The West Midlands Violence Reduction Partnership (VRP) are providing free awareness training which aims to develop and improve our understanding of the threat from County Lines and Criminal Exploitation.
All sessions are free of charge to attend and will be delivered via Microsoft Teams. The timetable below has links to the Eventbrite booking page for each event, where tickets can be booked. There are limited spaces for each session, so please sign up at your earliest opportunity to guarantee your place.
Monday 13th February 2023
10am – 12pm
St. Giles Trust
(Facilitator: Liam Teasdale)
County Lines/CCE/CSE Awareness Workshop
Professionals sessions utilising their lived experience within the criminal justice system to unpack and explore the realities and consequences of county lines, drug smuggling, gang involvement, criminal exploitation, sexual exploitation and serious youth violence specifically related to girls and young women.
This session is aimed at: All Professionals and all Frontline Workers
Monday 13th February 2023
12pm – 2pm
Safer Together
(Facilitator: Nikki Holmes)
Cuckooing (Home Invasion Awareness Workshop)
Raising Awareness of Cuckooing (Home Invasion) and utilising the Cuckooing Risk Assessment Tool Within Professional Practise
This session is aimed at: All Professionals and all Frontline Workers
Tuesday 14th February 2023
10am – 11am
The Clewer Initiative
(Facilitator: Clem Studholme)
“What can we actually do about County Lines?”
This briefing will empower community members and wider to understand and report county lines and wider criminal exploitation.
This session is aimed at: Community Members, faith leads, parents and carers
Tuesday 14th February 2023
1pm – 1.45pm
West Midlands Police – Economic Crime Unit
(Facilitator: Khatija Nichols)
Financial exploitation/ Money Mueling Awareness Briefing
This session will cover awareness on the dangers of becoming a ‘money mule’ and the potential long-term implications.
This session is aimed at: Professionals, Front line workers, Parents and Carers
Wednesday 15th February 2023
10am – 2pm
PACE (Parents Against Child Exploitation)
(Facilitator: Dr. Sarah Lloyd)
Pace’s Relational Safeguarding Model and Contextual Safeguarding Approach
This session explains the work of Pace and how Pace’s Relational Safeguarding Model works in alignment with the Contextual Safeguarding Approach. Dr Lloyd will also present her research findings on social workers’ understanding of sexually exploited girls as agents; focusing on the importance of challenging the victim blaming of young people and the importance of being trauma informed when working with families affected by child exploitation.
This session is aimed at: All Professionals and all Frontline Workers
Wednesday 15th February 2023
2.30pm – 3.30pm
The Clewer Initiative
(Facilitator: Jackie Mouradian)
County Lines awareness for Parents and Grandparents
This briefing will cover an introduction to county lines awareness for grandparents, parents and guardians.
This session is aimed at: Grandparents, parents and carers
Wednesday 15th February 2023
2.30pm – 4pm
Sandwell Childrens Trust – DECCA (Drug Education Counselling & Confidential Advice) & Horizons
(Facilitator: Lydia Ewins)
Understanding How County Lines Goes in Plain Sight & How to Prevent It Workshop
The session will cover an understanding of who is at risk of harm from County Lines, how it can go on ‘in plain sight’ and what support is available.
This session is aimed at: All Professionals and all Frontline Workers
Thursday 16th February 2023
10am – 11am
Remedi Restorative Services
(Facilitator: Amanda Townsend)
Restorative Justice awareness
To raise awareness and understanding of the restorative justice process, how to access the service and what the benefits to service users are.
This session is aimed at: All Professionals and all Frontline Workers
Friday 17th February 2023
11am – 1pm
Crimestoppers/ Fearless
(Facilitator: Andre’a Accison)
County Lines: how to report it?
This session will cover:
This session is aimed at: Front line workers, Parents, Carers and Community Members
Friday 17th February 2023
2pm – 4pm
Go Girls
(Facilitator: Melanie Jewell)
Providing a County lines & Gang culture workshop from a personal and professional perspective
Providing a County lines & Gang culture workshop.
This session is aimed at: All Professionals and all Frontline Workers
Additional Training: PACE Offer for Parents & Professionals
The PACE website provides lots of information for both professionals and parents and provides access to the national parent support team where parents/carers can self-refer to receive support. PACE also have their free ‘Know the Signs’ video; a 4-minute presentation outlining some of the signs parents can look out for: https://paceuk.info/for-parents/film-knowing-the-signs/
Pace also have a free County Lines e-learning course for parents and professionals that takes 20 minutes to complete: Child Criminal Exploitation and County Lines E-learning Training Course – Parents Against Child Exploitation (Pace) UK (paceuk.info)
