Swindon Safeguarding Partnership

We are currently working with trainers to finalise dates for this course. Please check back in a month and accept our apologies for the delay.

Please note that this course will be delivered face-to-face at the OK4U Day Centre. There is limited car parking available so please consider car share or other means of transport to make attending the event easier.

This is a specialist course which aims to provide an understanding of the issues and complexities associated with the exploitation of children and to explore professionals' roles and responsibilities to safeguard children where the risk is outside of the family home (ROTH).

The course has been designed to provide participants with an advanced understanding of the contexts, meanings and indicators of child exploitation.

This will enable you to effectively contribute and understand your role in the multi-agency assessment of risk to safeguard children, and discuss the strategies and the management of risk, including effective disruption tactics. The course will also address both the sexual and criminal exploitation of children, gang activity, local lines and county lines.

Target audience

This course is relevant for those professionals who require specialist knowledge and skills in relation to safeguarding children who are at risk/victims of exploitation and risk outside of the home (ROTH).

Aims and objectives

• Explore the definitions of both child sexual and child criminal exploitation.
• Explore risk factors associated to children that may be at risk of exploitation.
• Identify ways to improve practitioner’s observation, assessment and documentation of exploitation.
• Gain a deeper knowledge of groups/gangs and recognise the increased risk for children associated with gangs and county lines.
• Increase knowledge of the local picture and local resources available to support children affected by child exploitation.

Pre-course requirements

Prior to attending this course delegates must have completed the Child exploitation basic awareness course.

Please have access to the definitions as you may need to refer to these on the day.

Post-course information and resources

• Course presentation - Child exploitation

There are other useful resources such as disruption toolkits, information related to missing, available on this webpage:

• Swindon Safeguarding Partnership – Information for professionals - Child Exploitation

For ease, some of the frequently used documents are listed below:

• Child exploitation initial screening tool
• Child Exploitation Risk Assessment Framework (CERAF) and guidance notes on completion
• Reporting intelligence to Wiltshire Police and intelligence submission guidance
• Using appropriate language for those subject to or at risk of exploitation
• The Children's Society website - Child expoitation language guide
• Child exploitation online training presentation
• Child exploitation initial screening tool
• Definition of CSE

Free

Click on a date to book your place:

2023/24 dates are being confirmed and will be added ASAP

After attending the course, please click on the link below to complete a course evaluation form:

• Course evaluation form - Child exploitation