We Stand

16/05/2023

Mosac would like to invite you and your colleagues to Mosac’s Spring training programmes.

For the last 30 years Mosac has been supporting families who have been impacted by Child S*xual Abuse. Our training programmes are deeply rooted in the cases of our clients and their experiences of working with professionals following their children’s disclosure of Child S*xual Abuse.

Our programmes support professionals working with children and families to better understand Child S*xual Abuse, understand the impact of Child S*xual Abuse on both the victim and their families and to support professionals to feel more confident and equipped to work with families following disclosure.

To sign up for Mosac's training events:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/mosac-65000600313

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Upcoming Spring Programs

1. Lunchtime Talks:

We will be running a series of free lunchtime talks on Tuesdays from 24th May to 21st June from 1pm - 2pm. Participants are welcome to attend an individual session or the whole series.

24th May: Introduction to Child S*xual Abuse

31st May: Impact of Child S*xual Abuse

7th June: Understanding the grooming process

14th June: Working in a trauma informed way with victims of Child S*xual Abuse

21st June: How to work therapeutically with victims of Child S*xual Abuse

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2. One Day Training: Working with Families impacted by Child S*xual Abuse

Child S*xual Abuse causes systemic and lasting trauma, it is challenging for all involved, including professionals working with families who have been impacted by Child S*xual Abuse. This one day training will support you to better understand Child S*xual Abuse and the impact on the whole family and equip you to work together with non-abusing parents and carers to support the child victims.

13th June - 10am - 4pm - Mosac Offices, Brockley SE4

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3. Social Workers Reflective Practice Group

Dealing with complex cases of child s*xual abuse can be daunting, confusing and challenging for both new and qualified social workers. Our reflective practice group will support social workers to reflect on the past and current cases, to gain insight from their peers, and have a safe space to share their experiences and feelings about this challenging area of their work.

The 6-month program will include 6 monthly meetings and some reflective work between sessions.

For more information on how to apply for the program please contact Nichola Williams on [email protected]

20/12/2022

Please take a few minutes to take our survey.

07/12/2022

New volunteer placement opportunity in our childrens service

20/10/2022

Today was the launch of the final report of the Independent Inquiry into Child S*xual Abuse. We welcome the findings, reflections and recommendations of this landmark inquiry.

https://www.iicsa.org.uk/reports-recommendations/publications/inquiry/final-report

Mosac welcomes the acknowledgement of the scale and seriousness of child s*xual abuse (CSA), and the inquiry’s commitment to lift the lid on the hidden pain of many families in the UK.

We particularly commend the involvement of adult survivors in shaping the content and recommendations of the report, and the focus on providing specialist therapeutic support for child vicitms of s*xual abuse We welcome this landmark report and its strong set of recommendations.

The report highlights the terrible experiences of children who have been abused by people working in institutions with a duty to protect them with many institutions failing to respond appropriately, if at all, to allegations.

Mosac agrees that “campaigns should challenge myths and stereotypes about child s*xual abuse” (Recommendation 4). The biggest myth is that most child s*xual abuse occurs outside the home. During the period 2021/2022, over 70% of our service users reported intrafamilial abuse (CSA in the home) and this has been a consistent trend since our charity was formed 30 years ago. This is supported by the 2018 report on the Centre for Expertise on Child S*x Abuse, which found that two thirds of CSA is intrafamilal.

Stringent disclosure mechanisms are always welcome, especially for those working with children. Alongside this, we suggest that, with the high proportion of cases not investigated by the police and the lack of convictions for CSA there should be more focus placed on ensuring more children, and their protective carers, are believed and more cases are quickly and successfully brought to trial.

We welcome the recommendation of creating a single core data set (Recommendation 1), and hope that this data set captures ALL reports of s*xual abuse, not just those cases that are taken forward by the the social care and criminal justice systems, which remain unacceptably low. We would recommend that the family court and the school network (whether private or state) are included in the data set.

Building on the incredible and in-depth work that has been done by the IICSA, Mosac would recommend a follow up inquiry of a similar scale into intrafamilal child s*xual abuse. This type of abuse often has its own unique set of challenges for reporting, protection, healing and future outcomes for the child.

We feel that having a Cabinet Minister for Children in both England and Wales will help raise awareness of the broader context of Child S*xual Abuse and will champion the voices of child vicitms and their families.

This report, we hope, will be a turning point in how child s*x abuse is understood and how children are protected.

A report of the Inquiry Panel Professor Alexis Jay OBE Professor Sir Malcolm Evans KCMG OBE Ivor Frank Drusilla Sharpling CBE

14/09/2022

Are you a warm, empathetic person with good communication skills? Could you offer 4 hours per week to support families impacted by s*xual abuse?
Mosac provides a free National Helpline service to protective parents and carers of s*xually abused children. We are currently seeking Helpline Volunteers to provide support, information and a listening ear to parents and carers whose children have been s*xually abused.
For more information please contact Michelle: [email protected]