Walk in my shoes

The Department of Health is seeking expertise from specialists in gleaning the views of children, young people and vulnerable adults who have been sexually abused, to support the delivery of the ‘Walk in my shoes’ project.

Successful delivery of the contract will require the provision of learning and development material for raising awareness to what it is like to be in the shoes of sexually abused children receiving health services and what improvements they wish to see in how they are received in health and care services.

Material will be amenable to being used through a web portal and easily embedded in local intranet systems.

Design of the materials should involve consultation and stakeholder engagement with specialist sexual violence services, relevant health services and groups and voices representing children and young people, particularly those who have experienced sexual abuse.