Guidance

Child sexual exploitation: definition and guide for practitioners

Definition of child sexual exploitation, potential vulnerabilities and indicators of abuse and appropriate action to take in response.

Applies to England

Documents

Child sexual exploitation: definition and guide for practitioners

Child sexual exploitation: annexes

Details

This guidance is for:

  • local authority chief executives
  • directors of children’s services
  • people leading local safeguarding arrangements
  • people who work with children, including in social care, health, early years, education and the police

It replaces the 2009 guidance ‘Safeguarding children and young people from sexual exploitation’.

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Published 16 February 2017