Commissioned by
Child Exploitation
(Cheshire West and Chester)
"Early intervention is the key, you all do amazing work and I will be forever grateful"
Child exploitation has devastating and long lasting consequences for its victims and their families, through our work we aim to prevent the exploitation of young people through education, early intervention and direct mentoring to help them develop their understanding of the risks and potential impacts.
In 2020 we were commissioned by Cheshire West and Chester Council to provide direct support to young people considered "at-risk" of exploitation. We continue to act as the commissioned service for the local authority working with young people and their wider families through the delivery of face to face intervention.
Our work covers both criminal and sexual exploitation and all intervention is delivered on a "needs led" basis, bespoke to each individual, based upon the concerns and risks identified.
If you are a professional who has concerns that a child is at risk of being exploited, please click the link below where you will find additional information and links to the Contextual Safeguarding Assessment Tool that is required to access support.
Accessing our service
Identify and evaluate
Lead professional such as social worker, family intervention worker or teacher completes a Contextual Safeguarding Assessment tool to identify and evaluate the risks. Completed tools are then sent to the i-art for screening.
Assess the need
The Contextual Safeguarding Hub meets on a weekly basis to assess the level of need for each young person and ensures they receive the appropriate level of support by allocating the appropriate service.
Intervention
If the decision is taken to offer Queensberry AP support a member of the team will contact the family within 5 days to arrange an induction meeting once parental consent has been gained by the lead professional.