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Lancashire Council's vulnerability hub brings together children's professionals and police into one team focused on improving support for exploited children and young people and reducing the risk factors that cause it.
Following a successful pilot in Preston last September, two further hub teams in Blackpool and Blackburn have been established.
Tracy Poole-Nandy, the council's strategic lead for child exploitation, says the hub incorporates child sexual exploitation (CSE), criminal exploitation (CCE), modern day slavery and trafficking.
"What's also included is a centrally located missing from home lead which has helped us join up the information, analyse risk and get a better understanding of what our problem profile looks like," she explains.
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