Child Sexual Exploitation (CSE)

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Child Sexual Exploitation (CSE)

• Melanie Hartley
• Designated Nurse for Safeguarding Children,
• NHS Salford CCG

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• Aim
• to increase participants awareness and
  understanding of the SSCB ongoing strategic
  actions to ensure that there is an understanding
  across agencies and appropriate responses to
  Child Sexual Exploitation.
• Objectives to increase participants knowledge
  of
• The definition of CSE
• The drivers for change
• National, GM and SSCB actions to address CSE
• SSCB CSE Policy

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Definition of Sexual Exploitation

• Sexual exploitation of children and young
  people under 18 involves exploitative situations,
  contexts and relationships where young people (or
  a third person 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 childs 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 their age, gender,
  intellect, physical strength and/or economic or
  other resources. Violence, coercion and
  intimidation are common involvements in
  exploitative relationships, being characterised
  in the main by the child or young persons
  limited availability of choice resulting from
  their social/economic and/or emotional
  vulnerability.
• Safeguarding Children and Young People from
  Sexual Exploitation- supplementary guidance to
  Working Together, DCSF, 2009.

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What is Child Sexual Exploitation (1)?

• CSE is a complex form of child abuse
• Victims of this abuse face huge risks to their
  physical, emotional and psychological health.

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What is Child Sexual Exploitation (2)?

• Predatory individuals targeting children and
  young people in order to obtain sex
• Online grooming via social-networking sites such
  as Facebook
• Networks of males who swop telephone numbers and
  make links with vulnerable young people
• On street grooming
• Trafficking of children and young people into the
  country. Trafficking also occurs both within and
  between towns and cities.

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How do young people get involved ?
PUSHES
Abuse
Parental Issues
Relationships
Substance Misuse
Bullying
Homelessness
School Difficulties
PULLS
Family Difficulties
Money
No Conflict
Boyfriend
Excitement
No (Perceived) Rules
Sense of Belonging/Peers
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Impacts of Sexual Exploitation

• Difficulties in forming relationships with others
• Lack of confidence or self-esteem
• Feelings of worthlessness which can lead to acts
  of self-harm, including cutting themselves,
  overdosing and eating disorders
• Increased risk of sexually transmitted infections
  including HIV
• Unwanted pregnancy and abortion
• Long-term sexual and reproductive health problems
• Negative impact on future parenting capacity
• Potential loss of family and friends due to
  necessity to leave local area to escape the abuse.

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Responses to CSE

• National
• Greater Manchester
• Local

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National

• Working together to Safeguard Children guidance
• Office of the Childrens Commissioner
• Recent high profile cases and media interest.

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Increasing Media Profile of CSE (1)

• Rochdale
• Trials ended May 2012 of nine males charged with
  rapes, sexual assault, trafficking and other
  related charges involving the sexual exploitation
  of children and young people
• 47 potential victims interviewed, all female,
  vulnerable and aged between 13 and 18yrs
• Offences were committed between 2008 and 2009.

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Increasing Media Profile of CSE (2)

• Derby
• Trials ended November 2010 of nine males charged
  with rapes, abduction, sexual assault and other
  related charges involving the sexual exploitation
  of children and young people.
• 26 victims, all female, aged between 12 and
  18yrs.
• Acknowledgement from all agencies that there are
  more victims and perpetrators.

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Greater Manchester

• Findings from the Rochdale Case
• Operation Phoenix
• TRI-X Procedures

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Salford Safeguarding Children Board

• Strategic CSE multi-agency Subgroup well
  established
• CSE Policy developed
• Multi-agency training provided
• Database
• Current 12 month pilot with the Manchester
  Protect multi-agency CSE Team.

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Salford Pilot working with the Manchester
Protect Team

• 12 month pilot
• Outcome focused
• Non geographical
• SCC have seconded a Social Worker and a Youth
  Worker into this Team
• Clear remit on preventative and therapeutic work
  
• Independent evaluation

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• Thank you
• Any questions?