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Child sexual exploitation knowledge and practice hub

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Publication Date: 29 February 2016

Learning points

  • How to distinguish child sexual exploitation (CSE) from other forms of sexual abuse.
  • What the common signs of CSE are, including physical, psychological and behavioural indicators
  • The factors that make children more vulnerable to sexual exploitation, including living in a dysfunctional household or having a past history of abuse.
  • Test your knowledge of law and research and check your decision making in relation to a case of CSE (only available to organisations with a workforce licence).

Introduction

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Key terms and concepts relating to child sexual exploitation
The prevalence of child sexual exploitation
Research summmary

Identification

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Signs and indicators of child sexual exploitation: quick guide

Recognising signs of child sexual exploitation: a care leaver’s perspective
Risk and vulnerability factors: quick guide
Forms child sexual exploitation can take
Further reading (outside resources)

Legal context

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Perpetration, disruption and prosecution
CSE case law summaries

Working with children

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Specific groups of affected children
Direct work with victims and children at risk
Using a trauma model to work with victims of sexual exploitation on children
Multimedia learning

Learn as a group – You are Jenny Molloy’s social worker: learning from a care leaver’s experience of CSE

Young people’s perspectives on professional support for CSE
Multimedia learning

Learn as a group: a contextual response to peer-on-peer sexual exploitation

Multimedia learning

Webinar: protecting young people from CSE: addressing the challenges

Organisational response

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Dealing with a high profile trial
Prevention and strategic and operational responses

Impact

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The impact of child sexual exploitation
Links to trafficking, offending, running away and substance misuse
Working with adults who have experienced child sexual exploitation
Multimedia learning

Video: Lessons learned from a care leaver’s experience of child sexual exploitation while in care

Authors

Helen-BeckettDr Helen Beckett, reader in Child Protection and Children’s Rights and joint director of ‘The International Centre: Researching child sexual exploitation, violence and trafficking’ at the University of Bedfordshire, has led the review of Inform’s Child sexual exploitation content.

Helen and colleagues have produced the in-depth guide to disruption and prosecution, young people’s experiences of working with professionals and have peer reviewed the in-depth guides and presented a webinar on protection young people from CSE.

Emilie-Smeaton-newEmilie Smeaton is research director of Paradigm Research and has extensive experience of carrying out research, evaluation and consultancy addressing marginalised and vulnerable children and young people and their families.

Emilie produced the main in-depth practice guides to CSE.

Other contributors include Camille Warrington; Carlene Firmin; Jenny Molloy and NWG Network.

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