sexual exploitation

What's going on to safeguard children and young people from sexual exploitation? How local partnerships respond to child sexual exploitation

Research project that has explored the extent and nature of the response of LSCBs to the 2009 government guidance on safeguarding children and young people from sexual exploitation .

Where the guidance is followed, there are examples of developing and innovative practice to protect and support young people and their families and to investigate and prosecute their abusers.

It finds that the delivery of that dual approach to child sexual exploitation is far from the norm.

Reducing the risk, cutting the cost: an assessment of the potential savings from Barnardo's interventions for young people who have been sexually exploited

Briefing that sets out the key findings from the research and highlights the implications of the research for responding to the needs of young people who have been sexually exploited.