Health Minister for Northern Ireland. greater professional and Director of action a Safeguarding Establish a child sexual exploitation Strategic public awareness. Operations Panels Partnership Group. (action a) By Sept 2013: Engagement & Improved support and Work with member agencies to undertake intervention Action b Communication for young people self-assessment in order to identify scale Strategic Committee at risk of CSE. and nature of the problem and assess progress in Partnership Education & Consistent multi-agency protecting children from CSE. Group & By March 2014 Training approach to the management of Develop and take forward an awareness raising Professional actions c, d & Committee CSE campaign for children, families and professionals. Officer with e Policy & Improved knowledge of CSE Work with the Knowledge Transfer Scheme to amongst oversight by Procedures key practitioners. inform professional practice in relation to Director of All other Committee Increased sharing of children who go missing and /or are at risk of CSE. information Operations actions to University of by partner Develop an information sharing agreement for (action a – k) commence by Bedfordshire / agencies. CSE. March 2015. QUB The safeguarding needs of Co-ordinate the key messages to educate children CMR Panel who go missing are children, train staff and raise awareness identified and addressed. regarding CSE. The ‘push’ factors which lead to Advise the SBNI Committees and Panels to incidents of missing are identified progress. and managed at an early stage. Review models and develop proposals for a The voice of the child regional safeguarding service for children who go contributes to partner agencies missing and/ or at risk of sexual exploitation. services. Strategic Priority 2: Protect and safeguard children by responding to new and emerging concerns 2.2 Work with member agencies to develop a coordinated strategy and working model to help children at risk of: Becoming criminalised through on-line activity;
Health Minister for Northern Ireland. Establish a child sexual exploitation Strategic Partnership Group. Work with member agencies to undertake self-assessment in order to identify scale and nature of the problem and assess progress in protecting children from CSE. Develop and take forward an awareness raising campaign for children, families and professionals. Work with the Knowledge Transfer Scheme to inform professional practice in relation to children who go missing and /or are at risk of CSE. Develop an information sharing agreement for CSE. Co-ordinate the key messages to educate children, train staff and raise awareness regarding CSE. Advise the SBNI Committees and Panels to progress. Review models and develop proposals for a regional safeguarding service for children who go missing and/ or at risk of sexual exploitation. greater professional and public awareness. Improved support and intervention for young people at risk of CSE. Consistent multi-agency approach to the management of CSE Improved knowledge of CSE amongst key practitioners. Increased sharing of information by partner agencies. The safeguarding needs of children who go missing are identified and addressed. The ‘push’ factors which lead to incidents of missing are identified and managed at an early stage. The voice of the child contributes to partner agencies services. Director of Operations (action a) Strategic Partnership Group & Professional Officer with oversight by Director of Operations (action a – k) action a By Sept 2013: Action b By March 2014 actions c, d & e All other actions to commence by March 2015. Safeguarding Panels Engagement & Communication Committee Education & Training Committee Policy & Procedures Committee University of Bedfordshire / QUB CMR Panel Strategic Priority 2: Protect and safeguard children by responding to new and emerging concerns 2.2 Work with member agencies to develop a coordinated strategy and working model to help children at risk of: Becoming criminalised through on-line activity;
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