One of my best mates is head of a child protection team. We've beenworking for some time on revising our social services' sexual health andrelationships policy with colleagues from health, teenage pregnancy andpolice. But we got stuck a while back due to the Bichard and pan-Londonprotocol stuff on reporting under-age sexual activity to the police.
We know that any child in touch with social services is worried aboutconfidentiality and are less likely to use services. And yes, we knowthey may be more at risk of being sexually exploited and need to beprotected.
But they also tell us that they want to be able to talk about sex andrelationships with people they trust, and not have their businessblabbed left, right and centre. And they are at higher risk of teenagepregnancy than other groups for a plethora of reasons.
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