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South Tyneside Missing, Slavery, Exploitation and Trafficked (MSET)

MSET documentation:

More resources: 

  • Missing adults across Northumbria - Launched in November 2020 following collaborative work across the 7 Councils in the North East, this protocol gives a clear pathway for professionals working with adults who go missing. Further access to the protocol (including the Herbert and Winnie Protocols) can be found at Northumbria Police: Missing persons.
  • Mate crime - The Tale of Two Cities is an in depth file about regional cases of Mate Crime - Lee Irving, Brent Martin and Jimmy Prout. Watch: Youtube: A Tale of Two Cities
  • Exploitation of adults online - This film was developed in collaboration with local ex professional footballers and young lads from South Tyneside Disability FC and looks at how people with learning difficulties can stay safe online. Watch: Youtube: #WhoRYa documentary
  • Cuckooing - Cuckooing is a form of exploitation which involves organised crime gangs taking over the properties of adults at risk of abuse and using the properties from which to run their criminal activities. Durham Safeguarding Adults Board has produced an awareness raising Cuckooing Briefing for professionals. Our thanks go to Durham SAB for allowing us to share this. Durham SAB cuckooing briefing
  • Prevent - New website launch November 2020 : Act Early (The site is designed specifically for concerned members of the public to visit and learn what the prevent world is all about and how they can seek help to safeguard their friends and relatives, if they have concerns about a risk to them being radicalised by terrorists or extremist content, particularly online.).
  • Online safety live 2020 - A comprehensive guide, with access to a range of resources for professionals, parents, carers and children to help stay safe online and reduce the risk of abuse and exploitation - Online safety live document
  • Criminal exploitation in children -  This first report from the National Panel aims to identify what might be done differently by practitioners to improve approaches to protecting children who find themselves threatened with violence and serious harm by criminal gangs. Read the full report: The Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel: Safeguarding children at risk from criminal exploitation.
    STSCAP have also produced a seven minute briefing to support this national report - South Tyneside seven minute briefing on the national report
  • County lines posters - A range of County Lines posters and literature can be found by visiting GOV.UK: County lines - protecting vulnerable people from exploitation: posters
  • South Tyneside Safeguarding Children and Adults Partnership weapon / knife crime protocol - Launched in September 2019 the protocol was developed collaboratively with our partners and aims to provide consistent guidance to those organisations involved with young people (in particular schools and colleges) - South Tyneside Safeguarding Children and Adult Partnership Weapon / Knife Crime Protocol
  • Northumbria Police education newsletter - This is the first newsletter from the Northumbria Police Prevention through Education Programme and provides a range of information around safeguarding themes which include exploitation in all forms - Northumbria Police prevention through education enewsletter
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