Preventing Child Sexual Exploitation.The national policing response to tackling CSE:
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Policy into Practice
Tim LeesonProject ManagerNational CSE Action Plan
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2014 INDEPENDENT INQUIRY INTO CSE IN ROTHERHAM
KEY POINTS
The inquiry carried out by Professor Alexis Jay looked at how Rotherham Council's children's services department dealt with cases involving child exploitation between 1997 and 2013.
• Found evidence of "appalling" exploitation of at least 1,400 children in Rotherham over a 16 year period.
• Found there was a "collective failure" by both the police and the local council to stop the abuse.
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2014 INDEPENDENT INQUIRY INTO CSE IN ROTHERHAM
15 KEY RECOMMENDATIONS
• Problem profiles
• Risk assessments
• Strategic approach to protecting looked after children
• Review of Social care resources
• Support and therapeutic intervention.
• Ethnicity & Faith
WELFARE OF THE CHILD PARAMOUNT
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CSE has many guises and may look differentwherever yougo….
….but thereare commonthemes forevery Force!
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The need for regional and national CSE problem profiles. Development of a clear multi agency intelligence requirementto direct partners as to what information is required to aid victim and offender identification.
Continued dissemination and training around the risk indicatorsof CSE.
Working with PCC’s to develop victim support services for victimsand those at risk of CSE.
Monitoring of case load and ensuring appropriate resources areprovided.
Such as:
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National CSE Action PlanThe Action Plan will reduce the gap between the threat of CSE and the capability of the police to deal with it. There are 7 key themes;
• Public confidence and awareness
• Protecting, supporting , safeguarding victims and managing risk
• Effective investigations and bringing offenders to justice
• 4 Ps Prepare, Prevent, Protect, & Pursue
• Intelligence and performance monitoring
• Police leadership
• Learning and development for police leaders and frontline staff
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Prepare: Providing strong leadership, effective systems whilst working with partners to tackle CSE.
Prevent:Raising awareness of Child Sexual Exploitation among young people, parents,carers and potential perpetrators, to prevent incidents / repeat incidents of Child Sexual Exploitation.
Protect:Safeguarding vulnerable young people and supporting victims and thoseprofessionals who seek to reduce instances of Child Sexual Exploitation.
Pursue:Disrupting, arresting, and prosecuting Child Sexual Exploitation of offenders, ensuring a victim centred approach at all times.
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Governance
Regional Policing Leads
CEOP
College of policing
Home Office
OPCC
LSCB’s Chair
HMIC
3rd Sector:
Office of Children’s Commissioner
Barnardo’s
NSPCC
Marie Collins Foundation
National Working Group
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Delivery & Performance
¼ Governance Group Meetings.
Workshops – at key locations across the Country and opened by CC Bailey.
Seminars – aimed at Senior Leaders. ACPO / PCC’s / LSCB Chairs.
Peer reviews – College of Policing.
Benchmarking – Annual process to measure force activity against the action plan.
HMIC Inspections.
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What does good CSE capability look like?
1. Strategic Leadership
•An ACPO team who “get” CSE and commit to driving a co-ordinated Force response.
•A mature approach to performance issues and a genuine commitment totackling a “hidden” problem.
•Local (BCU) Commanders who understand CSE and work collaboratively to tackle it.
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What does good CSE capability look like?
2. Effective multi-agency working
•This can be challenging for some Forces (depending on the number of Local Authorities), however it requires a ‘grown up’ approach.
• Effective 3rd Sector commissioning to work with partnersto support victims.
•Reliable systems and processes to identify and refer victims and agree a co-ordinated response.
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What does good CSE capability look like?
3. High levels of awareness
• Police (Public protection staff, CID, Uniform, PCSOs, Call handlers, Intelligence staff)
• Partners (Local Authorities, Social Care, Education, Health, 3rd Sector, CPS, Courts)
• Public (Young people, parents, carers, business community, faith groups, minority communities)
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FUTURE CHALLENGES
• Increase in referrals
• Bringing offenders to justice
• Technology / Social media
• Media management
• Community engagement