Training courses
Advanced Interview Techniques with Child Sex Offenders
A Three-Day Master Class
The new Advanced Interview Techniques with Child Sex Offenders master class will enable students to build on the knowledge gained at the pre-requisite courses and will assist experienced interview practitioners to fine-tune their skills in this area.
Students will be introduced to a unique and innovative approach to planning, devising and delivering an interviewing strategy for use with child sex offenders, and will explore personality types, and how they can be used in the interview process.
The course is open to professionals who work to protect children from harm and bring perpetrators of sexual abuse to account. Students must have already attended the following CEOP training courses:
- Foundation Course in Understanding Child Sex Offenders;
- Interviewing Child Sex Offenders and;
- The Use of the Internet by Child Sex Offenders.
Benefits to the student
At the end of the course students will be able to:
- generate a personality profile and understand how profiles can assist in the creation of an interview strategy;
- understand offence analysis with regard to sexual offending;
- analyse a number of scenarios and indicate how this will influence interview strategy selection;
- synthesize and critically evaluate the relevant literature on evidence based offender typologies and its use in interviewing;
- demonstrate skills in the planning and delivery of an interview strategy; and
- demonstrate skills in independent learning and critical analysis appropriate to postgraduate study. (CEOP Academy Students only)
Assessment
Students will be appraised on the basis of their acquired knowledge and demonstrated skills. Evaluation of competence will take the form of an assessed interview simulation.
In addition, enrolled CEOP Academy students will be required to sit an examination on day 3 of this course, enabling a gateway for successful students to undertake the fifth and final module with UCLan and achieve the Post Graduate Certificate in Behavioural Forensic Psychology.
Entry requirements
It is mandatory that students will have completed the following courses before enrolling on the master class.:
- Foundation Course in Understanding Child Sex Offenders;
- Interviewing Child Sex Offenders and;
- The Use of the Internet: Young People’s Risk Taking and Offender Behaviour Online.
Due to the intensive nature of this course, places are limited to 30 students per course.
Who should attend
This course is aimed at:
- Police officers or other professionals involved in interviewing and investigating an allegation or offences where child sex abuse is a factor;
- Law enforcement officers / police staff that are responsible for the management of child sex offenders in the community; and
- Interview coordinators.
Keynote speaker
Joe Sullivan MA (Crim), BA (Hons), CQSW, Dip Psych
Joe Sullivan is a recognised authority on this subject now seconded to CEOP. He is an Honorary Lecturer in Forensic Psychology at the University of Birmingham. He has assisted police forces in the UK and in other European countries on major crime enquiries involving the sexual murder of children, child abduction, organised child crime abuse and the sexual abuse of children on the internet.
Specialist CEOP facilitators will assist in the delivery of this program.
Make a booking
To make a booking click on the course date above which best suits you and complete the online form. Our Training Team will contact you to confirm your reservation.
Please note: due to the limited number of places available on this course, priority will be given to CEOP Academy students.
Cancellation policy
If it is necessary to cancel a booking CEOP require 5 working days notification by email to training@ceop.gov.uk. Failure to notify CEOP within this time will result in full payment being requested.
CEOP appreciate that work commitments can neccessitate late alterations, any instance later than 5 working days will be considered by Head of Training at CEOP.