Services for children and young people
West Mercia Rape & Sexual Abuse Support Centre (WMRSASC) provides a confidential service for children and young people aged 5 years and over. You can contact us if you have experienced any form of sexual abuse or touching or are worried about something.
All our workers are specially trained and are experienced in listening and talking to children and young people. We know it takes a lot of courage to contact us and we will not judge you or think badly of you, because of anything you might want to talk about.
We know it can be hard to talk about things that have hurt or upset you and you might not know what to say. You can take as much time as you need to talk, and we will support you as much as we can. You don’t have to talk about anything that you don’t want to.
We are a private and confidential service. This means that what you say stays between you and us. The only time we would say something is if we thought that you, or someone else, was in danger of being seriously hurt.
We have a range of different services that can help you, depending on what you want.
We will always try and help you as much as we can, sometimes it might be that another organisation is better able to help you. If we think this is true, we will tell you and help you contact them.
Advocacy
A ChISVA (Children’s Independent Sexual Violence Advocate) is an independent advocate who can provide practical and emotional support to survivors, aged 5 or over, who have experienced any form of rape or sexual abuse at any time in their life.
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Children’s Counselling
WMRSASC provides a private and confidential counselling service for children and young people aged 5 years and over.
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Children’s Crisis Counselling
WMRSASC also provides a children’s crisis counselling service for children and young people aged 17 and under who have experienced sexual violence and/or sexual abuse, either recently or in the past.
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Early Intervention & Prevention Services
At WMRSASC we offer of assessment, education and support services for children and young people (and their families or carers) who are:
- At risk of child sexual exploitation
- Have experienced child sexual exploitation but are not being supported by an Independent Sexual Violence Advocate
- Who have both experienced child sexual exploitation and are exhibiting sexualised behaviours themselves
- Who are exhibiting sexualised behaviours that may be inappropriate, problematic or harmful to themselves or to others.
Our education and support can be delivered in groups or on an individual basis, dependent on the needs of the individual young person.
We also offer support to family members to ensure they are provided with information to help support young people they care for.
For more information about the services available and to make a referral, please click on the buttons below:
Purple Leaf Psychosocial Education
Tackling Inappropriate & Problematic Sexual Behaviour