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Parents as Partners:
Effective approaches in bringing perpetrators to
justice.
Tom Duffin
PacePace works alongside parents and carers of children who are
– or are at risk of being –sexually exploited
by perpetrators external to the family.
We offer guidance and training to professionals and work to
prevent child sexual exploitation.
Pace• National Parent Telephone Support
• Co-located Parent Support Workers
• Volunteer befriending
• Parent network days
• Online resources
• Online Forum
• Research
• Training for practitioners
• Influence national and local policy
What do these people
have in common?
• Police Officer
• Health Visitor
• Head Teacher
• Detective Inspector
• Judge
• Businessman
• Nurse
• University Professor
• Social Worker
• Counsellor
• NHS Senior Manager
• Consultant Neuro-Surgeon
• Youth Worker
Parents & Carers “Sexual exploitation can have profound and
damaging consequence for families, including parents and carers, siblings and extended members, and impact on their health, work life, family cohesion, economic stability and social life”
(Safeguarding Children and Young People from Sexual Exploitation Supplementary Guidance to WTTSC, p.17)
Problems faced by parents • Lack of Info / Advice / Support
• Impact on family
• Actions of perpetrator
• Agency responses
“Our understanding of child protection must develop from
one focused on protecting younger children from abuse in the home, to one incorporating the protection of older children
from abuse located and experienced outside the home.”
(Pearce, 2014:125)
Why is the Relational
Safeguarding Model
needed?
The RSM focuses on:
• Maximising the capacity of parents and carers to safeguard their child.
• Early intervention & prevention.
• Enabling family involvement in safeguarding processes, including decision making.
The Relational
Safeguarding Model
RSM Benefits
Better safeguarding.
Improved parents and family engagement.
Successful prosecutions of perpetrators / justice for victim and family.
Empowerment of parents to provide long term support.
The Relational
Safeguarding Model
Case study • Sarah’s Daughter, Emma was regularly missing
• Discovered that Emma was associating with
older men
• One missing episode lasted 3 days
• Sarah setup Facebook page asking for help to
find her daughter
• Local community reported sightings and info
passed to police
• Sarah’s Son James made contact with FB
“friends” and told male contacts his Sister was
14 and to return her home
• Emma traced from FB leads and found with a
male
Case study • Emma refused to speak about what had happened
and declined support
• Male arrested and charged
• Sarah supported the investigation – clothing and
mobile phone
• Emma declined to support the judicial process
• Sarah and James continued
• “Guilty” plea on day of trail
• Emma now receiving support and being helped to
reduce the risk of CSE
‘There is no greater safeguarding tool than a
parent who is fully aware. We believe that
children are the victims of grooming and
when working with families no blame is
attached to the parents of the child. So we do
not use the typical child protection structure.
A child would only be subject to a child
protection plan if it was determined that
parents had failed to protect the child from
harm. Rather, we believe that parents are
best placed to safeguard their child and that
the voluntary sector is the most successful
interface between children, their families and
the police.’
(Det. Sgt. Mark Whelan, Lancashire Constabulary.)
The Relational
Safeguarding Model -evidence
Resources
Pace
Referring parents to Pace:
Tel: 0113 240 3040 or
email on: [email protected]
FREE: online awareness resource
www.paceuk.info/keepthemsafe
www.paceuk.info
