Child Exploitation Introduction

Course overview

This course is designed for anyone wanting to improve their skills and reach their potential as a practitioner. The course is fully interactive and prompts you to assess your own approach to supporting young people who are in care or education and may be at risk of child criminal exploitation, (CCE), Child Sexual Exploitation or who are survivors of abuse. The course covers key topics such as definitions of Child Exploitation, Identifying factors that may increase the risks of abuse, recognising grooming relationships associated with child exploitation and explores vulnerabilities and risk factors that can lead to exploitation. The course also includes a downloadable PDF workbook that you can fill in as you complete the training, so that you can develop your skills as a leader or manager and get the most out of the course content.

Aims and objectives

• Explore the definitions of child exploitation
• Identify the push and pull factors that bring children into criminal/sexual exploitation
• Recognise the grooming relationships associated with the exploitation of children.
• Explore vulnerabilities and risk factors associated to children that may be at risk of exploitation