Help everyone in your organisation understand how to be an active bystander and create a workplace culture that prevents sexual harassment.
People who complete our training report that they are
97% likely to do something
if they witness potential sexual harassment (An increase of pre-training score of 75.5%)
x3 more confident
that how they would respond to sexual harassment would be appropriate (An increase from 30% to 90% between pre and post training scores. Based on data from 654 people)
Email our co-founder Cynthia Ellis
Learn from an expert
Dr Nina Burrowes
The Consent Collective founder Dr Nina Burrowes is a psychologist and nationally recognised expert on the psychology of sexual harassment, sexual violence and domestic abuse. A regular educator of police officers, prosecutors, barristers, judges, therapists, healthcare and education professionals, Dr Burrowes is the author of two books on sexual abuse and the presenter of the BBC’s ‘Rape on trail. Is the jury out?’. Nina has spoken about sexual harassment at conferences, in parliaments, at music festivals, on TV and on the radio. She brings her depth of understanding to a broad range of contexts, ensuring that your learning is based on a solid foundation.
What you will learn in this course
- How to step in as an active bystander (6:38)
- Scenario 1: Overhearing your colleagues (6:17)
- Good practice: Responding in proportion to what you've witnessed (2:58)
- Scenario 2: Work Christmas party (4:40)
- Good practice: Considering the person who is being harassed (5:07)
- Scenario 3: Supporting a colleague who is being harassed (4:15)
- What do you do when the harasser isn't a colleague? (0:39)
- Scenario 4: When a colleague is being harassed by a customer, client, patient, student or guest (7:31)
- Anticipating how people may respond when you step in (8:10)
- Health and safety: Having a robust plan for the worst case scenario (9:09)
Feedback from people who have completed our training
"Thank you so much to Dr Nina for providing an incredibly powerful and engaging training on sexual harassment in the workplace. On what can be a very sensitive topic, having such a qualified and highly credible external professional deliver the training I thought was really important"
"I definitely feel more equipped now to handle situations as and when they come up"
"I am so glad organisations like yourselves exist, to help reiterate the zero tolerance approach to sexual harassment, and other related and non-related issues, that occur not just in the workplace, but very much outside of it also. It was a great refresher to understand the importance of being a bystander and speaking out. I think the course was delivered in a really healthy, calm and engaging way, so thank you very much."
"The training was excellent, delivered in a very clear way, with clear expectations and a call to action. The content was delivered with great care to the sensitivity of the subject"
"Raising the bar of how sexual harassment is handled in the workplace!"
This course is £35 per person (+VAT), CPD Accredited and SCORM compatible
Find out about our range of resources
We have a range of resources that are already available and can help you create a safe workplace culture that prevents sexual harassment. From our CPD accredited online courses, to live online seminars and our train-the-trainer package. Put the work in to action with our expert-led resources.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who is this course suitable for?
The course has been designed to help organisations of all sizes in their work to prevent sexual harassment from happening. It is suitable for the entire workforce, from management, to HR teams to all employees. With a focus on using workplace culture as a powerful tool in the prevention of sexual harassment, it is recommended that the course is used organisation wide to support skills development and culture change throughout the business.
What is included in this course?
The basics such as what the law says and what constitutes sexual harassment are covered and the course goes into deeper learning to aid the prevention of sexual harassment, rather than just raising awareness of the topic. Essential learning in this course includes: Good practice when stepping in as a bystander, How to talk to colleagues about their behaviour, What to do when harassment is caused by a customer, How to support colleagues who are being harassed are.
What is the format of the course?
The course content includes, expert knowledge sharing via video with Dr Nina Burrowes presenting the theory and establishing a foundational understanding of the topic. Once this foundational understanding has been covered, course participants have the opportunity to practice their understanding through guided scenarios that have been curated to deliver further key insights in a practical way. A workbook is included in the course encouraging participants to spend the necessary time to think through each scenario and reflect on their skills development as part of this course.
How many scenarios are there to cover and do participants have to complete them all?
We recommend that all four scenarios are covered as each one has been designed to deliver specific learning.
How long is the course?
The course includes circa one hour of video-based knowledge sharing, plus scenario analysis, a quiz and an invitation to complete workbook exercises. In one sitting we recommend 90 minutes to complete the course but participants are able to pause and resume the course at any time, allowing them to complete it in two or sometimes three sittings.
Is any of the content triggering?
At The Consent Collective we centre our work on sexual harm and relationship abuse. We appreciate that some people enrolling on this course will have personal experiences and we purposefully do not go into any detail about sexual harassment. The focus of the course is on skills acquisition and culture change, rather than detail of sexual harassment.
Will participants get a CPD certificate at the end of the course?
Yes, this course is fully CPD accredited and participants will be able to download a 2 hour CPD certificate upon completion of the course.
How long will participants have access to the material for?
Access to the course is for one year from enrolment
Is the course SCORM compliant?
Yes, we are proud to offer the course for use on your organisation's own Learning Management System.
If you do not have an LMS in place, we offer a seamless process via our learning platform, Teachable, whereby we provide you with coupon code-based access to the course, as well as the provision of progress data.
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