This protocol aims to provide multidisciplinary teams with structured guidance for psychosocial counselling and interventions in cases of online child sexual violence. It aims to ensure a standardised, quality-assured procedure, orientation in complex or critical situations, promotion of multidisciplinary cooperation, legal certainty and protection; knowledge transfer and transparent documentation of the procedure.

Section one outlines the underlying terminology and scientific background – outlining the necessity and needed content of a protocol on how to support children affected by OCSA in multidisciplinary teams at Barnahus institutions.

Section two introduces case examples which give practical examples in connection with the given theory throughout the rest of the protocol and it outlines the basic principles of the protocol.

Section three gives practical guidelines on how psychosocial interventions by the multidisciplinary team at Barnahus and cooperating partners should be included in the psychosocial care of children affected by OCSA.

This protocol is to be read together with the medical support protocol. Chapters 1 – 7 are identical as a common baseline. Psychosocial care being an important part of a holistic health care approach – therefore every professional at Barnahus should have knowledge about a psychosocial and trauma-sensitive approach as well as how and when to refer for medical examinations.

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