resulted in the Brooke 2 involved the sexual professionals struggled to child abuse exploitation of 6 children. The distinguish between sexual identification successful prosecution of 15 perpetrators, who were all in abuse, sexual exploitation offenders for crimes their early 20s, used drugs, and/or underage sexual including rape, alcohol, money and the activity; paying for the sexual children themselves to attract working methods and services of a child and groom new victims. recording systems did not and trafficking for reliably identify patterns in sexual purposes individual and behaviour which made it harder to detect victims and perpetrators of CSE. Overview report available at: 25 2016 06/11 Birmingham Death of a Mother had recently moved GPs didn’t consider child deaths, – BSCB boy from out of maternal safeguarding issues when physical abuse, serious injuries in grandmother’s home into her treating parents of referral procedures own tenancy and her new vulnerable children June 2011. Following the child's death, the partner spent significant inadequate screening of mother's boyfriend amounts of time there. referrals of concern to was sentenced to 8 Mother had a history of: children’s social care years for mental health problems, Safeguarding should manslaughter and childhood sexual abuse and routinely evaluate measures the mother to 15 abusive relationships. Partner taken by Children’s Social months for child had a history of substance Care to improve the cruelty. misuse. screening of referrals; the Mental Health Trust should promote guidance on protecting children and young people for doctors who treat adult patients. Overview report available at:
resulted in the successful prosecution of 15 offenders for crimes including rape, paying for the sexual services of a child and trafficking for sexual purposes Brooke 2 involved the sexual exploitation of 6 children. The perpetrators, who were all in their early 20s, used drugs, alcohol, money and the children themselves to attract and groom new victims. professionals struggled to distinguish between sexual abuse, sexual exploitation and/or underage sexual activity; working methods and recording systems did not reliably identify patterns in individual and behaviour which made it harder to detect victims and perpetrators of CSE. child abuse identification Overview report available at: 25 2016 06/11 Birmingham – BSCB Death of a boy from serious injuries in June 2011. Following the child's death, the mother's boyfriend was sentenced to 8 years for manslaughter and the mother to 15 months for child cruelty. Mother had recently moved out of maternal grandmother’s home into her own tenancy and her new partner spent significant amounts of time there. Mother had a history of: mental health problems, childhood sexual abuse and abusive relationships. Partner had a history of substance misuse. GPs didn’t consider safeguarding issues when treating parents of vulnerable children inadequate screening of referrals of concern to children’s social care Safeguarding should routinely evaluate measures taken by Children’s Social Care to improve the screening of referrals; the Mental Health Trust should promote guidance on protecting children and young people for doctors who treat adult patients. child deaths, physical abuse, referral procedures Overview report available at:
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