There are many resources and materials to help improve your skills in relation to HOTH. Our understanding in this area is constantly developing. Here are some local and national resources from trusted sources and experts in the field.
| Link | Information |
|---|---|
| Children and Families Practice Toolkit: HOTH | Links to help professionals improve their skills, and signposts to other resources. |
| The Children’s Society: information for professionals
The Children’s Society: national exploitation resources – interactive booklets on Flipsnack |
Sharing information and understanding of exploitation: programmes tackling exploitation, resources and publications, and links to other resources. |
| NSPCC: types of abuse | Information and advice on different types of child abuse including sexual and criminal exploitation, how to spot the signs and what you can do to help keep children safe. |
| Durham University: Global Centre of Contextual Safeguarding | Publications and practice resources produced by the Contextual Safeguarding research programme. |
| Goc.uk: child exploitation disruption toolkit | Information about disruption tools that frontline practitioners can use or request, to reduce risks from abusers/perpetrators. |
| Not in our Community: Alfie’s Story on YouTube | The video story follows Alfie’s journey of criminal exploitation, how it can happen and the consequences it can have for all involved. |
| Waltham Forest Council: victim blaming language on YouTube | The video is a short, focused and powerful resource for all practitioners to help them and others understand the impact on young people of victim blaming language. |
| The Children’s Society: Appropriate Language – Child Exploitation | Guide for the appropriate use of language when discussing children and their experience of exploitation in a range of contexts, including when speaking directly with or discussing children, within recording and case management systems and when delivering relevant training or other learning interventions. |
| Gov.uk: Prevent duty training – learn how to support people susceptible to radicalisation | Multi-agency training that covers awareness, referrals and Channel or Prevent Multi-Agency Panel course. Please confirm if you need to complete this via your organisations learning and development platform. |
| Carlene Firmin: Contextual Safeguarding is Common Sense on YouTube | Video podcast exploring contextual safeguarding and is an easy watch. Understanding teenage brain development and the context in which young people live and develop into adulthood is important. Professor Carlene Firmin is so influential in this area of practice – if you work with teenagers this is a brilliant podcast to help inform your safety planning around HOTH and Risk Outside the Home (ROTH). |