Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Multi-agency CSE Risk Management Tool
Child Sexual Exploitation Risk Management Tool
Please remember: victims of CSE can be male and female, and maybe
over 16. Perpetrators can be any age, including under 18
Client Information
Name
Address
D.O.B
Date
Referred
Completed by (name and
agency)
Contact Number
Date of Assessment
Living situation (LAC/at home/home LA/placing LA)
Indicator
1. Episodes of missing from home/care/education
Risk Level
Risk Level
7. Coercion/control, association with gangs
2. Accommodation
8. Health and sexual health
3. School/college attendance and engagement
9. Emotional and mental health
4. Substance misuse
10. Contact with abusive adults/peers or risky environments
5. Family relationships
11. Use of social media/technology
6. Engagement with services
12. Other comments/indictors
Indicated risk level: indicate total number of sections scored at each level
High
Medium
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Please ensure that all boxes are ticked or completed where appropriate.
Age at
Assessment
Ethnicity
Primary
Language
Nature of Exploitation (If applicable)
Internet
Party
Boyfriend
Gender
Lone
Offender
Disability
Group/Gang
Current Living situation (If applicable)
At home
Sofa surfing/at
Foster Care
friend’s
Independen
Placed out of
LA area placed
t Living
area
into:
Residential
Care
Placed into
area
Education, Employment and Training
School
PRU
College
SEN/EHCP
Health
Substance
Misuse
Other Risk Factors
History of
safeguarding
concerns
Offending behaviour
Known to
YOT
Employment
Physical illhealth
Missing
Incidents
Mental illhealth
Domestic
Violence
Other
Violence/abuse
On Street
Looked After Legal
Status
Placed by which LA?
NEET
Full-time/ parttime
Emotional ill-health
Learning
difficult/disability
If Yes Details
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CSE Core Indicators – grading guidance It is important to include as much information as possible within your assessment – ensure you have contacted
all other agencies involved with the young person. Any gaps identified in your knowledge highlighted by this assessment should be addressed as a priority.
The risk level for each indicator should be considered within the section for professional judgment which is where you should consider what you believe the
risk level to be. The risk level will then determine appropriate action and support. Remember to include who is responsible for each action
1. Episodes of missing from
home/care/education
Low
Incidents of going out without permission
and/or returning late
Medium
Whereabouts often unknown
Repeated episodes of missing
Regular breakdown of placements
High
Frequent periods of missing
Missing with other young people at risk of
sexual exploitation
Often found at places/with people associated
with CSE
Evidence/professional judgement
Actions required to mitigate risk inc who is
responsible for each action
Consider: Location where young person was found. Who they went missing with and how long for. Do you suspect the young person is missing more often
than they are reported? Do you suspect they are placing themselves at risk when they are missing?
2. Accommodation
Low
Young person generally satisfied with
accommodation, overall meets their needs
Medium
Unsuitable, unstable or temporary
accommodation
Overcrowded
High
Young person unhappy with accommodation
and often stays elsewhere
Homeless or sofa surfing
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Consider: What the young person’s care status is and whether this makes them more vulnerable to CSE. If living independently, consider who might have
knowledge of the young person’s whereabouts and safety.
3. School/college attendance and engagement
Low
Mainly engaged in full-time education,
employment or training
Some/no attendance issues
Medium
Irregular/poor attendance
Exclusion(s) due to behaviour
Part time provision
Whereabouts during school hours unknown
High
NEET
Regular breakdown in provision due to
behaviour
Lack of motivation to engage in EET, lack of
aspiration
Whereabouts often unknown during school
hours
Evidence/professional judgement
Actions required to mitigate risk inc who is
responsible for each action
Consider: consider the young person’s attendance and whether there are patterns in their disengagement from school/college: particular times of day/days of
the week. Consider whether there is effective awareness of young person’s whereabouts during schools hours. Consider their attachment to learning and
achieving and how this might affect their vulnerability to CSE.
4. Substance misuse
Low
Some use of substances inc alcohol
Experimentation with substances and alcohol
Medium
Regular substance misuse inc alcohol
Increased substance misuse
Concerns for drug/alcohol dependency
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High
Evidence of heavy drug/alcohol use or
dependency
Consider: type of substance(s), inc legal highs. How might young person be funding their use/who might be supplying them. Where, who with and how
often are they using substances? Substance misuse may be cause or effect of exploitation.
5. Family relationships
Low
Parent(s)/carer(s) shows some warmth and
support to young person
Communication is good but inconsistent
between young person and parent/carer
Some support available from wider family
Reported decline in relationship between
young person and parent/carer
Medium
Parent(s)/carer(s) lack understanding or
warmth towards child
Family relationships are strained
Evidence of decline in relationship/family
breakdown
Parents fail to report missing episodes
High
Little or no communication
Lack of warmth/understanding/trust
Family/friends/peers known/suspect
perpetrators of CSE
Evidence/professional judgement
Actions required to mitigate risk inc who is
responsible for each action
Consider: how the above indicators affect the young person’s vulnerability to CSE. Whether there has been a recent change in communication/relationships
and what might have caused this. Are there factors affecting the parents’ capacity to effectively safeguard the young person: substance misuse, mental illhealth etc. Are parents/carers aware of who the young person’s friends are/who they spend their time with? Siblings relationships: any decrease in
communication or changes that a brother or sister might be aware of.
6. Engagement with services
Evidence/professional judgement
Actions required to mitigate risk inc who is
responsible for each action
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Low
Reasonable engagement, some difficulty in
contacting young person
Willingness to understand/decrease own
vulnerability to CSE
Medium
Some engagement but sporadic contact
Often misses appointments without
explanation
Limited recognition of own vulnerability to
CSE
High
Frequent failure to attend appointments
Refusal to engage with services
Lack of awareness/acceptance of
vulnerability/being a victim of CSE
Consider: whether there are particular agencies whom the young person does/does not engage with. If you suspect they are a victim of exploitation, are
they willing to accept support to reduce the risk of harm to them? Consider their willingness to accept they might be a victim and how this might have an
impact upon them.
7. Coercion/control, association with gangs.
Low
Reduced or superficial contact with
family/friends
Recent change in peer group
Medium
Limited contact with family/friends
Negatively influenced by others
Disclosure of physical/sexual assault followed
by withdrawal of allegation
Extensive/secretive use of mobile phone or
more than one phone
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High
No contact with family/friends
Concerns that relationship might be
controlling/abusive/violent
Consider: who the young person spends the majority of their time with and how this might affect their vulnerability to CSE. Whether you feel they are able
to make free choices over where they spend their time and who with.
8. Health and Sexual Health
Low
Access to and engagement with sexual health
services/universal health services
Medium
Concerns about untreated or multiple
sexually transmitted diseases/infections
Frequent use of emergency contraception
High
Multiple miscarriages/terminations
Physical symptoms suggestive of sexual
assault or physical abuse
Frequent attendance at A&E/GP
Evidence/professional judgement
Actions required to mitigate risk inc who is
responsible for each action
Consider: age of the young person and their level of maturity. Is the young person open or secretive about their health and/or sexual health. Do you have
concerns about their use of contraception, or for young women, their menstrual cycles? If they are attending health services regularly: are they attending
alone or with someone? Is this of concern?
9. Emotional and mental health
Low
Fatigue, low self-esteem, low mood
Some or reduced concerns of self-harm or
eating disorders
Medium
Low self-esteem impacting upon young
person’s presentation
Expressions of despair
Concerns about self-harm
Bullying, threatening and/or violent
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behaviour, offending behaviour
Concerns the young person may be exposed
to violence
High
Chronic low self-esteem
Changes or extremes in mental health
Suicidal ideation
Evidence of emotional abuse from domestic
violence, as witness or victim
Evidence of self-harm, eating disorders,
previous suicide attempts or overdoses
Consider: any recent changes in emotional health and what these might be associated with, e.g. bereavement. Whether the young person is willing to
engage with services or support to need their emotional health needs.
10. Contact with abusive adults/peers or risky
environments
Low
Some association with unknown adults/older
peers and/or other young people at risk or
victims of sexual exploitation, some positive
peers
New or expensive possessions that are
unaccounted for
Medium
Disassociation from positive peers in favour
of adult or peers associated with sexual
exploitation
Spending time in areas where CSE and or
street sex work is known to have taken place
Getting into cars with unknown adults or
suspected perpetrators of CSE
Funding for drugs/alcohol from unknown
sources
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High
Evidence of association/relationships with
adults/peers believed or known to be
involved in CSE
Being moved around for sexual activity
Abduction or forced imprisonment
Meeting different adults/peers for sexual
activity
Consider: some of the above factors may demonstrate a higher risk for some young people than others. Consider their access to an income. What do you
know about those with whom the young person spends their time? Are they open or secretive about their friends?
In this context ‘risky’ means that they either present a direct risk to the young person (i.e. in terms of physical violence or sexual abuse / exploitation) or they
are likely to draw the young person towards other adults / peers who present this risk.
11. Use of social media/technology
Low
Talking to/communication with unknown
adults/peers via the internet (social media,
messaging services e.g. BBM)
Medium
Use of internet to share inappropriate or
sexual images
Meeting in person, adults or peers following
contact via social media.
Concerns young person may be being
groomed
Lack of awareness of online safety
Extensive/secretive use of mobile phone
More than one mobile phone
Evidence/professional judgement
Actions required to mitigate risk inc who is
responsible for each action
High
Use of internet to regularly meet in person
unknown adults/peers
Secretive use of social media/online
gaming/webcam
Evidence of sexual bullying through social
media/internet
Consider: age of young person and access to internet and technology appropriate to their age. Any recent changes in behaviour which cause concern.
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12 Other Comments or Indicators
Consider: a description here of the young person’s day to day involvement with professionals. Are there periods of time when the young person’s
whereabouts are not know or confirmed? What do you think they key vulnerabilities for the young person are? Are there risk indicators that have not been
mentioned above? Use this section to explain if you feel the indicated risk level does not represent the actual perceived risk in your professional judgement.
Protective Factors: please details here those factors present for the young person which
might protect them from or strengthen their resilience to sexual exploitation.
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Information sharing
Which agencies have contributed to this assessment?
Have there been any difficulties in gaining information?
What action needs to be taken to gain any further information?
Summary of actions required to mitigate risk of sexual exploitation
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Who is responsible for each
action?
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What Next?
Low
Suggested Actions:
Indicators suggest the young person may be at some risk of being groomed and/or exploited.
Referral to specialist service might be appropriate:
Peterborough: NSPCC Protect and Respect programme, or via the Early Help Team to the MASGs for support from preventative services.
Cambridgeshire: Locality Teams for support from preventative services.
Continued support from single agency completing this tool might be most appropriate
Ensure information gathered to complete this assessment is shared with agencies working with the young person. Consider a
professionals meeting for this purpose.
Medium
Indicators suggest the young person is vulnerable to being sexually exploited.
Professionals completing the assessment should seek advice from the allocated Social Worker if the case is open to Children’s Social
Care, or the MASH hub if not. Complete the Child Protection referral form, ticking the CSE box on page 1 and attach this assessment.
Consider whether a strategy discussion is needed to share information with other professionals involved and ensure actions identified to
mitigate risk are undertaken.
High
Indicators suggest the young person is at immediate risk of significant harm from sexual exploitation.
Professionals completing the assessment MUST seek advice from the allocated Social Worker if the case is open to Children’s Social Care,
or the MASH hub if not. Complete the Child Protection referral form, ticking the CSE box on page 1 and attach this assessment, making
it clear that it is believed there is a risk of significant harm to ensure a strategy discussion can be held within 24 hours.
If it is felt that the child is at immediate risk of harm, the Police must be contacted on 101.
Any referral where the child is at risk of serious harm should be made by telephone first:
Cambridgeshire
Tel: 0345 045 5203
Fax: 01480 376748
Email: referralcentre.childrens@cambridgeshire.GCSX.gov.uk
Hannah Campling CSE Co-ordinator
Peterborough
Telephone: 01733 864170
Fax: 0870 238 4083
Email: pdcsc@peterborough.gcsx.gov.uk
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