Approaches to Strategy By Janet Grauberg, May 1, 2021 This discussion piece reflects on some useful approaches to strategic planning, and some common pitfalls. Topics Covered: Organisational CulturePartnershipStrategyStrengths Based WorkingSystems Change
Reflections: Opportunities for how a system shift in practices and policies would support improved safeguarding for child victims of exploitation and improved prosecutions of adult offenders who exploit them By Lucy Dacey, June 8, 2021 It is widely recognised that tackling, disrupting and, most importantly, prosecuting offences of modern slavery – specifically those linked to child criminal exploitation (CCE) – remains a significant challenge. Topics Covered: Child Criminal Exploitation (CCE)Criminal justiceDisruptionModern SlaveryNational Referral Mechanism (NRM)
An Introduction to Action Learning for Partnerships Tackling Child Exploitation By Janet Grauberg, April 14, 2021 Action Learning is a group process of insightful questioning and reflective listening. It is a structured, strengths based conversation in which peers help their colleagues see different perspectives on a real work issue. Action Learning is particularly useful for novel and emerging issues, like child exploitation. This resource provides a comprehensive introduction to Action Learning and how it aligns with the TCE approach. Topics Covered: PartnershipPracticeRelational approachSystems Change
‘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
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
