Good Idea: Traffic lights accelerate response on sexual conduct

Name: Brook's Sexual Behaviours Traffic Light Tool

Provider: Cornwall Council

Cornwall Council has become the first local authority in the country to fully adopt a new resource that analyses the sexual behaviours of children and young people, distinguishing between those that are healthy and those considered to be harmful.

Based on a model developed by Family Planning Queensland, Australia, Brook's Sexual Behaviours Traffic Light Tool is designed to help any professional - from social worker to teacher, youth worker to GP - working with children and young people to identify, assess and respond to sexual behaviours in an effective and appropriate manner.

"We had seen the positive impact that the Traffic Light Toolkit developed in Queensland had in terms of giving young people a knowledge base and a uniform approach for all professionals," explains Georgia Johnston, business development officer for child sexual exploitation and child sexual violence at Brook.