 |  | | | Informing mothers about sexual abuse: 1 | 27 May 2004 | | |
How women can help protect their children from abuse
When a man is suspected of sexually abusing a child, a whole range of child protection procedures are immediately put into place by police and social services. If convicted the man may face a lengthy jail sentence, participate in the sex offenders treatment programme, and his name will be placed on the sex offenders register.
But the partners of these men, who are often also the mothers of the abused children, usually receive little or no attention. They may be, however, the people best-placed to protect their children from future abuse.
Now the Mosaic project of the children's charity Barnardos is running a project called Partners for Protection for women whose partners are accused of abuse.They're working in conjunction with the probation services, and the sexual behaviour unit of the Newcastle, North Tyneside and Northumberland Mental Health NHS Trust, to equip them with techniques to help protect their children.
In the first of a two part series, Caroline Swinburne looks at a project specifically designed for these women.
The voices of those involved have been changed to protect their identities
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