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SOCIETIES WELFARE OFFICER TRAINING

SOCIETIES WELFARE OFFICER TRAINING. HOUSEKEEPING. THIS SESSION WILL LAST ----- THERE WILL BE A BREAK AT ------ NO PHONES PLEASE! QUESTION AND ANSWER SESSION AT THE END. CONSENT. THIS SESSION WILL DISCUSS SEXUAL VIOLENCE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT.

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SOCIETIES WELFARE OFFICER TRAINING

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  1. SOCIETIES WELFARE OFFICER TRAINING

  2. HOUSEKEEPING • THIS SESSION WILL LAST ----- • THERE WILL BE A BREAK AT ------ • NO PHONES PLEASE! • QUESTION AND ANSWER SESSION AT THE END

  3. CONSENT • THIS SESSION WILL DISCUSS SEXUAL VIOLENCE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT. • IF YOU ARE AFFECTED BY THESE TOPICS PLEASE SPEAK TO A MEMBER OF STAFF • DISCUSSION MUST BE KEPT CALM AND RESPECTFUL

  4. MYTH OR FACT? • WOMEN GET ASSAULTED BECAUSE THEY DRINK AND DRESS PROVOCATIVELY, AND ARE ‘ASKING FOR IT’ • PEOPLE ARE MORE LIKELY TO BE SEXUALLY ASSAULTED OUTSIDE AFTER DARK, BY A STRANGER • IF SOMEONE SAYS ‘NO’ THEY’RE PLAYING HARD TO GET • ONCE, SOMEONE HAS SAID YES, THEY CAN’T TAKE THAT BACK • WOMEN OFTEN LIE ABOUT BEING ASSAULTED FOR ATTENTION • WOMEN ARE THE ONLY VICTIMS OF RAPE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT

  5. THE FACTS • PEOPLE OF ALL AGES, RACES, GENDERS, ABILITIES AND RELIGIONS ARE ASSAULTED REGARDLESS OF THEIR CLOTHING • AROUND 90% OF RAPES ARE COMMITTED BY MEN KNOWN TO THEM, AND OVER 60% OF RAPES HAPPEN INDOORS • IF SOMEONE SAYS NO, THEY MEAN NO • CONSENT CAN BE WITHDRAWN AT ANY TIME • FALSE ALLEGATIONS OF RAPE ARE VERY RARE, AND ARE DISPROPORTIONATELY FOCUSED ON BY THE MEDIA • PEOPLE OF ALL GENDER IDENTITES ARE SEXUALLY ASSAULTED, BUT THE MAJORITY ARE WOMEN

  6. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9E10fp_5PvE

  7. THE STATS • 1 IN 5 WOMEN ABOVE 16 HAVE EXPERIENCED SEXUAL VIOLENCE • 90% OF RAPE SURVIVORS KNEW THE PERPETRATOR BEFOREHAND • ONLY 10% OF RAPES ARE REPORTED TO THE POLICE • A THIRD OF PEOPLE BELIEVE THAT WOMEN WHO FLIRT ARE PARTIALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR BEING RAPED • CONVICTION RATES FOR RAPE ARE MUCH LOWER THAN MOST OTHER CRIMES, WITH ONLY 5.7% OF REPORTED RAPE END IN A CONVICTION

  8. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HU_w55iEmRw

  9. BREAK TIME – BE BACK IN 10 MINUTES!

  10. THE LAW SEXUAL OFFENCES ACT 2003 • SEXUAL ASSAULT • A PERSON (A) COMMITS AN OFFENCE IF— • THEY INTENTIONALLY TOUCH ANOTHER PERSON (B), • THE TOUCHING IS SEXUAL, • B DOES NOT CONSENT TO THE TOUCHING, AND • A DOES NOT REASONABLY BELIEVE THAT B CONSENTS. YOU CAN GO TO PRISON FOR UP TO 10 YEARS FOR ASSAULTING SOMEONE

  11. THE LAW SEXUAL OFFENCES ACT 2003 • COERCION AND CONTROLLING BEHAVIOUR • CONTROLLING BEHAVIOUR IS: A RANGE OF ACTS DESIGNED TO MAKE A PERSON SUBORDINATE AND/OR DEPENDENT BY ISOLATING THEM FROM SOURCES OF SUPPORT, EXPLOITING THEM FOR PERSONAL GAIN, DEPRIVING THEM OF INDEPENDENCE, RESISTANCE AND ESCAPE AND REGULATING THEIR EVERYDAY BEHAVIOUR. • COERCIVE BEHAVIOUR IS: A CONTINUING ACT OR A PATTERN OF ACTS OF ASSAULT, THREATS, HUMILIATION AND INTIMIDATION OR OTHER ABUSE THAT IS USED TO HARM, PUNISH, OR FRIGHTEN THEIR VICTIM. YOU CAN GO TO PRISON FOR UP TO 5 YEARS FOR COERCIVE OR CONTROLLING BEHAVIOUR.

  12. THE LAW SEXUAL OFFENCES ACT 2003 • CONSENT • SOMEONE CANNOT GIVE CONSENT IF: • FORCED OR THREATENED • ASLEEP, DRUNK, UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF DRUGS, UNDER THE AGE OF 16, OR HAS A SEVERE MENTAL DISABILITY • THEY HAVE BEEN MISLED ON THE IDENTITY WITH WHO THEY MAY SLEEP WITH IF SOMEONE IS DRUNK THEY CANNOT CONSENT – AND NEITHER CAN YOU!

  13. THE LAW CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND COURTS ACT 2015 • REVENGE PORN • IT IS ILLEGAL FOR SOMEONE TO SHARE AN EXPLICIT PHOTO OR FILM IF: • THERE IS NO CONSENT OF SOMEONE WHO APPEARS IN THE PHOTO OR FILM, AND • WITH THE INTENTION OF CAUSING THAT PERSON DISTRESS YOU CAN GET UP TO 2 YEARS IN PRISON FOR SHARING REVENGE PORN

  14. THE LAW • ASSUALT THAT YOU MAY THINK IS ‘BANTER’ CAN HAVE A SERIOUS EFFECT ON THE REST OF YOUR LIFE, INCLUDING THE SEX OFFENDERS’ REGISTER AND EVEN PRISON • SEXUAL ASSAULT AND RAPE CAN TAKE A LIFETIME FOR SURVIVORS TO DEAL WITH • IF YOU WANT TO BE ABLE TO SPOT SIGNS AND SUPPORT, ATTEND BYSTANDER TRAINING – IT RUNS TWICE A WEEK. A MINIMUM OF TWO OF YOUR EXEC NEED TO DO IT • IF YOU’RE DRUNK, OR THE OTHER PERSON IS DRUNK, NEITHER OF YOU CAN CONSENT

  15. DRINKING AND INITIATIONS • THE SU HAS A ZERO TOLERANCE POLICY ON ANY KIND OF INITIATION OR‘HAZING’ WITH DRINKING - https://www.essexstudent.com/pageassets/smallprint/Alcohol-Policy.pdf THE STUDENTS’ UNION AND UNIVERSITY CAN AND WILL TAKE ACTION AGAINST INITIATIONS AND HAZING

  16. DRINKING AND INITIATIONS • MANY STUDENTS DECIDE NOT TO GET INVOLVED IN CLUBS AND SOCS BECAUSE OF INITIATIONS AND INTIMIDATING BEHAVIOUR FROM SOCS AND SPORTS • STUDENTS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY (INCLUDING ESSEX) HAVE DIED FROM BEHAVIOUR LINKED TO INITIATIONS • THE SU ALCOHOL POLICY STATES THAT A MINIMUM OF 2 OF YOUR EXEC NEEDS TO STAY SOBER AT ANY EVENT – IF YOU HAVE A LARGER MEMBERSHIP IT WILL NEED TO BE MORE • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrtGEEhpOt4

  17. WHAT CAN YOU DO? • DON’T HAVE INITIATIONS INVOLVING ALCOHOL, COERCION OR HAZING – IF YOU NEED IDEAS OR WANT TO CHECK, SPEAK TO THE SOCS DEPARTMENT • SPEAK TO VP WELFARE, SU SOCS, SPORTS OR SU ADVICE ABOUT INCIDENTS OCCURING IN YOUR CLUB OR SOC • MAKE SURE THAT YOU READ THE SU’S ALCOHOL POLICY AND ENSURE YOUR WHOLE EXEC IS AWARE - DON’T CONTRAVENE IT • ENSURE THAT YOUR MEMBERS KNOW AT ANY EVENTS WITH ALCOHOL THAT THEY WILL NOT BE EXPECTED OR PRESSURED TO DRINK

  18. MENTAL HEALTH SIGNPOSTING • YOU MIGHT BE THE FIRST POINT OF CONTACT FOR A MEMBER OF YOUR SOCIETY THAT IS HAVING MENTAL HEALTH OR WELLBEING ISSUES • REMEMBER THAT YOU ARE NOT A MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONAL • YOUR ROLE IS TO PROVIDE INITIAL SUPPORT AND SIGNPOST TO OTHER SERVICES SUCH AS SU ADVICE AND STUDENT SUPPORT • MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID COURSES ARE NOW AVAILABLE THROUGH THE SU – I RECOMMEND THE WELFARE OFFICER AND AT LEAST ONE OTHER EXEC ATTENDING

  19. MENTAL HEALTH • SOME ISSUES THAT MEMBERS MAY BRING TO YOU CAN BE LARGE AND COMPLEX – YOU MUST CONTACT A PERMANENT MEMBER OF STAFF IN THE FIRST INSTANCE – SOCS STAFF, SU ADVICE, VP WELFARE • DON’T ATTEMPT TO DEAL WITH THINGS YOURSELF – YOUR JOB IS ONLY TO PROVIDE INITIAL SUPPORT AND HELP MEMBERS GO TO TRAINED PROFESSIONALS • LOOK AFTER YOURSELF – MAKE SURE YOU MAKE FULL USE OF SUPPORT SERVICES ARE AVAILABLE • VP WELFARE AND VP ACTIVITIES ARE ALWAYS ON HAND TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL SUPPORT

  20. CONFIDENTIALITY • IF SOMEONE COMES TO YOU WITH AN ISSUE YOU DO NOT SHARE THAT INFORMATION WITH OTHER EXECS OR STUDENTS • IF SOMEONE JUST WANTS A CHAT THAT’S OKAY, IF YOU HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT SOMEONE YOU NEED TO CONTACT PERMANENT STAFF • YOU NEED TO INFORM THE PERSON IN QUESTION THAT YOU WILL BE CONTACTING PERMANENT STAFF ABOUT YOUR CONCERNS

  21. ANY QUESTIONS? Disputes and conflicts within socs

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