What we do
Safer Futures has been in operation for over 25 years, providing assessment and trauma-based therapeutic intervention for children and young people with complex trauma histories, including those who have experienced sexual abuse, sexual exploitation, and/or display sexualised/harmful sexual behaviour. This includes:
Individual therapeutic work with children/young people
AIM3 & PROFESSOR HSB Assessment
Assessment of Sexual Concerns
Pre Trial Therapy
Capacity to Protect carers assessment
Awareness Raising with adults
Case Guidance & Consultation to professionals
Training
Safer Futures have also developed the Real Love Rocks Resource which seeks to raise awareness of the different types of abuse and exploitation that people experience. This includes Child Sexual Abuse, Sexual Exploitation, Criminal Exploitation, Radicalisation, Extremism, and the world online, making it more relevant to our children and young people of today covering themes such as;
• Children’s Rights
• Consent, power and control
• Feelings and emotional regulation
• Mental health and wellbeing
• Grooming
• Bullying/Cyberbullying
• Appropriate/Inappropriate content online
• Challenging victim blaming
• Laws around keeping people safe
There are three editions of Real Love Rocks. Primary, Secondary and SEND. With each purchase you will receive a full colour printed resource pack containing facilitator's notes, lesson plans, handy tips, and worksheets. You will also receive a unique code to log in to our Members Section of the website, where you will be able to download printable versions of the worksheets and gain access to all the animations you will need to deliver the resource.
We work in North.
We offer support with
- Exploitation
- Sexual abuse
- Harmful or problematic sexualised behaviours
We provide support using
- 1:1 support
- Advocacy
- Assessments
- Emotional support
- Face to face sessions
- Family support
- Training
We work with
- 13 years and under
- 14 to 18 years old
- Adults
We can help with
- Child sexual exploitation (CSE) is a form of child sexual abuse. When children and young people experience sexual abuse we help them recover and rebuild their lives. We also support their family through counselling and create and deliver preventive and awareness-raising programmes.
- Find out more about Child sexual exploitation (CSE)
- Search for Child sexual exploitation (CSE) services
- No child should be left to deal with poor mental health alone so we provide services supporting children and young people's emotional health and wellbeing. We have centres where children and young people can visit and have a trained worker they can trust and talk to. We help them build their confidence and get to the root of their difficulties so they can feel safer, happier, healthier and more hopeful.
- Find out more about Mental health
- Search for Mental health services