Strategic Priority Required outcomes Action Target Date RAG Evidence a) Providing leadership and working in partnership 1. Identified levels of child/young adult sexual exploitation; locations; and circumstances where children/young adults are particularly vulnerable and this will be reviewed annually - Conduct/commission a problem profile of Northumberland to include review the number of private children’s homes in Northumberland and the number of children and young people placed in Northumberland from other local authorities. - Produce a map of Northumberland highlighting risk locations and publish on safeguarding website. SE sub group Dec 2015 Report will be made available to NSCB, NSAB and SNP Website will include map showing scale of the problem 2. Established links and protocol will be agreed with neighbouring/other local and police authorities to share information and intelligence regarding sexual -Ensure that NCC is fully involved in the regional operational and strategic work around Project Sanctuary and that a part time child care social worker is seconded into Project Sanctuary. - Review the current system and practice of SE Sub Dec 2015 Unless stated Information sharing protocol will be in evidence and operational with information exchanging between intelligence sources and triage services via the sub group
-Triage services receive information accordingly from SE sub -Develop data set to include this intelligence to inform Protocols agency information sharing protocol to be developed. Apr 2016 Apr 2016 Apr 2016 3. Cohesive partnership approach to tackling sexual exploitation in Northumberland. -Establish a Sexual Exploitation Sub Committee of the Children’s, Adults and Community Safety Safeguarding Board -Night time economy sub group membership and action plan to be reviewed to include SE -Explore a separate sexual exploitation training strategy across the three safeguarding boards. -To ensure within training that sexual exploitation is considered or identified at the point of referral and Patrick Boyle/Anna English/Ian Billham Ian Billham SE Sub Group July 2015 Dec 2015 Apr 2016 Dec 2015 Terms of Reference and membership will be published on safeguarding website TOR and New Action Plan will be available on website
Sanctuary with clear routes for reporting and information sharing. -Governance protocol and reporting framework to be agreed between all three boards 5. Designated Sexual Exploitation Lead identified at chief officer, elected member, strategic and operational level -Leads to be identified and reported to NSCB, NSAB and SNP SE Sub Group Sept 2015 List of leads to be shared with boards and published on safeguarding website JSNA, Commissioning Strategy, LAC Sufficiency Strategy, Health and Wellbeing Strategy, Workforce Development Strategy, Safeguarding Strategy and the Strategic Intelligence Assessment to -Ensure that all strategies at next review consider the relevance of sexual exploitation SE sub to with individual groups and responsible officers Dec 2015 SE Sub group will report to the NSCB, NSAB and SNP to give assurance
include reference to Sexual Exploitation b) Training and awareness raising 1. Multi agency child protection and safeguarding adult training provided to all appropriate professionals who work with potential victims which has the give up’ ethos so that work with those who reject offers of help and support remain of concern. -Review child protection and safeguarding adults training to include assessment of/management of risk in relation to SE -Develop resource pack to support training for professionals, parents/foster carers and children and people around sexual exploitation and identify the supports available to families -Develop webinar giving experiences of victims, professional and parent views -The Feedback Card developed by the N/T and North’d training sub group of the SABs -Workforce development sub group of the NSCB Patrick Boyle/Anna English As above Dec 2015 Dec 2015 Sept 2015 Dec 2015 Apr 2016 All training programmes will include SE Resource packs will be available Webinar will be published Report to boards
Participation and Positive Activities Team to be used to gain the experiences and views of children and young people (their testimonies) to inform and enhance future practice. 2. Sexual exploitation E-Learning provided by the virtual college to become mandatory and part of the induction to NCC. -NCC Workforce development strategy to be reviewed Tracey Horseman 2016 Training performance data will be available 3. Deliver a training programme for schools (primary, secondary, independent and special), colleges and Adult Training Centres to ensure the provision of universal, consistent and high quality personal, social, health and -Make SE training mandatory for education professionals as part of safeguarding expectations -Designated officer to ensure all new staff to education receive training following own/conference attendance -Awareness raising to be included in PSHE programmes in schools -SE awareness raising campaign specifically for Jane Walker/Carol Leckie/Education team April 2016 April 2016 Dec 2015 Training performance data will be available PHSE training materials will include SE
-SE clearly visible on Northumberland safeguarding webpage with resources for professionals, parents/carers, children and young adults -Presentations delivered in to community groups and services by the champions including all secondary schools, colleges and adult training centres. Northumbria Police July 2015 2016 Website will include appropriate materials Police will report to the boards via the SE sub group
5. Targeted training programme delivered to all LA Children’s Homes and care services supporting vulnerable adults -Programme of workshops to be offered in Autumn 2015 LDU Northumbria Health care/Education team April 2016 Report to boards via the SE sub group 6.Run a multi-agency sexual exploitation campaign -Design SE campaign Produce leaflets -Produce information for parents / young people /professionals -Northumberland safeguarding website to continually be updated - focus campaign for A and E and primary care health services as key access points for victims - focus campaign for housing provider staff -focus campaign for taxi drivers, licensed premises and door staff SE Sub Group Park SE Sub Group April 2016 April 2016 Materials will be available and website maintained Campaign materials and report to boards via Sub Group 7. Targeted training to be offered to key partners in night time economy -All Northumberland licensing, Taxi services, sports/leisure, youth club organisations and Security LDU NHCFT April 2016 Performance information re access to eLearning will be available
exploitation. The Health Assessment to clearly evidence the actions taken to address the risk. 2. SE screening tool used effectively enabling impact to be evidenced -Derbyshire Risk Assessment tool to be embedded in all screening assessment documentation for children and adults -All children/adults who have any identified risk factors will have a SE screening on initial contact with health and social care services -All children/adults who are accessing universal, targeted or specialist services will have a SE screening should any practitioner be concerned for their safety or wellbeing at any point Health and Social care SE Sub Group Dec 2015 Dec 2015 Evidence via ICS and SWIFT Screening tool will be available 3. Multi-agency data will be collected regarding the level -Critically analyse the data and provide challenge to SE Sub Group April 2016 Sub Group Reports to boards
e.g. social media), will be communicated to individual practitioners and QA report will be submitted to SE subgroup meetings QA report to boards 5. Data from return interviews will be collated and shared to inform risk assessments and provide intelligence to prevent future harm -The Return Interview format to be reviewed and updated to include a much clearer focus on the risk of sexual exploitation, to include an analysis and actions sections. -An audit tool to be developed to audit the quality of the Return Interviews, with a focus on risks of sexual exploitation. Risk Management Group Dec 2015 Report to Northumberland Boards – minutes on website 6. Supervision frameworks will stipulate that the risk of sexual exploitation is considered and recorded as a standard item in case and that monthly supervision will -Supervision guidance for practitioners and team managers and templates for recording to be reviewed across children’s and adult services. -Senior Practitioner and Team Managers to review cases that are managed on a CIN basis, to ensure that assessments and care SE sub Group April 2016 Supervision templates will include SE
exploitation, patterns of behaviour or possible triggers to missing episodes. -Team Managers should share with Senior Managers any cases where sexual exploitation has been identified as a risk factor. d) Engagement, intervention and supporting Victims. All agencies have own policies and procedures in place -All agencies (including voluntary, private and faith groups) will develop/have in place their own policies and procedures that will sit alongside the Northumberland Multi agency Sexual Exploitation Policy which will be explicit regarding how that Agency responds to/ works towards SE. -NCC to continue to be Gold members of the National Working Group with unlimited membership SE Sub Group April 2016 Section 11 audit to include by all agencies Service map of Northumberland will be available -Provide a map of engagement, intervention and support services for SE Sub Group/Saira Park Dec 2015 Map will be available on website
are in place across the health care economy -That victims of SE are offered high quality health services -That any gaps in services are identified -That there is a clear health focus on early intervention -Establish health working group to ensure consistency and quality of information. -Undertake within health to assess current position and identify actions required. Sexual exploitation will be a key priority for established group’s community and faith groups. -Sexual exploitation to be explicitly on the agenda of -LMAPS -MARAC -MAPPA -VOL meetings - Police led Integrated Intelligence Groups SE Sub Group and Ian Billham Dec 2015 Information will be shared between various forums
offenders work effectively to secure convictions against SE -Child Abduction Orders. -Risk of Sexual Harm Orders -Sexual Offences Prevention Orders -Partners will work together using disclosure, civil orders and housing legislation to prevent children and young adults accessing risky premises, businesses or individuals. -The police will identify persons subject to SE risks and identify resources to reduce and mitigate risk. -Northumberland County Council to use regulatory powers to reduce the opportunities for SE to prosper in Northumberland - Licensing team will review processes in response to the Rotherham Report and amend accordingly. NCC/Ian Billham Ian Billham July 2015 July 2015 Increased use of regulation by NCC Action plan Best evidence training for social workers rolled out -Achieving Best Evidence Training for social workers will be regarded as a Children’s SMT April 2016 Training Performance information will be reported to boards