Children's Exploitation Pathway
Training to empower practitioners to make ‘every contact count’. When it comes to exploitation, it is too often that opportunities are missed – if the child is choosing to speak to you they must trust you with their information. Young people will be the first to say that they do not like having a change of worker or being referred – so knowing what you can do if you are presented with disclosures is vital.
Aims to: Enhance knowledge and practice for those working with children at risk of exploitation
Learning objectives:-
- Consider use of appropriate and effective communication with young people
- Explore practical methods of offering support and engaging in meaningful interventions with young people
- Understand Shropshire’s exploitation profile
- Explore how to complete high-quality CE risk assessments
- Understand latest themes & trends with child exploitation (especially evolving use of technology)
- Refresh knowledge of statutory safeguarding duties and the law
- Identify when, why and where to signpost or where to get support
Facilitators: Delivered by two trainers (on rotation) - Stafford Mason – Early Help Exploitation Lead, Donna Richards – Senior Social Worker (Together Reducing and Ending Exploitation in Shropshire – TREES) and George Davies, Drug & Alcohol Advisor (TREES).
The trainers have direct experience working with and supporting young people who are being exploited. They are part of the Local Authority (LA) safeguarding procedures (Exploitation Triage, Joint-Decision Making Panel, locality, disruption, mapping meetings) and panel members of the weekly consultations offered by the LA.
Audience: Open to anyone working with or supporting children and young people who may be at risk of exploitation.
This training contributes to underpinning knowledge for Level 3 safeguarding children and young people training in the health care Intercollegiate document.
Shropshire Council ALL staff - your places have been funded for this course by prior arrangement - please ensure you apply for this training internally via Leap into Learning (this link is for SC staff only)