Breaking Down Barriers - Telford & Wrekin’s Approach to Preventing

and Protecting Against Child Sexual Exploitation

Tina Knight

Jas Bedesha

Child Sexual Exploitation

Introduction

• Telford and CSE – the history

• Telford’s current response to CSE

• key challenges

• Round table discussions

Child Sexual Exploitation

1990’s - 2007 • Attitudes/Awareness start of journey

• Youth Service

• Professionals identifying CSE

• Cluster Influence 2006

• Practitioner Influence

• Multi Agency Meetings (CATE Meetings)

• Senior Officer Meetings 2007

• LSCB

Child Sexual Exploitation

2009

• Operation Chalice

• Strategic response

• Operational response

Child Sexual Exploitation

CATE Care Pathway

• Learning Influences

• New & Bold approach

• Nature of CSE

Growing Concern

CATE Project

Police Response

CATE Care

Pathway

Mainstreaming Services

Child Sexual Exploitation

Mainstreaming 3 Strands:

Prevention

Protection & Support

Prosecution

Growing Concern

Police Response

CATE Care

Pathway

Community engagement

Child Sexual Exploitation

Challenges • Keeping young people safe.• Strategic/operational understanding of wider issues

relating to CSE

• Ongoing partnership ownership

• Public sector cuts

• Community engagement

• Workforce development

• Impact of CSE inquiries in other areas.

Child Sexual Exploitation

Rotherham’s Independent Enquiry

• Vast numbers of young people involved in CSE

• Appeared to be ahead of the game in

responding to CSE

• Set within a context of significant capacity

issues and shortage of Social Workers

• Suggestion of Senior Manager/Councillor lack

of action

Child Sexual Exploitation

Round Table discussions

Pathway development and models of working with young people and their families.

Tackling those tricky issues encountered by us all.