Make school a more Tackle bullying, truancy and peer pressure. attractive place to go. Provide Social and Health Education’. ‘Personal, Encourage engagement with alternative and educational provision. Provide funding for after school activities. Provide specialist Sexual, Drug and Alcohol Counselling and other support through other Services. agencies. Therapeutic Services. Advocacy Services. Mentoring Services. Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS). Involve Education services. Raise awareness of in” support groups. “drop Refer to Voluntary Sector for support. Positive activities. Consider Barnardo’s 4 A’s Model (Access, Advocacy, Assertive outreach and Affection). Provide self-referral systems so that young people can refer themselves. Provide parent-referral systems that deal with parent’s concerns that their young people will be taken into care if they report abuse. Plan on positive change Targets need to be agreed with person and parents. and set small targets to achieve monthly Where a young person Where the police are considering criminal action against is refusing or reluctant to children and the final decision rests with the police, they engage, and is involved should consult with partner agencies through the CSE in soliciting or grooming meetings to ensure that all alternatives and appropriate peers, ensure all actions have been considered for that child, in line with engagement and ACPO guidance in relation to not criminalising young disruption activities people where possible. detailed above have been considered.
Make school a more attractive place to go. Tackle bullying, truancy and peer pressure. Provide ‘Personal, Social and Health Education’. Encourage engagement with alternative and educational provision. Provide funding for after school activities. Provide specialist support through other agencies. Sexual, Drug and Alcohol Counselling and other Services. Therapeutic Services. Advocacy Services. Mentoring Services. Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS). Involve Education services. Raise awareness of “drop in” support groups. Refer to Voluntary Sector for support. Positive activities. Consider Barnardo’s 4 A’s Model (Access, Advocacy, Assertive outreach and Affection). Provide self-referral systems so that young people can refer themselves. Provide parent-referral systems that deal with parent’s concerns that their young people will be taken into care if they report abuse. Plan on positive change and set small targets to achieve monthly Targets need to be agreed with person and parents. Where a young person is refusing or reluctant to engage, and is involved in soliciting or grooming peers, ensure all engagement and disruption activities detailed above have been considered. Where the police are considering criminal action against children and the final decision rests with the police, they should consult with partner agencies through the CSE meetings to ensure that all alternatives and appropriate actions have been considered for that child, in line with ACPO guidance in relation to not criminalising young people where possible.
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