5.5 Child Sexual Exploitation

RELEVANT NATIONAL GUIDANCE

Child sexual exploitation: Definition and a guide for practitioners (GOV.UK) - definition and a guide for practitioners, local leaders and decision makers working to protect children from child sexual exploitation.

What to do if you're worried a child is being abused (GOV.UK) - guidance to help practitioners identify the signs of child abuse and neglect and understand what action to take.

Child Sexual Abuse – The Children’s Commissioner

Responding to Child Sexual Exploitation- College of Policing

Criminal Exploitation of children and vulnerable adults: County Lines guidance (Home Office)

Centre of Expertise on Child Sexual Abuse

Child sexual exploitation: Practice Tool (2017) (open access) - Research in Practice. Further background information about child sexual exploitation and additional commentary around some of the complexities of practically responding to the issue.

RELATED REGIONAL GUIDANCE

Child Sexual Exploitation and Missing from Home/Care: North West Cross-Border Information Sharing Protocol

RELEVANT LOCAL GUIDANCE

CSAP Contextual Safeguarding Strategy 2022-2024

Pan-Lancs CSE Checklist

Pan-Lancs CSE Teams – Contact Numbers – see Local Contacts

Blackburn with Darwen Engage Team: Multi-Agency Practice Guidance

Blackburn with Darwen Childrens Services - Child Sexual Exploitation (CSE) Toolkit

RELATED CHAPTERS

Missing Children and Families Procedure

Abduction Procedure

Transfer Across Local Authority Boundaries and Children and Families Moving Abroad Procedure

Complex (Organised or Multiple) Abuse Procedure

Sexually Active Young People Under the Age of 18 Procedure

Gang, Group Activity and Criminal Exploitation Affecting Children Procedure

AMENDMENT

The Further Information section was revised and updated in May 2018 with a link to the Centre of Expertise on Child Sexual Abuse: Key Messages from research on child sexual exploitation and Child sexual exploitation: Practice Tool (2017) (open access) - Research in Practice - further background information about child sexual exploitation and additional commentary around some of the complexities of practically responding to the issue.

This chapter is currently under review.