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Busan Metropolitan City Conducts “2025 Second Half-Year Joint Training for Child Abuse Response Personnel”

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Busan Metropolitan City’s Child Protection Comprehensive Center (hereinafter “the Center”) announced that, in cooperation with the Busan Metropolitan Police Agency (Commissioner: Eom Seong-gyu), it will conduct the “2025 Second Half-Year Joint Training for Child Abuse Response Personnel” today (Nov. 4) and tomorrow (Nov. 5) at the Busan Social Welfare Center.

The City regularly conducts child abuse response personnel training twice a year—in the first and second halves of the year. In March, 22 public officials from district and county offices in charge of child abuse participated in the first-half training session. The upcoming training is a continuation of that effort, marking the second-half course.

This second-half program is designed for 35 response personnel, including public officials responsible for child abuse in the 16 districts and counties of the City and child abuse prevention police officers (APOs), who directly handle child abuse reports and respond on-site.

The training focuses on strengthening both the practical expertise and emotional resilience of response personnel through practice-oriented and participatory programs based on real-world cases. The instructors are composed primarily of practitioners from child protection agencies and police stations. The curriculum includes:

• ●Ice-breaking activities to ease tension

• ●Cooperation in child abuse field response and prevention of re-abuse

• ●On-site response and case assessment of child abuse incidents

• ●Interpretation of relevant laws and analysis of recent judicial precedents

• ●Interview techniques and interaction methods for children and perpetrators

Through this joint training, the Center expects to further reinforce the cooperation system among on-site response personnel and to enhance their professional competence in child abuse investigations and protective measures.

Meanwhile, as a central institution for child abuse prevention and victim support, the City’s Child Protection Comprehensive Center continues to pursue various initiatives such as preventive education and psychological therapy, striving to make Busan a safer and happier city for children.

Won Se-yeon, Director of the City’s Child Protection Comprehensive Center, stated,
“Professional expertise and inter-agency cooperation are key in child abuse response. I hope this training will serve as an opportunity to strengthen the capabilities of response personnel and to promote prompt and organic collaboration among institutions.”

She added,
“It is also very important to prevent excessive workloads and burnout among frontline personnel. Through this training, the Center will actively support them in maintaining psychological stability and resilience.”