Protecting Children & young People from Sexual Exploitation          Level 2

This awareness raising workshop aims to raise the awareness of practitioners and managers to the vulnerability of children/young people to sexual exploitation and of the local protocol and guidance documents to use.

Target audience

Practitioners and managers who work with children/young people and/or.  Also for practitioners who work with adults who are parents/carers i.e. Those who work with substance misusing parents/carers, CMHT staff etc………

Pre-requisite knowledge

Participants must have an understanding of their agency's child protection policies and procedures and have previously attended an introductory course on child protection.

Learning Outcomes:

• participants will understand their own knowledge and attitudes to the sexual exploitation of children and young people
• participants will be more aware of the risk of sexual exploitation as a child protection issue
• participants will be more aware of the current Protocol and multi-agency guidance notes
• participants will know what action to take if they have clear child protection concerns about a child/young person

Source Scottish Gov't  Child Protection & Learning Framework