Responding to sexual exploitation during the transition to adulthood
Sexual Exploitation During the Transition to Adulthood
Sexual Exploitation During the Transition to Adulthood
Sexual exploitation involves an abuse of power where individuals are coerced, manipulated, or deceived into sexual activity, often through grooming, threats or violence.
The transition from childhood to adulthood presents risks and challenges. Variations in laws, support, and responsibilities can create gaps in safeguarding. Ensuring that responses are trauma-informed, person-centred, and joined-up during this key period is essential. Effective Transitional Safeguarding helps professionals identify ongoing exploitation, reduce harm, and support positive outcomes in adulthood.
Join a workshop that will explore Transitional Safeguarding and the use of the Tackling Child Exploitation Support Programme Practice Principles to guide professionals in responding to sexual exploitation, using case examples, discussion and reflective exercises.
Learning outcomes
As a result of attending this workshop, participants will be able to:
- Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of sexual exploitation during the transition from childhood to adulthood, using evidence from a Research in Practice resource on adult exploitation.
- Apply Transitional safeguarding principles to support young people moving from children to adult services in a coordinated and person-centred approach.
- Use the Tackling Child Exploitation Practice Principles to inform professionally curious responses to sexual exploitation.
- Develop strategies and approaches for building partnership working across services to support young people at risk of sexual exploitation.
This event is a workshop.
A workshop is a facilitator-led interactive session. Hosted online, participants come together to develop their knowledge and learn new skills through activities and discussion.
Places at workshops are limited for partners, so early booking is recommended.
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We will contact you should places become available.
Audience Types
Practitioners
Principal Social Worker (PSW)
Residential / care home workers
Senior practitioners
Senior leaders
Social workers
Professional Standards
PQS:KSS - Abuse and neglect of children | Shaping and influencing the practice system | Developing excellent practitioners | Confident analysis and decision-making | Purposeful and effective social work | Creating a context for excellent practice | Designing a system to support effective practice | The role of social workers | Person-centred practice | Safeguarding | Assuring good social work practice and development
CQC - Safe | Effective | Responsive
PCF - Knowledge | Critical reflection and analysis | Intervention and skills
RCOT - Understanding relationship | Collaborative | Identify needs | Health and safety
Supporting Transitional Safeguarding in local areas
Transitional Safeguarding is a relatively new concept. It is a different way of thinking about safeguarding young people as they make the transition from adolescence into adulthood. Wherever you are on your local journey and whatever kind of help you need – know that we are here to support you.
Tackling Child Exploitation: Refreshed multi-agency Practice Principles
The Tackling Child Exploitation (TCE) Support Programme has released updated multi-agency Practice Principles and developed new resources to support professionals.
Adult exploitation
This resource provides an introduction to the exploitation of adults, particularly those who experience multiple needs and exclusions. It aims to support readers across social care specialisms as we work together to formulate effective service responses.