1. Recognising grooming and CSE
What you need to know about targeting, grooming and Child Sexual Exploitation
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A guide for educators

2. Before you go any further:
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You need to know:
The grooming line
Sexting
Targeting and disrupting
CSE and vulnerability factors
Consent to sex
Reporting

3. need to keep up to date with developments
All family professionals working in Staffordshire today
need to keep up to date with developments
in CSE to tackle this growing problem
You need to:
Be confident and knowledgeable about spotting the signs of CSE, of someone being ‘targeted’ and ‘groomed’ and know what to do about it
understand the support available to schools
understand emerging issues and themes about CSE , including consent to sex

4. Why more CSE and grooming awareness?
Child sexual exploitation affects thousands of children and young people across the UK every year – and it’s happening in Staffordshire
A new multi-agency public campaign from February will raise public awareness of CSE. A new outcomes framework is developing next year and every agency will be required to measure with regards to CSE.
Because it’s everyone’s responsibility give professionals the vital tools needed to:

5. ‘Grooming’ is now a criminal offence
What is it?
Grooming is when someone convinces a child that they are a safe and trustworthy person for the purpose of sexually exploiting them. A child will not always understand this is happening.
This can be through a friendship or a boyfriend/girlfriend through manipulation - ‘’A ‘’relationship’’
It can happen:
In person
Via mobiles or ONLINE
‘Matt thought he knew’  

6. Courtesy of Barnardo’s

7. A focus on targeting… What the offender does…
Observes the child/young person, usually with a number of others – either online or offline
Selection of child young person
Be-friending - being nice, giving gifts, caring, taking an interest, giving compliments, etc
Gaining and developing trust
Sharing information about young people between other abusive adults

8. How can you spot a child being targeted
Stay alert to changes in behaviour:
Befriending – Perpetrator will offer a young person a ‘reward’ or payment in exchange for sexual acts
Alienation from family and friends
Opportunistic targeting and grooming
Watch - What targeting looks like
Managers: We suggest you play the video for just 2 minutes ( it’s 8 minutes long)

9. Disrupting ‘Targeting’ - how to help the child to ‘walk away’
Offline:
Encouraging parents to talk to their child through a warm and trusting relationship
Online privacy settings
A child needs to know they can talk to an adult they you trust
Using the computer in a family room
Online:
Don’t give out personal and private details
E-safety, sexting and cyberbullying (e.g. ‘’trolling’’) awareness

10. Sexting
… is the transmission of explicit images
.. It’s illegal
..it often leads to more serious exploitation
It’s priority that every professional understands sexting and supports pupils to make the right choices
Watch the videos that you can also use for young people
Know about the ‘Zip It’ app and parent guide to help the child’s online safety

11. Sexting All at : www.staffsscb.org.uk/sexting
Schools have new powers to seize and search an electronic device is there is a good reason to
Find out more from the ‘Sexting’ resource at or ask your Designated Safeguarding Lead
Videos for young people and a link to an app to help young people to take control of their online conversations.
All at :

12. Any gender or sexual orientation
Child Sexual Exploitation is child abuse
Perpetrators of CSE recognise vulnerability, and develop exploitative relationships; further compounding the child’s vulnerability.
A child may think they are in a consensual relationship because they get affection, attention or gifts in sex.
Relationships that appear to be ‘’loving’’ can change significantly, so that the child experiences fear, deception, coercion or violence. They are not in control. They have no choice.
Victims:
Any child of any age
Any background
Any gender or sexual orientation
Any vulnerability

13. Child Sexual Exploitation
Because they are targeted when they’re young, most victims:
Don’t understand what a healthy relationship is
May fail to recognise they are being abused
May feel forced to send sexual images of themselves or have sex
Most perpetrators:
Use their power – physical, financial, emotional-
over the child to sexually and emotionally abuse

14. Vulnerability/Risk Factors
History of abuse
Living in chaotic family environment
Living in residential care, hostel, B&B or being homeless
Gang association either through relatives, peers, intimate relationships or neighbourhood
Lacking friends from the same age group
Not engaging in education/training or employment
Unsure about their sexual orientation or unable to disclose sexual orientation to their families
Learning disabilities
Young carer
Recent bereavement or loss

15. Victims -under- reported cases:
Young people with a disability
Read: Research into increasing understanding of how to meet the needs of children and young people with learning disability
Boys and young men
Look at : BLAST website and resources for boys experience CSE
Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender or questioning sexuality
Read: Findings of scoping exercise into practitioners knowledge of CSE
Minority groups
And all are vulnerable online
RECOMMEND : Research papers and BLAST website is reviewed outside of Team Meeting.

16. Why it’s important, remember S.A.F.E.G.U.A.R.D
Spotting the signs of CSE
Remember the mnemonic S.A.F.E.G.U.A.R.D.
Why it’s important, remember S.A.F.E.G.U.A.R.D
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17. Consent to sex
Someone consents only if they agree by choice and they have the freedom and capacity to make that choice.
Consent may be given to one type of sexual activity but not another.
Consent can be withdrawn at any time during sexual activity and each time activity occurs.
Whilst it is accepted that most adolescents become sexually active in their teens, the legal age of consent is 16.
Sex with a child of 12 or under is statutory rape.
Can still be exploited even if they say yes -whatever their age

18. Consent is everything (Thames Valley Police)
Consent to sex
Myth : Children and young people are not being exploited if they are 16 or over.
Do you know that any child under the age of 18, male or Reality: It can take place even when the victim can legally consent to sex - if their ability to give consent is affected by influence of drugs, threats of violence, grooming or a power imbalance between victim and perpetrator. This is why a 16- or 17-year-old can be sexually exploited even though they are old enough to consent to sexual activity.
Watch:
Consent is everything (Thames Valley Police)
1 minute
Stacey:
This is the most common misconception held by young people and professionals
Short video - Watch

19. Consent to sex Someone cannot agree to sex if they are:
Under the influence of drink or drugs
Asleep or unconscious
Suffering from a medical condition, mental health problem or have a learning disability
Old enough to consent (16+)
There are many other situations to consider…. Please discuss.

20. You’re not alone… knowing what to do
Raise your own CSE development needs in supervision.
Do you have a concern about a child?
Your Designated Safeguarding Lead can support access to multi - agency support
Your DSL will support you to report
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21. Reporting it With your DSL you can:
Help the child yourself -  Complete an Early Help Assessment.  Education Safeguarding Advice Service on can help you.
2) Decide if the child is at risk - Complete a Risk Factor Matrix. Education Safeguarding Advice Service on can help you.
3) Does the child require immediate referral? If not, the Education Safeguarding Advice Service on can help you.
Refer those at immediate risk to First Response or Staffordshire Police on 101.
4) Is the child is immediate danger? Ring Staffs police on 999
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22. Remember to raise your own CSE development needs in your supervision
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23. New resources
From March 2016, SSCB will no longer fund Chelsea’s Choice
Instead, schools can access a range of effective and age-appropriate resources :
Sexting videos and apps for young people
Guides for parents to talk online safety
New ‘the signs of CSE’ video
Birmingham BAIT resources