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Deep Dive – Safeguarding Young People from County Lines and Criminal Exploitation (CCE)

£25.00

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Course Overview

Child Criminal Exploitation (CCE) and county lines operations are rapidly evolving threats that exploit vulnerable young people across urban, suburban, and rural communities. Frontline professionals are often the first line of defence in identifying early warning signs and interrupting recruitment before irreversible harm occurs.
This interactive e-learning course equips practitioners with the knowledge, language, and legal frameworks needed to recognise, report, and prevent the criminal exploitation of young people. Through practical case scenarios, interactive risk assessments, and real-world examples, you will learn how criminal networks recruit, control, and manipulate youth, and how to implement a multi-agency safeguarding response.

Key Learning Objectives

By completing this course, you will be able to:
  • Understand County Lines Dynamics: Define county lines, drug running, stash houses, and the mechanics of modern criminal exploitation networks.
  • Recognise Early Indicators: Identify behavioural, physical, and situational red flags of CCE, including sudden changes in appearance, unexplained money or items, school absenteeism, and modern slavery indicators.
  • Deconstruct Grooming & Control: Understand the psychological grooming process, debt bondage, physical threats, and digital exploitation techniques (including social media recruitment) used by gangs.
  • Apply the Law & Frameworks: Understand relevant safeguarding legislation, the Modern Slavery Act, and National Referral Mechanism (NRM) pathways for child victims.
  • Take Action & Safeguard: Confidently follow local reporting routes, engage in multi-agency partnership working, and use trauma-informed approaches to support affected young people without criminalising them.

Course Structure

  • Module 1: Introduction to County Lines & Child Criminal Exploitation
  • Terminology, scale, urban-to-rural gang migration, and why CCE is a form of child abuse.
  • Module 2: The Recruitment & Grooming Process
  • How perpetrators target vulnerability, build trust, create artificial debt, and enforce compliance.
  • Module 3: Spotting the Signs
  • Comprehensive breakdown of behavioural shifts, school indicators, digital red flags, and physical indicators.
  • Module 4: Safeguarding Pathways & Legal Duties
  • Modern Slavery Act protections, NRM referrals, multi-agency working (MASH/MARAC), and information-sharing protocols.
  • Module 5: Scenario-Based Assessment
  • Interactive case studies that test your ability to assess risk, choose appropriate interventions, and complete safeguarding referrals.

Course Features

  • 100% Online & Flexible: Complete at your own pace on desktop, tablet, or mobile.
  • Interactive Exercises: Knowledge checks, scenario decision-trees, and visual risk-mapping activities.
  • Downloadable Resources: Includes pocket reference guides, red-flag checklists, and referral flowcharts for daily practice.
  • CPD Accredited: Downloadable certificate of completion provided upon passing the final assessment (80% pass mark).
Target Audience: Education professionals, social workers, youth workers, sports coaches, healthcare staff, housing officers, and frontline practitioners working with children and young adults.
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This option is aimed at an audience with prior knowledge of the subject and isn’t suitable for.  Those that are new to the subject would be better with our standard course.

Empowering Safety: Bespoke Safeguarding & Child Protection Training

Why Choose Bespoke Training?

Generic training can leave staff feeling unprepared for the real-life scenarios they face. Our tailored approach ensures the content, delivery method, and case studies are directly relevant to your sector (e.g., education, healthcare, sport, charity, corporate), your local policies, and the specific vulnerabilities and risks present in your community.

Our Specialised Training Pillars

We design engaging, practical, and compliant training across three core areas:

  • For Professionals Working with Children (Child Protection): Focuses on recognising the signs of abuse and neglect, statutory guidance (e.g., Working Together to Safeguard Children), robust reporting procedures, and the creation of a safe, child-focused culture.
  • For Professionals Working with Adults (Adult Safeguarding): Focuses on the principles of the Care Act, understanding different types of harm, promoting wellbeing, Mental Capacity Act (MCA) considerations, and ensuring person-led safeguarding responses.
  • Blended Cohorts (Safeguarding for All Ages): Ideal for organisations whose staff or volunteers interact with both children and adults (e.g., community centres, housing associations, religious organisations). This training highlights the common principles of good practice while clearly delineating the different legal frameworks, signs of harm, and reporting routes for each demographic.

Invest in training that transforms knowledge into action. Equip your team with the confidence and competence to protect those in your care proactively.

Need more time?

We recognise that sometimes groups need more time for discussions and group work. This can mean that a two-hour session is just not long enough to explore the curriculum and engage in question and answer sessions. So we are you offering the opportunity to extend the session by an hour to allow your trainees the chance to explore the curriculum fully!

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