Say Something - new service for young people to report CSE
Wednesday 5th August 2015
The new national service for young people to report sexual exploitation 'Say Something' is now live.
This service, funded by the DfE, will seek to raise awareness amongst young people of the risks and dangers of CSE and provide advice on how to keep safe and where to seek support. The new service will provide young people with a means of reporting CSE through a free, 24/7, anonymous helpline provided by Missing People.
This service will not replace existing local services or existing helpline or service provision, but may generate additional information about exploitation in your area and give you an additional tool to use when working with young people who are wary of reporting.
Missing People will send disclosed information about child sexual exploitation to relevant statutory agencies and will expect an appropriate local safeguarding response. The charity will also help the person reporting to be safe, and access support where needed.
Workers can share the 'Say Something' helpline with young people who aren’t able to be fully open about what is happening, so they can report their worries anonymously.
Missing People also operates the Runaway Helpline and has 20 years’ experience supporting missing and exploited young people and their families.
‘Say Something’ helpline:
Call or Text 116000
Website www.stop-cse.org/saysomething
For professional enquiries email: partners@missingpeople.org.uk or bina@nwgnetwork.org
Following the launch of this campaign, we anticipate a rise in referrals, we therefore urge you to be prepared for this, ensuring staff are appropriately trained, and systems in place to respond to CSE concerns.
Schools can
- update their websites and literature to incorporate the new helpline details and relevant links.
- Download and display posters in places viewable by young people
- Help with promotion of the campaign on social media and also directly give the helpline to young people who may need it
- Make contact with NWG for further information, advice or support bina@nwgnetwork.org
#SaySomething
Facebook: /SaySomething
Twitter: @SaySomethingIf
Web: www.stop-cse.org/saysomething
Further information on how Wiltshire schools can address CSE, with local links can be found here.
