This article has been brought to you by Slough Borough Council's Education Safeguarding Professional, Zarine Power for the attention of all Schools.
NSPCC Learning has published a Helplines insight briefing on young people engaging in harmful and problematic sexual behaviour (HSB/PSB). Drawing from contacts to Childline and the NSPCC Helpline in 2023/24, the briefing shares young people’s perspectives across the various stages of engaging in HSB/PSB, including: asking sex and relationship questions around age-appropriate behaviours, consent, and legality; seeking advice on how to stop fantasies, thoughts and urges; narrating experiences of seeking help, including barriers to getting appropriate support; feeling guilt, regret and shame about past behaviours; and worries about legal repercussions and consequences.
Read the briefing: Insights on young people engaging in harmful and problematic sexual behaviour