Increase your knowledge

If you are a practitioner in the Wakefield District who works or volunteers with children and families, this page will give you full access to a range of Child Exploitation training, development and resources, as well as signposting to services.

In addition to what is included on the individual Speak Up. Stand Up. Stop Exploitation! practitioner pages of the Knowledge Hub, below you will find links to current training offers, one minute guides, briefings, learning from reviews and signposting to services which can help you with developing your skills and knowledge in relation to Child Exploitation.

Child Exploitation Series of One Minute Guides

Access our Child Exploitation library of One Minute Guides (1MG) here
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- 1MG: CHILD CRIMINAL EXPLOITATION
- 1MG: Modern Slavery
- 1MG: CHILD SEXUAL EXPLOITATION
- 1MG: Child Financial Exploitation
- 1MG: Child Trafficking
- 1MG: Children Missing from Home and Care
Child Exploitation Series
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  Child Criminal Exploitation (CCE)
  CCE is where children are exploited into undertaking criminal activity such as stealing, selling and/or carrying drugs or weapons. They may also be sexually and physically abused. Read more here.
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  Child Sexual Exploitation (CSE)
  CSE is a type of sexual abuse. When a child is exploited they’re given items such as gifts or drugs, money, status and affection, in exchange for carrying out sexual activities. Read more here.
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  Child Trafficking
  Many children are trafficked into the UK from other countries. Children are also trafficked around the UK and forced to work or are sold. Read more here.
  Read the ICTG OMG here
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  Modern Slavery
  An estimated 12 million children around the world wake up each day trapped in modern slavery. Children from disadvantaged backgrounds are particularly vulnerable to slavery. Read more here.
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  Child Financial Exploitation (CFE)
  Child Financial Exploitation is on the increase and is more common than you think. Children are being groomed by perpetrators into opening bank accounts to launder money. Read more here
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  Missing from Home & Care (MFHC)
  A missing person is “anyone whose whereabouts cannot be established”. A person will be considered missing until they are located and their well-being or otherwise confirmed. Read more here.

Access our Child Exploitation library of One Minute Guides (1MG) here
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- 1MG: ONLINE EXPLOITATION
Child Exploitation Series
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  Online Exploitation
  The act of developing a relationship with a child to enable their abuse and exploitation through online platforms, such as online gaming, social media, messaging and live streaming indicates online exploitation. Read more here.

Other WSCP One Minute Guides

Intelligence Sharing
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For more detials on what information to report to the police and how to access the Partnership Intelligence Portal (PIP) click here

Click here to access a flyer on the PIP.
Take a look at our main library of One Minute Guides
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Find more information on contextual safeguarding, bullying and other one minute guides:

visit the WSCP main site OMGs page here

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Resources

The power of language

Avoiding victim blaming

Waltham Forest produced this powerful short video in 2016 to help practitioners understand the power of language.

Reports & Guidance:

Invisible Children: Understanding the risk of the cost-of living crisis and school holidays on child sexual and criminal exploitation July 2023

view report here
An inspection of the effectiveness of the police and law enforcement bodies’ response to group-based child sexual exploitation in England and Wales Dec 2022

view report here
National Crime Agency: Child sexual abuse and exploitation Feb 2024

read more here
NPCC - Child Sexual Abuse and Exploitation Analysis Jan 2024

read more here

Learning Exchange Events
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These events are designed to help practitioners who work or volunteer with children and their families where child exploitation is a concern. There will be an opportunity to network, share best practice and exchange knowledge as well as meeting services in the Wakefield District.

Coming soon…

Meet the Child Exploitation Team (CET) – Date TBA

The importance of Contextual Safeguarding / Extra-Familial Harm – Date TBA
How Professional Curiosity & Challenge can help you
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Being professionally curious and challenging is essential when it comes to identifying types of child exploitation, as some may occur in isolation whilst others alongside each other. It can be difficult to distinguish what type of exploitation a child is experiencing but having a contextual safeguarding approach to your assessment will help you to identify, prevent, disrupt and stop exploitation. Risks posed to a child may vary but can be as serious as death, we must therefore ensure the correct safeguarding response is considered when a child is being abused.

To understand what is meant by professional curiosity and challenge in the district and how to adopt this approach, please click below.

Learn more about professional curiosity and challenge on the WSCP webpages here
#LookCloser Programme of Learning
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The Children's Society are delighted to invite you to join them for their latest #LookCloser programme of learning.

They have developed sessions based on learning from The Children’s Society and wider partners to tackle the issues of child exploitation and abuse

All sessions are free of charge and delivered on Microsoft Teams which means:

– Interaction with the presenters and participants will be limited
– There will however, be a Q&A function
– They will use tools such as Menti to provide opportunities for engagement and discussion.

Learn more about the programme of learning and how to book here

There is also a new #LookCloser e-newsletter specifically for teachers designed to raise awareness of child exploitation. To access this, please click here
Every Child Protected Against Trafficking (ECPAT Training)
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ECPAT UK’s multidisciplinary team offers a wide range of training courses for individuals and organisations relating to children’s rights to protection and lives free from exploitation, trafficking, and modern slavery. As well as generic training courses, bespoke training to organisations is also on offer.

Learn more about it here
Neurodiversity, SEND and child exploitation training course
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This course is designed for anyone working with young people and families who would like to develop their knowledge about neurodivergence. The course focuses on supporting neurodivergent young people who are at risk of, or are being exploited.

Please note: this is external training and there may be a cost incurred. WSCP cannot quality assure the content and delivery.

Learn more about the training here

Learn about other training from Ivison

Learning Exchange:
Disrupting Exploitation

July 25

Led by the Prevention Programme, this learning exchange covered:

How and who we target when breaking the cycle of child exploitation
Using legislation to create appropriate evidence-led prosecutions for perpetrators
Explore the tools available to practitioners when disrupting exploitation
Evidence best practise through Case Studie exploration
Distruption measures for children in transistion to adulthood
Explore barriers and limitations to current legislation and civil orders

Learning Exchange: National Referral Mechanism

Dec 24

As part of our Speak Up! Stand Up! Stop Exploitation! campaign, during our virtual Learning Exchange event we were joined by colleagues from West Yorkshire Police’s Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking Team, and Barnardo’s Independent Child Trafficking Guardianship Service for a deep dive into the National Referral Mechanism.

To receive the slides from this presentation please fill out the evaluation form here and then request the slides from wscp@wakefield.gov.uk

Learning Exchange: From Information to Intelligence

September 24

As part of our Speak Up! Stand Up! Stop Exploitation! campaign, our virtual Learning Exchange event had Ivison Trust and West Yorkshire Police discuss the value and context of information and intelligence, how it drives intervention and investigation and introduced the Partnership Intelligence Portal (PiP) to those who work and volunteer with children and their families.

To receive the slides from this presentation please fill out the evaluation form here and then request the slides from wscp@wakefield.gov.uk

Take a look at the evaluation infograph from this event here

Learning Exchange: Serious Youth Violence

Safeguarding Week June 2024

With input from the Violence Reduction Partnership, Youth Justice Service, West Yorkshire Police, Ivison Trust, St Giles Trust and WSCP audit activity we had a West Yorkshire wide audience where we shared best practice, a deeper understanding and knowledge around serious violence in the area and gained an invaluable insight into the lived experience of both child, parent and victim.

Click here to view the Masterclass on Serious Youth Violence

Download the Masterclass evaluation Infographic here