Contextual sexual exploitation

What’s in this section:

• Barnardo’s resources to help identify and engage young people at risk of sexual abuse and exploitation
• Child sexual exploitation (CSE) screening tool
• It’s Not Okay: What is it?
• The Real Story?
• Pant-o-saurus
• The story of Jay
• Chelsea’s Choice
• Teens Guide to Safety Plan
• Exploring Healthy Relationships
• Teen Relationship Workbook
• Healthy Relationship Workbook
• The Child Exploitation Disruption Toolkit

Child sexual exploitation (CSE) screening tool

This Cafcass tool can be applied to all children (male and female) under the age of 18 and its purpose is to enable practitioners to assess a child’s level of risk of child sexual exploitation (CSE) and/or child criminal exploitation (CCE) in a concise and consistent manner.

This tool was developed by Cafcass.

[This download is an editable Word document]

It’s Not Okay: What is it?

This resource provides information to explain child sexual exploitation in simple and clear language.  There are case studies to help children and young people recognise others have had the same experience, we hope they can empower our children and young people to share their stories in an effort to begin their healing journey and seek justice to protect themselves and others.

This tool was developed by Cafcass.

The Real Story?

The Real Story? is a child sexual exploitation and sexual health resource pack helping to develop our knowledge of how to have conversations with children and young people.  Also, there are useful sessions to help prepare and plan meaningful direct work sessions with children, young people and can be used with their parents and carers too.

This tool was developed by Barnardo’s Safe Choices NI in 2014.

Pant-o-saurus

NSPCC Pant-o-saurus tool helps to have simple conversations with children to help keep them safe from sexual abuse. Talk PANTS helps children understand that their body belongs to them, and they should tell someone they trust if anything makes them feel upset or worried.

This guide was developed by NSPCC.

Also, watch the video from NSPCC:

Chelsea’s Choice

A trailer for AlterEgo’s powerful CSE Awareness Raising play ‘Chelsea’s Choice’. The play has now been seen by over 100,000 young people and hundreds of professionals that work with young people throughout the UK.

This video was developed by AlterEgo.

The story of Jay

The story of Jay helps explain that grooming and exploitation can happen to any child or young person and helps to explain signs of an unhealthy relationship.

This video was developed by NSPCC.

Teens Guide to Safety Plan

A Teens Guide to Safety Plan explains why a safety plan is needed and helps develop a meaningful safety plan.

This guide was developed by the Gloucestershire Domestic Abuse Support Service (GDASS).

Exploring Healthy Relationships

Exploring Healthy Relationships is an educational toolkit aimed at 14-16 years old.  The pack was developed with young people for the benefit of young people and is for use as a resource to help prevent domestic abuse and encourage discussion and debate around healthy relationships and self-esteem. It creates a shared language and activity pack for both facilitators and young people.

This guide was developed by Splitz Support Service in 2015.

Teen Relationship Workbook

The Teen Relationship Workbook will help you to support young people to have healthy relationships, which are free from abuse and harmful behaviours.

This guide was developed by Wellness Reproductions and Publishing in 2001.

Healthy Relationship Workbook

This Healthy Relationship Workbook is to assist a person with an intellectual or developmental disability to learn about healthy relationships, to identify and recognise abuse and to know who to contact for help

This guide was developed by Theresa Fears from the Arc of Spokane in 2013.

The Child Exploitation Disruption Toolkit

The Child Exploitation Disruption Toolkit is designed to help professionals how to use legislative disruption techniques to increase the safety of children and young people at risk of exploitation.

This guide was developed by the Home Office.