Child exploitation resources | Children's Policy & Practice Hub

Child exploitation describes a situation where an exploiter (who could be an adult or a peer) takes advantage of the child for their own personal or financial gain or gratification. It is based on a power imbalance in the relationship between the child and their exploiter and enables the exploiter to control the movement and behaviour of the child.

Very often there is an interface between harm, exploitation and going missing, and for this reason CSSW has a designated officer, the Missing and Child Exploitation Co-ordinator, who is responsible for oversight of missing episodes and exploitation of children in Camden.

The following child exploitation resources are available for social workers and parents.for

Social workers should be aware of the grooming process used by exploiters to develop relationships with children in order to trap them into exploitation and can refer to the CCE stages of recruitment.

Further information on criminal exploitation and county lines exploitation please see the Home Office guidance.

The following information leaflets are available for parents and young people:

Information leaflet on county lines

Information leaflet on child exploitation

Information leaflet for parents on CSE

The Youth Advisory Panel has produced this resource booklet on extra-familial harm and contextual safeguarding for children and young people.

The Regents Park Estate Young Guardians have prepared this video on contextual safeguarding for professionals.

https://youtu.be/KFxtERL8DTY

The Children's Society has published guidance on the use of appropriate language when recording in child exploitation cases.