support young people, who may be at risk of CSE, and to identify and report safeguarding issues appropriately S41 The HSC Board, in conjunction with SBNI Ownership of this recommendation has the SBNI, should work with frontline passed to the SBNI, which will separately workers including the ambulance publish an implementation plan for all service, to develop a Marshall recommendations to be delivered simple “trigger to help them identify potential by the SBNI. tool” cases of CSE. This could build on existing models within the UK. S42 HSC Trusts should explore the HSCB Exploratory work underway. 2 potential for school nurses to play a wider role in safeguarding issues, including CSE. S43 PSNI and criminal justice partners in DOJ The Marshall Delivery Group Department’s the Prosecution Service and Court has established a working group to consider Service should continue to develop and bring forward options for future delivery. their approach to responding to victims of CSE in a way that treats This work will involve engagement with a them fairly and sensitively and avoids range of Criminal Justice bodies to identify blaming them for offending behaviour appropriate third sector representation and associated with their abuse. This explore mechanisms to explore how best involves attitude, not just policy or the experiences and needs of child victims process. can be heard. S44 The Department of Justice should DOJ Preparatory work has been undertaken on continue to seek to develop and research with victims of Sexual improve the experiences of young Abuse/Violence with the field work witnesses, taking into account scheduled for completion in early 2016. research and learning from other countries. This should include The field work with young victims of crime is
support young people, who may be at risk of CSE, and to identify and report safeguarding issues appropriately S41 The HSC Board, in conjunction with the SBNI, should work with frontline workers including the ambulance service, to develop a simple “trigger tool” to help them identify potential cases of CSE. This could build on existing models within the UK. SBNI Ownership of this recommendation has passed to the SBNI, which will separately publish an implementation plan for all Marshall recommendations to be delivered by the SBNI. S42 HSC Trusts should explore the potential for school nurses to play a wider role in safeguarding issues, including CSE. HSCB Exploratory work underway. 2 S43 PSNI and criminal justice partners in the Prosecution Service and Court Service should continue to develop their approach to responding to victims of CSE in a way that treats them fairly and sensitively and avoids blaming them for offending behaviour associated with their abuse. This involves attitude, not just policy or process. DOJ The Department’s Marshall Delivery Group has established a working group to consider and bring forward options for future delivery. This work will involve engagement with a range of Criminal Justice bodies to identify appropriate third sector representation and explore mechanisms to explore how best the experiences and needs of child victims can be heard. S44 The Department of Justice should continue to seek to develop and improve the experiences of young witnesses, taking into account research and learning from other countries. This should include DOJ Preparatory work has been undertaken on research with victims of Sexual Abuse/Violence with the field work scheduled for completion in early 2016. The field work with young victims of crime is