Child sexual exploitation & child criminal exploitation training & awareness
Child sexual exploitation and child criminal exploitation awareness training
WHO ARE WE?
No Whispers Community Interest Company delivers educational training, workshops, presentations and resources that are informative, interactive and impactful. Our work focuses on child sexual exploitation, child criminal exploitation, county lines and safeguarding.
CONTEXT
Child sexual exploitation and child criminal exploitation are sensitive and difficult subjects to talk about, but we need to face the hard facts of reality that 1,000’s upon 1,000’s of children and young people across the UK are victims of exploitation and abuse. For the first time a new report from the Vulnerability Knowledge and Practice Programme from the National Police Chief’s Council, Jan 2024, sets out a detailed picture and increase in child sexual abuse and exploitation reported to the police and includes crimes within the family, group-based and children offending other children which is a growing concern.
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what can you do?
As adults we can play a part in preventing children and young people from becoming victims of exploitation and abuse by making sure we understand how it happens, the different ways grooming takes place – in person and online, what makes a child or young person vulnerable, and what positive action we can take to prevent, disrupt and help.
People working with children, young people, and families require comprehensive training and awareness in child sexual and criminal exploitation. This is essential for individuals across various sectors, including education, social care, health, and voluntary and community organisations. By deepening understanding of the complexities and interconnected nature of exploitation and abuse, adults can fulfill their crucial roles in safeguarding and protecting children and young people from harm.
Children and young people can be victims to many forms of abuse and exploitation including physical abuse, sexual violence and emotional abuse, through deceptive, coercive, intimidating and controlling behaviours of perpetrators or abusers.
It is important to remember that any child regardless of age, gender, ability or disability, sexual orientation, race, geographic location, culture or economic status can be affected by exploitation and abuse.
In the UK a child is defined as anyone under the age of 18 years. This is in line with the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (1992).
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It is important to remember that any child regardless of age, gender, ability or disability, sexual orientation, geographic location, or economic status can be affected by exploitation and abuse.
Please be aware that legally a child is a child until they reach the age of 18 years.
So, what are we talking about?
Children or young people can be used in many ways, sexually or criminally or both by individual people, family members, urban street gangs and organised criminal gangs.
Using children and young people is part of the “grooming” process where a perpetrator builds an emotional connection with a child or young person ……..
The statistics of grooming, exploitation and abuse are alarming, and a serious concern is the existence of County lines where children as young as 8 can be groomed to transport drugs as part of organised criminal gangs across the Country in rural areas, towns, and cities.
Training is informative, impactful and interactive including power point, films, group activities, discussions, real life stories, quizzes and resource packs. Impact questionnaires will help people identify their own learning and evaluation.
Bespoke training and workshops are available on request from basic understanding and introductions to more advanced levels of training and interaction.
Training courses available include,
- Child sexual exploitation training & awareness
- Child sexual abuse & autistic children and young people
- Child sexual abuse & exploitation within football and sport.
- County lines & child criminal exploitation training and awareness
- Child sexual abuse in religious organisations
- Contextual Safeguarding & disrupting child exploitation and abuse
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CPD TRAINING – Child Sexual Exploitation Awareness
our mission
Our vision is a world free from child sexual and criminal exploitation. We will achieve this by educating adults and fostering a society where people possess the knowledge, confidence, and unwavering commitment to protect every child and young person from abuse.
vision
To eradicate child sexual exploitation and child criminal exploitation
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How we achieve this:
- Know about ways perpetrators work.
- Understand what makes children and young people vulnerable.
- Understand how children and young people are groomed, face to face and online.
- Awareness of the impact of child sexual exploitation.
- Recognise signs of abuse and exploitation.
- Awareness of victim blaming & use of appropriate language.
- Knowledge of the connectivity of child sexual exploitation and child criminal exploitation.
- Awareness of practical tools and approaches to tackle child exploitation.
- Identifying effective methods to disrupt child sexual exploitation
No Whispers Logo
Although the No Whispers CIC logo depicts a young child, we know from National research and Government documentation that child sexual and child criminal exploitation and abuse can occur to any child regardless of their age, disability, race, culture, sexual orientation, and social economic status.
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How we Achieve this
awareness
Awareness raising workshops, talks and presentations bring adult attention to the many forms of grooming, how to recognise and spot signs and how children and young people can be vulnerable to exploitation by individual perpetrators and groups “OCG – organised criminal gangs”.
Training Professionals
Training for professionals enables an understanding of the complexities of child sexual and child criminal exploitation, the importance of language, the awareness of victim blaming, the value of contextual safeguarding and resources to support the child or young person.
Resources
Resources are available to support adults working with children and young people.
Some of our partners and clients…
Awards
Community Interest Company no. 12489454