Training

At the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre, we are committed to preventing the sexual abuse of children in both the online and offline environments.

We work alongside our colleagues in the criminal justice and child protection agencies in the UK and abroad to add value to existing services and provide greater support to professionals working in this area.

Training Courses

We provide a series of specialist training courses aimed at professionals who:

  • Conduct criminal investigations where the sexual abuse of children is a factor;
  • Manage offenders in the community or within the justice system;
  • Take responsibility for safeguarding children from sexual predators.

Our unique training courses are designed to do two things. Firstly, to help delegates better understand the nature of sexual offending and secondly, to impart the skills and knowledge that can better equip professionals to deal with the very difficult and distressing nature of this crime.

We are currently reviewing our professional development programme to ensure that it remains relevant to an ever changing environment. Therefore, in the short-term we are not taking any further bookings for the following courses: 

  • Understanding Child Sex Offenders: A Foundation in Behavioural Analysis
  • The use of the internet by child sex offenders
  • Interviewing child sex offenders
  • A Master Class in advanced techniques for interviewing child sex offenders
  • Sex offender risk assessment and management in the community
  • Strategies for investigating serious sexual crimes against children

If you would like to be kept informed of developments in the programme then please enter your details in the ‘contact us’ section of our site and we will keep you updated with progress of the new programme.

Please be assured that CEOP’s professional development programme will remain a key part of our operating model.   We will be looking to build new courses, hold specialist seminars on the back of operations and explore ways of not only maintaining what we currently have but extending the CEOP Academy in line with this dynamic and rapidly moving area of criminality.

International Training

In recognition of CEOP’s commitment to combating child exploitation and making every child matter everywhere, the Training Team is actively engaged in the delivery of capacity building and training initiatives in countries across the globe where child sexual exploitation is a problem. These initiatives are delivered in partnership with a variety of stakeholders internationally including the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO), international governments, law enforcement, NGOs, industry and the judiciary.

Conferences

In addition to our established portfolio of training courses, we will be developing a series of exciting one-day events that will focus on some of the key issues surrounding child sexual abuse. The conferences will feature specialist speakers from a variety of fields, all of whom have a specialist knowledge of working to combat child sex abuse. More information.