County Lines Awareness – Train the Trainer

This train-the-trainer package is designed for safeguarding professionals  who wish to raise awareness of child exploitation, and specifically County Lines with colleagues, and others who work in safeguarding. The course aims to equip practitioners with information about current issues and trends; explore how to manage challenges- specifically victim-blaming attitudes, and understand how to share information in order to disrupt exploiters and safeguard families.

Learning objectives

• Understand county lines
• Learn about current grooming tactics of exploiters
• Understand how exploitation affects the whole family
• Learn how to challenge victim blaming language and attitudes
• Understand where to go for support.

Who is the course for?

• Social workers
• Youth justice workers
• Police
• Care home staff
• Missing young person’s staff
• Youth workers
• Parent/family support workers

Course delivery

Our course will be accessed by learners online, streamed live via Teams.

After the Train-the-Trainer session is completed, attendees will receive everything they need to run their own sessions, including scripts, session plans, PowerPoint presentations, and videos.

Course timings

11^th March 2026 – 9:30 am to 1:30pm

15^th July 2026 – 9:30 am to 2:30pm

15^th December 2026 – 9:30 am to 2:30pm

Our speakers

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  Dr Sarah Hall

  Dr Sarah Hall has extensive experience as an academic researcher in child exploitation, influenced by her early career in youth work and parent support. Sarah is passionate about the importance of family-centered, holistic support for families affected by child exploitation. Some of Sarah’s recent publications are below:

  Women Making Changes Project: Final Evaluation
  Parent’s Experience of Children’s Social Care
  She Doesn’t have to get in the car
  South Yorkshire Empower and Protect CSE Innovation Project Evaluation Report

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