Understanding Exploitation – 19th December

Date:  Thursday 19th December 2019    Time:  9.30 am to 4 pm (registration from 9 am)

Venue: Luther King House Brighton Grove Manchester M14 5JP

Apply via the MSP Training website at manchestersafeguardingpartnershiplearning.co.uk

Course Preview
This is a one day course for multi-agency professionals who work with children and or their families in Manchester.

The course will be delivered by professionals who work in the Complex Safeguarding Hub, social work consultants and subject specialists.

What are the signs of exploitation? Why are adolescents targeted by exploiters? What do we mean by ‘risk’ and ‘vulnerability’? Are we helping or hindering? What and who is affected by modern day slavery? How can we include and support young people rather than exclude and criminalise them and what happens when young people turn 18?

These are some of the questions that the course will discuss and it will explore what actions professionals can take to safeguard young people.

Course Aims
This training aims to provide an opportunity to better understand how children and young people are exploited and to discuss a trauma informed approach when working with children and their families.

The course will also discuss the impact of trauma on young people and how working in a trauma informed way can improve outcomes for young people and their families.

Course Outcomes

• Basic understanding of trauma and the impact it can have on young people
• How normal adolescent development can be exploited by others
• An overview of Child Sexual Exploitation, Criminal Exploitation and Modern Day Slavery
• Understanding push and pull factors that may feature in exploitation
• Consider diversity and how methods of exploitation may differ for young people
• Exclusion to exploitation – what can we do to support and engage young people?
• Exploitation: context; language
• What happens when a young person turns 18?
• How to report (National Referral Mechanism, intelligence, referrals to services and support).

For more information on these topics visit our resource hub.

Note: The Greater Manchester Complex Safeguarding Hub created the course ‘Understanding Exploitation’ and all ten Greater Manchester areas were offered places on a train the trainer course. These trainers will be delivering this course using the same materials for consistency and evaluation purposes.

Additional courses will be delivered by members of the MSP Training Pool later in the year.