Professionals should access the SET Partnership CE Pathway (currently being updated) for guidance on routes to support. This includes details on making a referral to Social Care, the Police, reporting intelligence to Police and accessing Essex services for families from the Directory of Services.
SET Procedures (PDF, 2022)
The SET Procedures outline the identification, impact and professional responses to Child Exploitation in Essex. These should always be read in conjunction with the latest ‘Working Together to Safeguard Children’ guidance.
SET Partnership Pathway
The SET Partnership Child Exploitation Pathway has been developed to support those working with, and identifying, individuals at risk of serious violence or exploitation. The pathway complements the e-learning package and will give practitioners the tools they need to identify factors that could indicate exploitation and to make decisions regarding referrals where child exploitation is suspected.
The tool gives a pathway indicator for each local area which sets out appropriate courses of action for those needing support. It will be used within statutory agencies as a universal pathway which means there is a consistent tool across the whole of Essex which all workers will use.
Police Partner Intel Form - in the SET Partnership Child Exploitation Pathway page 6).
C&F Thinking Tool
Children and Families Thinking Tool: Risk in the Community
SET Exploitation Strategy
ESCB SET Exploitation Strategy 2019-24 (PDF, 2019)
Overarching Safeguarding Protocol
Overarching safeguarding protocol across geographic Essex - Nov 2022
Risk in the Community and Missing Arrangements
RIC & Missing Arrangements (PDF, 2022)
Child exploitation disruption toolkit, Home Office
This Child Exploitation Disruption Toolkit is aimed at frontline practitioners from police, social care, health, housing, education, voluntary sector and partner organisations.
The Children's Society - Appropriate Language Guide
Appropriate Language: Child Sexual and/or Criminal Exploitation Guidance for Professionals The Children's Society
7 Minute Briefing: The NRM and Transitioning in to Adulthood - NWG in partnership with Children's Society, Barnardos and the West Midlands Violence Reduction Partnership.
The NRM and Transitioning in to Adulthood
Barnardo's online risk guide - Barnardo’s online risk guide helps those working with children maintain and grow their professional knowledge so that they can navigate the evolving world of online risks.
These websites are useful sources of information when working with children and families.
The Children’s Society – C.A.R.E programme
Essex Young People’s Drug and Alcohol Service
Active Essex - Essex Sport and Youth Crime Prevention Project & Local Delivery Projects
British Transport Police – Text line 61016 & Railway Guardian App
NSPCC Report Remove online tool