Tender for a national child sexual abuse offending prevention service.

This procurement will engage a service provider to deliver a national child sexual abuse offending prevention service (Service). The objective of the Service is to protect children from sexual abuse by intervening before an individual offends or re-offends.

People will be able to contact the Service if they are worried about their own sexual thoughts and behaviours towards children or young people, or when they are worried that an adult is at risk of or is already offending.

The Service will primarily provide advice and guidance on:

• how people can learn to manage unwanted sexual thoughts and feelings, and stop harmful or offending behaviour; and
• what people can do and where they can go if they are concerned about an adult’s (i.e. someone else’s) behaviour.

The Service will fulfil these objectives by providing a helpline, website and other contact methods (such as SMS or online chat) that people can use for free and anonymously.