Child Sexual Exploitation community awareness raising programme
‘Say something if you see something’
The Children, Young People and Families Consortium is running a child sexual
exploitation (CSE) community awareness programme in Rotherham. We will deliver
awareness raising sessions for parents, carers and community members across the
borough.
 We plan to deliver sessions to at least 400 individuals and will share details of
a free online training programme that you can share with friends and family.
We are also running a conference with voluntary sector organisations that will
help us to cascade key messages into the community on 5 November 2014.
 Community members attending these sessions will learn about what factors
can make a child or young person more at risk of child sexual exploitation, the
signs to look out for, and what to do if they are concerned and would like to
help.
 This programme has been developed by a CSE expert for the Consortium in
consultation with voluntary organisations and the Rotherham Local Children
Safeguarding Board.
About us
We represent approximately 30 of the main voluntary sector providers of services to
children, young people and families in Rotherham. This includes small, medium and
large voluntary sector providers with a combined workforce of over 1,000 (paid and
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unpaid). Together we work with around 16,000 children, young people and families
in our borough. Safeguarding is one of our members’ core priorities.
We run the voluntary sector child sexual exploitation forum, operate the voluntary
sector safeguarding group ‘Safe and Well’ where voluntary organisations come
together to discuss practical issues and develop their work, and are a member of
Rotherham’s Local Children Safeguarding Board.
Programme delivery
Consortium member organisation Sheffield YWCA (Fleming Gardens) will deliver the
awareness-raising sessions on behalf of the Consortium from October 2014 to
March 2015. This organisation has experience of CSE training, and will support our
work to train additional organisations to deliver this work post March 2015. This work
is funded by the Safer Rotherham Partnership.
Contact information
Would you like to talk to us about holding a session at your community event or
meeting? Do you know of any group that you think would benefit from this
awareness raising session?
If so, then please contact Susan Phillips or Toni Tomlinson as below:
Telephone: 01709 703471
susan@sheffieldywca.co.uk
Toni@sheffieldywca.co.uk
For more information about the Children, Young People and Families Consortium
and how voluntary organisations can apply to become a member, visit
www.cypfconsortium.org.uk
Issue date: October 2014