Exam Pass Notes

Use these notes for a final review before the assessment. They summarise the course's main messages but do not replace safeguarding procedures, specialist assessment, police advice, therapeutic support or a child's current risk and care plan.

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Core recognition

• Harmful sexual behaviour is sexual behaviour by a child or young person that may be harmful or abusive.
• Sexual harassment covers unwanted sexual comments, touching, pressure, humiliation and image-based harm.
• Children who display harmful sexual behaviour remain children and require responses led by safeguarding principles.
• Consent is not genuine when there is fear, coercion, pressure or a significant power imbalance.
• Online and offline sexual harms can overlap and increase risk.
• Repeated sexualised banter or comments should not be treated as normal.

Safe response

• Immediate priorities are safety, support, accurate record-keeping and prompt escalation.
• Avoid shaming, labelling or informal interrogation; follow safeguarding procedures instead.
• Restorative work must not replace protection or specialist assessment and intervention.
• Managers must review patterns and the home's culture as well as individual incidents.

For the exam, remember the shape of safe practice: take concerns seriously, protect children, record facts, escalate promptly and challenge harmful culture early.