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.
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