different ways.

This training course aims to give learners an in-depth understanding of Adult Sexual Exploitation and the many forms it can take by guiding learners through case studies and challenges to help them apply this knowledge to their work environment.

Learning how and why adult sexual exploitation happens,how to identify and define it is crucial for anyone who has safeguarding responsibilities at any level. This training will give learners best practice advice on how to report and act on suspicions of abuse.

This course covers a wide range of topics to help learners gain a full understanding of Adult Sexual Exploitation. The topics covered include:

  • The definition of adult sexual abuse (ASE) and examples of who can be abused or be vulnerable to abuse
  • Examples of sexual offences
  • Sexual exploitation and consent
  • Grooming and sex trafficking
  • The indicators and impact of ASE
  • Reasons for adults accepting sexual abuse
  • Supporting victims of ASE
  • Online sex trafficking
  • How to report suspicions or knowledge of ASE
  • How mental capacity affects consent

You will learn

  • The definition of adult sexual exploitation, the relevant legislation, the offences involved
  • The indicators and risk factors for sexual exploitation
  • Why consent is important and how it’s established
  • How to respond when you suspect or know of sexual exploitation
  • Explain trafficking and its relation to sexual exploitation

Who is it for?

Roles including:

  • Anyone working with adults who may or may not be vulnerable
  • Social workers
  • Police
  • Teachers
  • Workers with the law

How the online courses work

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  • Buy the course

    When buying one of our courses, you will need to enter a valid email address which will be used to create your account with our Learning Management System – Enable – where you will take the training. We will also send your purchase receipt to this email address, and any additional courses purchased in future using the same email address will be added to your system account.

    Once you have purchased a course, you will be able to send this course to other people using your system account with Enable by entering the new learner’s email address so that they may access the training and set up their own system account with our Learning Management System.

    If you are not 100% satisfied with your course then we offer a 30-day, no hassle money-back guarantee. To request a refund, you should email our learner support team with your receipt stating why you would like to be reimbursed. You, or your learners, must not have completed the training in order to make a valid refund claim. Any claim made after the training has been completed will be invalidated.

  • Take the course

    This online course consists of a series of pages in which an instructor will talk learners through the lesson material. Pages may include supporting pictures, graphs, animation or extra sounds to help with the learning where appropriate. Some lessons will include challenges/quizzes to help learners stay engaged and interested in the material. Lessons can be taken in any order and each lesson may be paused and resumed at any stage.

    The course is self-paced so learners decide how fast or slow the training goes. There is no deadline for completion but some of our courses have a test at the end to check that learners have understood the material. If the course has a test at the end then learners are required to achieve a 75% pass mark to successfully complete the course. Once learners have passed the test they are awarded a certificate, which can either be downloaded digitally or sent as a physical copy if this option was chosen when purchasing the course.

  • Your Certificate

    Upon completion of any of our courses, learners will be able to download a digital certificate from Virtual College which will include the accrediting bodies logo where applicable, the learner's name, the title of the course and the date of completion.

    If you have purchased the posted certificate option, available on selected courses, a high quality, seal embossed, certificate will be sent out the following working week after completion.