What is a Seraf assessment?

What is a Seraf assessment?

The SERAF is a child exploitation risk assessment tool. Your professional judgement is as equally important as the score. • A SERAF should be completed as soon as potential concerns regarding Child Sexual. Exploitation (CSE) or Child Criminal Exploitation (CCE) are identified.

Who is at risk of CSE?

young people being found in towns or districts where they have no known connection. young people who have more than one boyfriend or who share their boyfriend. children or young people seen entering or leaving vehicles driven by unknown adults.

What does Seraf stand for?

SERAF

What is included in sexual exploitation?

Sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA) It includes trafficking and prostitution. Sexual abuse means the actual or threatened physical intrusion of a sexual nature, whether by force or under unequal or coercive conditions. It includes sexual slavery, pornography, child abuse and sexual assault.

What are the three interrelated areas that the Seraf is based on?

The SERAF model is based on three interrelated and overlapping areas of action: Information, Identification and Intervention.

What information should be included on a body protection map?

The details that should be included on a child protection body map are:

• Information on who noticed the injury, when they noticed it and what their role is in relation to the child.
• Details of the injury – where it is on the child, what it looks like, its colour, shape, size and condition.

Is there a national framework to deal with CSE?

2.1 The See Me Hear Me framework is designed to promote a child-centred response to CSE. The key task for practitioners and partner agencies is to recognise and respond to the child or young person as a victim of child abuse or in the words of children and young people to “See Me and Hear Me”.

What are the signs of CSE?

Signs of child sexual exploitation

• Unhealthy or inappropriate sexual behaviour.
• Being frightened of some people, places or situations.
• Bring secretive.
• Sharp changes in mood or character.
• Having money or things they can’t or won’t explain.
• Physical signs of abuse, like bruises or bleeding in their genital or anal area.

What is CCE in safeguarding?

Children who are trafficked, exploited or coerced into committing crimes are victims in need of safeguarding and support. Though perceptions are altering these young people are still often criminalised and perceived as having ‘made a choice’ to take part in illegal activity.

What are the 4 categories of abuse?

The World Health Organization (WHO) defines child maltreatment as “all forms of physical and emotional ill-treatment, sexual abuse, neglect, and exploitation that results in actual or potential harm to the child’s health, development or dignity.” There are four main types of abuse: neglect, physical abuse.

What can you record on a body map?

Exact site of injury on the body, e.g. upper outer arm/left cheek.