E-learning package to help staff spot the signs of grooming and exploitation
The subtle signs someone may be being exploited are being explained during a unique countywide training programme. Councils in Essex, Southend and Thurrock have joined forces to produce an e-learning programme to offer frontline staff guidance on how to spot the signs of exploitation and what to do if they suspect it is happening. The […]
New hospital-based youth workers give vulnerable young people support
More than 150 vulnerable young people have been given access to increased support, thanks to a new youth work project based in Basildon and Thurrock University Hospital. Since July 2019, Essex County Council youth workers have been working alongside doctors and nurses at the hospital to identify and support young people who are presenting with […]
Dedicated youth team working with colleges and volunteers across Essex to create safer communities
Colleges are teaming up with a dedicated team of youth workers to improve community safety and reduce the risk that young people may be drawn into a life of crime. https://www.essex.pfcc.police.uk/news/dedicated-youth-team-working-with-colleges-and-volunteers-across-essex-to-create-safer-communities/ Essex Youth Service is completing 24 hours of detached youth work with young people of college age each week for 40 weeks in Harlow, […]
Additional £1.1 million from the Home Office to help tackle violent crime in Essex
Essex has received an additional £1.1 million to help fund the county’s multi-agency approach to understanding and tackling the causes of violent crime. The Home Secretary Priti Patel made the announcement yesterday (Sunday, December 29). The money will be given to the Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner for Essex and will be used to continue […]
Young people asked for their views on tackling violence and vulnerability
Essex Council for Voluntary Youth Services (the independent voice for voluntary youth services in Essex) is asking hundreds of young people their views to help tackle violence and vulnerability in Essex. Young people attending youth centres, church groups, young carers groups, uniformed organisations and other youth organisations in the county are being invited to take […]
