Safeguarding Children and Young People from Sexual Exploitation

Scope of this chapter

Related guidance

• Child Sexual Exploitation - Hillingdon Safeguarding Children Partnership Arrangements (Hillingdon LSCB)
• Child Sexual Exploitation: Definition and Guide for Practitioners (DfE, February 2017) - definition and a guide for practitioners, local leaders and decision makers working to protect children from child sexual exploitation
• What to do if you Suspect a Child is being Sexually Exploited - guidance to help practitioners identify the signs of child abuse and neglect and understand what action to take.
• Centre of Expertise on Child Sexual Abuse
• Barnardos - Child Sexual Exploitation – resources and research on CSE
• Child sexual exploitation: Practice Tool (2017) (open access) - further background information about child sexual exploitation and additional commentary around some of the complexities of practically responding to the issue.
• National Crime Agency - UK Human Trafficking Centre
• Tackling Child Sexual Exploitation: Progress Report - gives an update on action the government is taking to deal with child sexual exploitation.
• Tackling Child Sexual Exploitation: A Resource Pack for Councils - includes case studies
• Responding to Child Sexual Exploitation – College of Policing
• Preventing Child Sexual Abuse – The Children’s Commissioner
• Sex and Relationships Education (SRE) for the 21st Century, Brook, PSHE Association and Sex Education Forum
• Click here to see the Hillingdon Child Sexual Exploitation Prevention and Intervention Strategy

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June 20, 2024