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
The Advanced Interview Techniques with Child Sex Offenders 3-day Master Class places a strong emphasis on the investigative interviewing techniques of suspected or known child sex offenders. As a result attendance of the Master Class is restricted to professionals working in this field who can evidence that they meet at least one the following criteria:
- Recent experience of conducting interviews with child sex offenders; or
- Recent experience of producing clinical risk assessments relating to child sex offenders; or
- Recent experience of child sex offender management and/or risk assessment within the community or the justice system.
Please note that the Foundation Course in Understanding Child Sex Offenders( PS3851), The Use of The Internet by Child Sex Offenders (PS4851) and the Interviewing Sex Offenders (PS3852) must be completed before attending The Advanced Interview Techniques with Child Sex Offenders 3-day Master Class.
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.
- Course dates and locations
- 11th-13th May 2010 - London - £780
- 6th-8th July 2010 - London - £780
- 28th-30th September 2010 - London - £780
- 7th-9th December 2010 - London - £780
- 15th-17th March 2011 - London - £780
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 necessitate late alterations, any instance later than 5 working days will be considered by Head of Training at CEOP.