School Champion Aims:

• To build a strong capacity in school settings to support survivors of sexual abuse, from disclosure through to recovery.
• To upskill more people than we could ever reach with our training.
• To drive policy change so that education settings can better support children/young people, their families and the professionals who educate them.

What the role entails:

• To raise awareness in schools about how to respond to disclosures.
• To provide emotional and practical support to survivors of sexual abuse using the skills and knowledge learned from the training in addition to your existing working practice
• To advocate for survivors of sexual abuse who disclose.
• To help other professionals in your organisation or team to gain confidence and skills in supporting survivors through providing information and support when requested
• To work with senior leaders at your school to review the policy in your establishment concerning sexual abuse and maybe make changes, if needed.
• Be the lead/named contact in your organisation to enable others to turn to you for support and information.

What you get out of it:

• An opportunity to develop a specialism  and be part of an innovative new initiative in Somerset
• A key role in changing the lives of children and young people impacted by sexual abuse
• Support to help you put your training into practice
• On an ongoing basis as a Survivor of Sexual Abuse Champion (SSAC) you will also get:
  • Priority place at our forums – which happen 3 times a year.
  • Regular information updates 
  • Up to date resources to use in your work as a champion and to cascade to others
  • Opportunities to network with other sexual violence support champions 

Current schools we are working with:

• North Town Primary - Awarded Bronze
• Beech Grove Primary - Awarded Bronze
• Selworthy School
• Barwick and Stoford Primary
• Swanmead
• Taunton Learning Partnership
• Bucklers Mead Academy
• Wellspings Primary
• Nerrols Primary