1. Child Sexual Exploitation – Awareness Raising Workshop Anne Tierney and Jane Cook

2. What do you understand by child sexual exploitation and trafficking? “Involving children under 18 in exploitative situations, contexts and relationships where young people (or a third party or persons) receive ‘something’ (e.g. food, accommodation, drugs, alcohol, cigarettes, affection, gifts, money) as a result of them performing, and/or another or others performing on them, sexual activities. Child sexual exploitation can occur through the use of technology without the child’s immediate recognition; for example being persuaded to post sexual images on the internet/mobile phones without immediate payment or gain. In all cases, those exploiting the child/young person have power over them by virtue of age, gender, intellect, physical strength and/or economic or other resources. Violence, coercion or intimidation are common, involvement in exploitative relationships being characterised in the main, by the child or young person’s limited availability of choice resulting from their social/economic and/or emotional vulnerability.” Safeguarding children and young people from Sexual Exploitation, DCSF 2009

3. Trafficking Involves movement - (recruitment, transportation, transfer, harbouring, receipt of persons) Reasons – criminal activities, forced labour, domestic servitude, benefit fraud It can happen bringing people into the country or within the UK It happens irrespective of distance Often for the purposes of sexual exploitation

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5. Discussion How is Jade being targeted? What is going on in Jade’s mind? What are the indicators that she is being groomed? Which young people are vulnerable to such grooming?

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7. Discussion How do you feel? What could be the impact of this on children like Jade? What could we do as professionals or parents/carers?

8. What can you do? Report concerns you may have to Children’s services and or the police Understand the signs of grooming so that you know what to look for Warn children about the predatory individuals they may come across Encourage parents or carers to talk to children where signs of grooming are identified Share information and intelligence with relevant agencies Assure child it is not their fault and that you are there to support them First Call: 0191 6437979 Out of hours: 0191 2006800

9. Useful resources My Dangerous Loverboy (UKHTC) Barnardos – Puppet on a String NSPCC Taking Stock – Friend or Foe? Sex Education Forum (Addressing healthy relationships and sexual exploitation within PSHE in schools) CEOP (Online Exploitation) NWG (National Working Group)