Supporting Sex Workers Workshops
This half-day workshop has been co-developed alongside sex workers and people with lived experience of the sex industry.
You will learn how to:
- Understand the support needs of sex workers
- Understand how chronic non-engagement effects accessing ISVA support and reporting crimes to the police
- Recognise current legislation around buying and selling sex in the UK
- Understand how society perceives sex workers
- Know where to signpost or refer sex workers for support
- Understand how to support complex needs victims and survivors
- Recognise the importance of self-care when working with trauma
Guest Speaker:
Julie Smedley is an Advanced Practitioner at CGL River in Liverpool in Liverpool. She has worked in drug and alcohol services for 15 years and is passionate about working with local women so she developed the IRIS Project three years ago so support women engaged in sex work across Liverpool to access drug and alcohol treatment.
Julie pioneered the project to take vital resources and harm reduction practices to local women, including access to drug and alcohol treatment, sexual health testing, access to housing support and domestic violence support. She is now a fully qualified Independent Sexual Violence Advisor. She is a passionate campaigner for progressive access to support for women engaged in sex work, using her expertise to lecture at Chester University.
To express your interest, please email training@thesurvivorstrust.org for further information and prices
Date: 16/09/2027
Prices:
TST Member or Charity (must be a registered charity) – £70.00 (10% discount)
Non-member & non-charity – £78.00