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Sheffield Safeguarding Children Board Sexual Exploitation Service Jo Davies

Sheffield Safeguarding Children Board Sexual Exploitation Service Jo Davies. A Multi-Agency Service Safeguarding Children Board South Yorkshire Police Sheffield Futures – Taking Stock. How to Refer. Contact SES 201 8645/3 Access and Assessment 275 35114 West 203 7463 East

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Sheffield Safeguarding Children Board Sexual Exploitation Service Jo Davies

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  1. Sheffield Safeguarding Children Board Sexual Exploitation Service Jo Davies

  2. A Multi-Agency Service • Safeguarding Children Board • South Yorkshire Police • Sheffield Futures – Taking Stock

  3. How to Refer • Contact SES 201 8645/3 • Access and Assessment 275 35114 West 203 7463 East 203 9591 North 273 8455 Out of hours • Taking Stock – For advice 201 8640

  4. What is Sexual Exploitation?

  5. DCSF 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 them performing, and/or another or others performing on them, sexual activities.

  6. DCSF Definition of Sexual Exploitation • Child sexual exploitation can occur through the use of technology without the child’s immediate recognition; for example being persuaded to post sexual images on the internet/mobile phones without immediate payment or gain.

  7. DCSF Definition of Sexual Exploitation • 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, involvement in exploitative relationships being characterised in the main by the child or young person’s limited availability of choice resulting from their social/economic and/or emotional vulnerability

  8. How do we know if a young person is at risk?

  9. Risk Indicators • Key • Not attending school • Missing from home • Breaking away from family and friends • Associating with older people • Other indicators • Unexplained mobile phones/ credit • Accepting lifts in different cars • Experimenting with drugs and alcohol • Travelling to other locations • Secretive • Internet/ mobile technology • Spending increasing amounts of time on social networking sites • Sending and receiving inappropriate images

  10. Differences-Boys • Chaotic offending behaviour • Links with sex offenders • Links with violent offenders • Links with adults involved in prostitution • Gay Press • Sexuality -gay, heterosexual? • Exploring sexuality

  11. Exploring the Risks • How could you explore CSE risks with young people? • What advice/ information could you give?

  12. Exploring the Risks • Positive relationships • Peer Pressure • Self Esteem • Staying safe • Sexual health • Negotiation • Pressures, expectations and stereotypes • Modelling positive relationships • Where to get help

  13. Young People and the Internet The Internet is such an integral part of young people’s lives these days. It opens up so many educational and social opportunities giving them access to, quite literally, a world of information and resources. Whether on a computer at school, a laptop at home, a games console or mobile phone, young people are increasingly accessing the internet whenever or wherever they can. (CEOP)

  14. WHAT ARE THE RISKS?

  15. Sexual Exploitation and Technology Online Grooming Uploading and sharing of inappropriate images BBM/ Private Messaging Wish Lists Gaming Credits Exchanging images/ performing on a webcam Pornography

  16. What Are The Risks? Young people feel safe Do not apply the ‘stranger danger’ concept Don’t guard their information Unaware of legalities Accept sexualised images as ‘normal’ Trust their friends ‘networks’ without question ‘Friends’ = Popularity

  17. Technology • Modern technology is increasingly used as a tool by offenders to meet and control YP for the purposes of SE • YP are instantly accessible • Contact is private and untraceable • Boundaries between online and offline exploitation becoming increasingly blurred • YP are ‘normalising’ sexual images by participating themselves

  18. Exploring E Safety • How would you explore ‘staying safe’ with young people? • What advice/ Information would you give?

  19. Exploring E Safety • Profile security • What is a friend? • Safeguarding personal information • What is an inappropriate image? • Media • Peer Pressure • Self Esteem • Risk Assessment • Where do the images go? • Where to get help (CEOP Report Abuse Button/ Website)

  20. Early Intervention • SES work from the starting point that ALL young people are potentially at risk • More so with advances in technology • Working with young people from an early age to build resilience, confidence, relationship and negotiation skills is very important • This can begin from a very early age in it’s most basic form

  21. QUESTIONS?

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