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Major study to explore new ways to prevent child exploitation

1 min read Youth Justice Social Care
A £1.9m project studying safeguarding risks faced by young people outside their home will look at new ways of combating threats such as sexual and criminal exploitation and gang affiliation.
The study will look at ways to combat child criminal and sexual exploitation. Picture: Adobe Stock
The study will look at ways to combat child criminal and sexual exploitation. Picture: Adobe Stock

The Innovate Project, funded by the Economic and Social Research Council and led by the University of Sussex, will explore the work of six organisations each using one of three different frameworks for safeguarding and trauma-informed practice.

Over two years, researchers will observe meetings and practices, interview young people, parents and professionals, and examine organisational processes, systems, costs and outcomes to establish how effective frameworks are as well as note which factors lead to more innovative social care practice.

A third year of the study will see researchers engage stakeholders in turning findings into policy recommendations and guidelines for good practice.

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