Health and Wellbeing
Understanding Child Criminal Exploitation
Know the signs that a child is being criminally exploited, including through county lines, and see the victim behind the behaviour.
- 16 minutes
- 7 modules
- 0.5 CPD hours
- Certificate
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What you'll learn
- Explain what child criminal exploitation and county lines are
- Recognise how gangs groom children and keep them trapped through debt and threats
- Spot warning signs such as unexplained gifts, extra phones and going missing
- Identify children at greater risk, including those excluded or in care
- Respond with safeguarding rather than punishment, and report concerns to your DSL
About this course
A second phone, new trainers nobody can explain, missed afternoons, a sudden change in who they spend time with. On their own, each can look like ordinary trouble. Together, they can mean a child is being used by a gang to move drugs or money.
Child criminal exploitation, as KCSIE defines it, often starts with a gift that later becomes a debt. Gangs present themselves as a family, and threats keep a child trapped. You'll learn which children are most at risk, and why gangs increasingly recruit younger children and girls, who are less likely to be stopped by police.
Whatever they've been made to do, a child who is being exploited is a victim of abuse. If you're worried, you'll know to tell your designated safeguarding lead straight away.
- For early career teachers, middle leaders and 4 other roles. All phases.
7 modules
Open in order
- 2 min
Introduction
- 2 min
What is ‘child exploitation’?
- 4 min
What is ‘child criminal exploitation’?
1 question
- 5 min
How does child criminal exploitation happen?
1 question
- 3 min
What are some of the signs and symptoms that might indicate that CCE is happening?
- 2 min
What should you do if you think a child is being criminally exploited?
1 question
- 2 min
Wrap up