‘It’s not them, it’s us’: the making of a child exploitation strategy By Ben Byrne, March 22, 2021 Ben is a TCE Delivery Partner whose career has seen him work and lead across a range of children and young people’s services. He is strategic lead for improvement and innovation in children’s services at London Councils. In this blog, he reflects on his experiences of working with partnerships in local areas to develop a strategic approach to child exploitation. Topics Covered: Child ExploitationMulti-AgencyPartnership
Guide to strategy design, implementation and delivery By Tony Saggers, March 1, 2021 This guide to strategy design, implementation and delivery has been produced by Tony Saggers, Stratac Logical Director. Topics Covered: StrategySystems Change
Policing County Lines: Impact of COVID-19 By Ben Brewster, Grace Robinson, Vicky Brotherton, Sir Bernard Silverman, David Walsh, February 1, 2021 The second briefing from ongoing research indicates that restrictions introduced in response to COVID-19 have forced adaptations in the methods used by County Lines drug supply networks and have impacted upon the ways law enforcement work to detect and dismantle County Lines activity, as well as safeguard those vulnerable to criminal exploitation. Topics Covered: County LinesCOVID-19Data & IntelligenceVulnerabilities
Call for expressions of interest for bespoke support – Tackling Child Exploitation Support Programme By Ellie Fairgrieve, February 1, 2021 The Tackling Child Exploitation (TCE) Support Programme is delighted to share a new opportunity for local partnerships across England to engage in Bespoke Support Projects from April to July 2021. Topics Covered: Child ExploitationPartnershipProfessionalsRestorative Practice / ApproachesSystems Change
Young People’s Voices in Strategic Decision Making – Diary Entry reflections by the Tackling Child Exploitation programme By Ellie Fairgrieve, Isabelle Brodie, January 28, 2021 The Tackling Child Exploitation team have been working on a young people’s participation project for the last 3 months. This is a continuation of the diary entry blog recently shared by Isabelle Brodie and Ellie Fairgrieve and their reflections so far with some thought provoking questions. Topics Covered: Child ExploitationDisproportionalityInequalityParticipationYoung person's voice
Bridging boundaries: child exploitation, safeguarding and the criminal justice system By Alice Yeo, December 18, 2020 It is important to recognise that many young people who have been sexually or criminally exploited may have both been victimised themselves whilst also victimising others. Topics Covered: Child Criminal Exploitation (CCE)Child Sexual Exploitation (CSE)Criminal justiceSafeguarding
The teenage brain – how the research can (and should?) inform practice By Alice Yeo, December 18, 2020 The second of our guided interviews is with esteemed clinical psychologist, Dr John Coleman. Topics Covered: AdolescentsAdverse Childhood Experiences (ACES)Evidence
Joining the dots – tackling child exploitation during COVID-19 By Anna Racher, December 16, 2020 When faced with a task of considerable challenge and complexity – understanding and responding to the impact of COVID-19 related restrictions on the strategic child exploitation landscape – we turned to our own Joining the Dots framework to test whether it was helpful. As a programme we pulled together a mixed-method approach that drew heavily on the principles of Action Research to try to make sense of what we were seeing in relation to child exploitation and extra-familial harm in our new, altered, reality. Topics Covered: Action ResearchChild ExploitationCOVID-19
The Teenage Brain By Ellie Mendez-Sayer, December 16, 2020 This series of resources is based on interviews with experts in the field of research, policy and practice with young people. The interviews were undertaken by Ellie Mendez-Sayers, Research in Practice associate, and focused on key issues and debates in the field of child exploitation and extra-familial harm. Through these discussions with researchers and practitioners, Topics Covered: AdolescentsChild ExploitationTrauma- Informed
Equality, diversity and inclusion thinking By Anna Racher, December 4, 2020 Despite protected characteristics having being enshrined in law for decades, there remains much room for improvement in how issues of EDI are attended to within the national and local response to child exploitation. The evidence suggests strongly that for far too many young people affected by exploitation, we are not effectively meeting our statutory and moral obligations to understand and engage with their multi-faceted needs relating to their identity. TCE wants to hear from and work with all those who are personally and professionally invested in improving this context to identify common themes and emerging priorities to challenge this status quo. Topics Covered: Child ExploitationChild Sexual Exploitation (CSE)DisproportionalityEquality Diversity & InclusionExtra Familial Harm
