Serious Case Review Learning - Parents Working in the Sex Industry
Additional Resources following Learning Event: 'Understanding the Sex Industry'
Sexual Health Bournemouth - offering a range of services including:
Dorset Working Women's Project
Targeted Outreach for under 25s
National Resources to offer people identified as working in the sex industry
- National Ugly Mugs (NUM): NUM is a UK-wide charity working with sex workers to do research, design and deliver safety tools and to provide support services to people in adult industries;
- Beyond The Gaze: Beyond the Gaze have produced a downloadable document on safety and privacy for online sex workers;
- SWARM: SWARM is a collective founded and led by sex workers who believe in self-determination, solidarity and co-operation.
"We campaign for the rights and safety of everyone who sells sexual services. Together we organise skill-shares and support meet-ups just for sex workers, as well as public events. We are UK based and part of the global sex worker led movement advocating the full decriminalisation of sex work". - English Collective of Prostitutes ECP: The English Collective of Prostitutes (ECP) is a grassroots organisation of sex workers and supporters campaigning for the decriminalisation of prostitution, for sex workers' rights and safety, and for resources to enable people to get out of prostitution if they want to. Our network includes sex workers working on the street and in premises.
Services for people who have experienced sexual assault or rape
- NHS, Help after rape and sexual assault;
- Sexual assault referral centres (SARCs) offer medical, practical and emotional support to anyone who has been raped sexually assaulted or abused. They have specially trained doctors, nurses and support workers to care for you. Help is available 24 hours a day.
Local Service is The Shores: 0800 970 9954
- STARS is a Pan-Dorset charity that offers one to one support, free of charge, for anyone of any age or gender who lives, works or studies in Dorset and has experienced any form of sexual violence at any time in their life.
Resources for Practice considerations
Trauma Informed Practice:
Dr Gabor Maté: "Trauma is the invisible force that shapes our lives. It shapes the way we live, the way we love and the way we make sense of the world. It is the root of our deepest wounds. Dr. Maté gives us a new vision: a trauma-informed society in which parents, teachers, physicians, policymakers and legal personnel are not concerned with fixing behaviours, making diagnoses, suppressing symptoms and judging, but seek instead to understand the sources from which troubling behaviours and diseases spring in the wounded human soul."
This is a brilliant resource - see The Wisdom of Trauma.
Relationship-based social work
Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE), Relationship-based social work
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