Exploitation Tools and Pathways

The tools and pathways for Herefordshire include:

• Get Safe Practitioner's Guide: GET SAFE aims to work in collaboration with our multi-agency partners to keep children and young people safe from the risk of harm outside of the home.
• Exploitation Practice Flowchart: for young people and care leavers: The exploitation risk assessment and risk management process applies to all young people identified as being at risk of exploitation, including care leavers. This flowchart explains the pathways for these children.
• Multi-Agency Exploitation Risk Assessment Tool: Any professional working with children, young people or care leavers where they are concerned about exploitation, should complete this tool.
• Agenda for Risk Management Meeting: This is a standard agenda template, to be used at a child’s risk management meeting. The agenda has been revised to align to the Signs of Safety approach.
• Child Sexual and Criminal Exploitation Safety Plan (Practice Guidance): The child’s Safety Plan should be actively reviewed and updated at every Risk Management Meeting. This practice guide explains how Safety Plans should be used for children who are at risk of or experiencing exploitation.
• Child to Adult Exploitation Transitions Pathway: This document provides information on planning what support is needed for young people during their transition to adulthood, where they are experiencing safeguarding risks.

Intelligence Reporting:

• Exploitation Intelligence Report Form:This Exploitation intelligence reporting form has been developed for use by multi-agency partners, voluntary organisations and carers, to report soft intelligence on child exploitation to the West Mercia police.