Child Sexual exploitation is a form of child sexual abuse. You may find the information below of benefit when working with children and young people who have been abused in this way.

Forth Valley CSE Guidance:

Forth Valley CSE Guidance Version 3 (July 2020)

Forth Valley CSE Vulnerability Checklist and Risk Factors Matrix

Information & Resources:

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Guidelines for Schools – Preventing and Addressing Child Sexual Exploitation in Forth Valley (updated July 2021)

Child Sexual Exploitation Perpetrator Research Programme Briefing

Young people who engage in child sexual exploitation behaviours – An exploratory study

Characteristics and motivations of perpetrators of child sexual exploitation – A rapid evidence assessment of research

Joint Assessment Tool for Practitioners to use with Children and Young People

CSE Resources (Updated 17.08.21)

Video Resources: 

CSE: A social model of consent (2 minutes)

CSE and the Victim-Perpetrator Overlap (2 minutes)

CSE: Gang associated sexual exploitation and violence (2 minutes)

CSE: Managing child sexual exploitation workers in multi-agency teams (2 minutes)

CSE: Multi-dimensional safety for children in care affected by sexual exploitation (1 minute)

Webinar: Young person-centred approaches in Child Sexual Exploitation (CSE) (1 hour)

Webinar: Sexual and Criminal Exploitation of Young People – Working with Boys and Young Men (57 minutes)

 

Web Resources:

Barnardos: Community Engagement & CSE

Barnardo’s Spot the Signs CSE

Barnardo’s Spot the Signs CSE Parents

Police Scotland CSE Workshop Presentation 2019

National CSE Work Group: Implementing the national plan

CSE 100 stories (shared with permission from East Ayrshire CPC)

NightWatch Guidance

BBC News: New hotline for reporting child sex abuse in Scotland

For information for victims and the public please visit CSE The Signs Website