Child Sexual Exploitation, Missing and Trafficking Operational Group
Last month a new Child Sexual Exploitation, Missing and Trafficking Operational Group was established. The aim of this group is to understand our local profile of children being sexually exploited, going missing or being trafficked. The multi-agency group is open to other professionals/agencies to share up to date information about children at risk or emerging issues in particular areas.
Informed by intelligence from professionals and the public this multi-agency group will identify issues and commit resources to ensure interception occurs. Key to this is intelligence from professionals. We have launched a new CSE Sharing Information Form. We invite you to bookmark the link to this form, and populate it with intelligence that you have gained on the strands of CSE & Missing Children. Please share this communication with colleagues. Only by capturing this intelligence will we be able to pursue investigations. Complex cases can also be referred to this group. For more information contact John Coleman, Service Manager, DI Nigel Jones, or Ramandeep Sandhu, CSE Team Manager.
A lot of intelligence is gained from Return Home Interviews completed by the Missing Children’s Practitioners (MCP’s). Recently we have been able to increase the number of MCP’s who work to engage young people, understand the push & pull factors that led to the missing episode and for those with frequent missing episodes they will complete direct work with young people.
The Child Sexual Exploitation, Missing & Trafficking Team can be contacted by calling the social care duty number 01926 742226 or email childsexualexploitationteam@warwickshire.gcsx.gov.uk or cse.east@warwickshire.pnn.police.uk
Website www.warwickshirecse.co.uk
Free CSE awareness training
Warwickshire CSE Team delivers multi-agency training with the Warwickshire Safeguarding Children Board which is free to access for all professionals in Warwickshire. The full day training is recommended for DSL’s, Heads of Year and Pastoral staff and you can access the training via the WILMa website: warwickshire.learningpool.com
We recognise that it can be problematic for schools to release staff for multi-agency training and are therefore offering FREE CSE Awareness Raising Training for all Warwickshire Primary and Secondary schools to ensure that staff are able to identify and respond appropriately to concerns around Child Sexual Exploitation. We can tailor training and support to suit the needs of your staff teams and deliver directly at your school.
Child sexual exploitation is a very real issue for children and young people in Warwickshire and it is important for all universal services to understand how it happens, recognise the signs that it could be happening and know what to do if they have concerns.
For more information or to book training contact: Katy Shipley (CSE Project Worker)
Email: katy.shipley@barnardos.org.uk
Telephone: 07702 338667
For more information about Warwickshire ‘Something’s Not Right’ CSE Campaign please see the updated website at: www.warwickshirecse.co.uk.