A specialist CSE nurse is part of the team, helping meet vulnerable young people’s health needs
In addition to delivering support and education, it has been involved in successful prosecutions of perpetrators
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A 2013 report by the home affairs select committee on the response to child sexual exploitation (CSE) and localised grooming, raised concerns over how agencies were tackling the problem in parts of England.
It highlighted the “appalling cost” paid by victims of CSE in areas such as Rochdale and Rotherham due to “catastrophic, multi-agency failures” dating as far back as 2004.
In response to rising concerns over CSE, Rochdale Council established Sunrise, an award-winning multi-agency safeguarding team, in 2008, and by 2010 it had identified nearly 80 children at risk of or experiencing sexual exploitation in the borough.
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