Click Path to Protection

Staff at police, children's services, education, health, legal/judicial, and nongovernmental organizations

Click Path to Protection (CPP) is a program of professional development and specialist training for those working with children and young people harmed through the internet and related offline abuse. The program is designed to support professionals working with child victims of online abuse understand their individual role and those of colleagues in other related organizations.

The Click Path to Protection (CPP) is a multiagency model of intervention designed to equip police, children’s services, education, health, legal/judicial and nongovernmental personnel with the knowledge and skills to ensure that their professional response is one that places the needs of children and families at the center and does no further harm.

The Click Path to Protection (CPP) comprises of three separate courses:

• THINK: Path to Protection - Introduces all professionals working with children, young people and families to the specific issues related to Technology-Assisted Child Sexual Abuse (TACSA).
• ACT: Path to Protection - For those investigating, assessing, and/or managing cases where TACSA has been identified. This will give professionals the knowledge to undertake their roles in an effective way that also improves outcomes for children.
• MANAGE: Path to Protection: Designed for managers and senior leaders who would be making decisions in cases where TACSA has been identified.

Marie Collins Foundation

• Website: https://www.mariecollinsfoundation.org.uk/What-We-Do/Training
• Email: admin@mariecollinsfoundation.org.uk

Homework

This program does not include a homework component.

Languages

Click Path to Protection has materials available in the following languages other than English:

For information on which materials are available in this language, please check on the program's website or contact the program representative (contact information is listed in this page).

Publicly available information indicates there is some training available for this program. See contact info.

Training Information

There is training available for this program.

• There are currently no published, peer-reviewed research studies on outcomes with the appropriate target population for the topic area(s) in which Click Path to Protection has been reviewed.

• Bond, E., & Tyrrell, K. (2021, April). Evaluation of online Click Path to Protection training with North Yorkshire professionals. University of Suffolk.https://issuu.com/uniofsuffolk/docs/evaluation-of-online-north-yorks-training-a

• Hamilton-Giachritsis, C., Hansen, E., Whittle, H., Alves-Costa, F., Pintos, A., Metcalf, T., & Beech, A. (2021). Technology assisted child sexual abuse: Professionals’ perceptions of risk and impact on children and young people. Child Abuse & Neglect, 119(Part 1), Article 104651. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2020.104651