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It’s the first ever National Child Sexual Exploitation
Awareness Day on 18th
March 2015.
Cheshire West and Chester LSCB are really pleased to be supporting
the campaign. Here are just a few of the messages from our Board
Members.
HOW CAN YOU HELP?
First and foremost show your support by writing a
personal pledge on your hand and posting to
your social media with the hashtag
#HelpingHands this will help raise awareness of
child sexual exploitation nationwide, reaching a
network of friends, family and social groups
The #HelpingHands pledge – details HERE
IN THIS ISSUE:
National CSE Awareness Day – 18th March 2015
Welcome to the Cheshire West CSE Multi-Agency Team
Catch 22 Missing From Home/Care Service
Our local CSE Awareness Raising Campaign
Educating our children
CSE Champions across the local Partnership
Useful Resources
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We are pleased to announce the launch of the new multi-agency pilot team to tackle Child Sexual
Exploitation in Cheshire West and Chester. Practitioners from Police, Children’s Social Care, and
Health are now co-located in Wyvern House, Winsford and are ready to start supporting all
professionals to ensure there is a consistent multi-agency response aimed at reducing the risks of
child sexual exploitation. The team is also supported by ‘Catch22’, a commissioned service with
specialist expertise who work directly with children who go missing from home or care, and who could
therefore be more vulnerable to the risk of CSE (see page 3 for more information on this service).
The team will serve as a central point of intelligence, gathering information from all referrals that
identify concerns about CSE and sharing information – across borders where necessary – to help
partners to identify, disrupt and prosecute those intent on exploiting the young. The team will also
raise awareness, skills and confidence in the workforce about CSE, in order to support children
effectively.
Front Left to right: Katherine Appleton, (Advisor to the team) Cheshire West and Chester (CWaC) Safeguarding Unit; Lisa Allan, Clinical Nurse Specialist Safeguarding Children Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust; Julie Carter, Clinical Nurse Specialist, Contraception and Sexual Health Safeguarding Children East Cheshire NHS Trust; PC Mike Melia CSE/Missing/Trafficking Assistant Coordinator.
Back Left to right: Kathy Boardman, Catch 22 Service Manager; Carly Simpson, CWaC Social Worker; DS Brendan Crilley, CSE/Missing/Trafficking CSE Coordinator; Jo Wright, Catch 22 CSE/Missing from home Lead Worker; PC Lisa Tasker Missing from Home Coordinator. *Missing from the photo is Susanne Leece, CSE Team Manager and Child Protection Conference Chair*. Further guidance and information about how the team works is available in the following document: http://www.cheshirewestlscb.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/20150318_PG_CSE_2015-17_dmdb.pdf
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Catch 22 is a service commissioned by the Local Authorities across Cheshire to work with children who are missing from home or care, and who are experiencing, or at risk of Child Sexual Exploitation. The service provides specialist trained independent workers who visit children and young people to talk to them after being missing, to find out why they went missing and to work with them to enable them to stay safe. They undertake comprehensive screening and assessments to identify potential CSE risk, followed by programmes of intervention which enable children to recognise CSE. The service provides individual programmes of support to young people, and importantly works alongside parents to help raise awareness and support them to keep their children safe. Here is useful information leaflet for use with parents developed by Catch 22. http://www.catch-22.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Catch22-CSE-leaflet-parents-carers.pdf In addition, the charity has provided significant support to the LSCB Child Sexual Exploitation Training programme 2013-15, enabling us to develop expertise within the workforce. From March 2015 Catch 22 will be supporting the Multi-Agency CSE Team in Cheshire West and Chester. For more information about the service, please contact Kathy Boardman on 07889 128221 or [email protected]
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Awareness raising is also being driven, quite literally at a local level!
As part of the most recent phase in the pan-Cheshire awareness campaign, the borough’s 1,400-
plus hackney and private hire taxi drivers have received input to help them recognise some of the
potential signs of child sexual exploitation. A number of black cabs are also sporting these eye
catching advertisements, and you will see similar on some local buses.
Previous phases of the campaign which is being led by Cheshire Police and LSCB
Partners including Children’s Social Care, Health and Commissioned Services has
seen information packs and posters being disseminated to 250 West Cheshire
Hotels; Children’s Homes and Schools. The next stage of the campaign is GP
Surgeries and Health Clinics.
To find out more about the campaign please visit the website on
www.knowandsee.co.uk
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‘Risking It All’ is a gripping piece of verbatim theatre aimed at years 9 - 11 that
considers three story lines, (based on local case studies) of local young people
impacted by the following issues: e-safety, substance and alcohol misuse, sexual
exploitation and inappropriate relationships. The show highlights both the risks taken
and harsh reality of the consequences each young person faces.
There is a lot of positive work going on in local schools to raise awareness. To
support this, since 2013 the LSCB has commissioned 2Engage to deliver ‘Risking it
All’ within all secondary schools in Cheshire West and Chester. Last Year 4,500
pupils watched the performance supported by partner organisations including Catch
22, Chester Schools Christian Work Charity and Cheshire Police Missing from Home
Co-ordinator.
If you are a Head Teacher and you haven’t booked your performance for this year please contact 2Engage direct on www.2engage.co.uk, [email protected] or 01244 515872. Here’s a summary of what the children said they were concerned about.
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There are skilled and knowledgeable practitioners within your own agencies who are
available to offer advice regarding concerns about CSE. They are our CSE Champions.
Agency CSE Champions
Children’s Social Care Carly Simpson
Integrated Early Support Joanne Byrne
Safeguarding Unit Katherine Appleton & Susanne Leece
Safeguarding Children in Education Jeanette Cain & Kerry Gray
Virtual Head Sharon Williams
Public Health Stephen Woods
Police Ruth Atherton, Keith McCausland & Brendan Crilley
National Probation Service Cheryl Peters
Community Rehabilitation Company Karen Taylor
Youth Offending Service Pauline Burke
Catch 22 Kathy Boardman & Jo Wright
Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Paula Lewis
Cheshire & Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Jill Cooper
Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Jo-Ann Carnwell
East Cheshire NHS Trust Melanie Barker
NHS Vale Royal Clinical Commissioning Group and NHS West Cheshire Clinical Commissioning Group
Anne Eccles
Commissioned Services Claire Myring.
The LSCB has CSE Basic Awareness Training available on the following dates
17th April 2015 - Boardroom, Cheshire County Sports Club, Plas Newton Lane, Chester CH2 1PR
18th May 2015 – G1, Wyvern House, Winsford, CW7 1AH
3rd July 2015 – Vauxhall Suite, Civic Hall, Ellesmere Port, CH65 0AZ
13th November 2015 – Fire & Rescue HQ, Winsford, CW7 2FQ
10th March 2016 – G1, CWAC HQ, Chester, CH1 2NP
To book on an event please follow the link http://www.cheshirewestlscb.org.uk/?page_id=69
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The Pan Cheshire CSE Multi-Agency Strategy 2015 -17 is launched today to
mark the National CSE Awareness Day 2015!
http://www.cheshirewestlscb.org.uk/wp-
content/uploads/2012/11/20150318_PCS_CSE_2015-17_dmdb.pdf
The Pan Cheshire Screening Tool has recently been updated. Please access
this, and other information about CSE via our website at
http://www.cheshirewestlscb.org.uk/?page_id=2445
The Office of the Children’s Commissioner has published its report “If it’s not
better, it’s not the end” - Inquiry into Child Sexual Exploitation in gangs and
groups: One Year On.
http://www.childrenscommissioner.gov.uk/content/publications/content_920
In September 2014, the Secretary of State appointed Louise Casey CB to carry out an inspection of the compliance of Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council, following publication of Prof Alexis Jay’s report into CSE in the Borough. Louise Casey’s report was published in February 2015. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/report-of-inspection-of-rotherham-metropolitan-borough-council
The Serious Case Review into Child Exploitation in Oxfordshire was published
on 25th February 2015 http://www.oscb.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/SCR-into-
CSE-in-Oxfordshire-FINAL-FOR-WEBSITE.pdf
The NHS Choices website provides useful CSE information for professionals,
including short video clips as well as useful information for families.
http://www.nhs.uk/aboutnhschoices/professionals/healthandcareprofessionals
/child-sexual-exploitation/pages/cse-guide-for-professionals.aspx
Sian Jones, LSCB Business Manager. Contact [email protected]
