Award for Northamptonshire Vulnerable Adolescent Panel
Congratulations to the multiagency Northamptonshire Vulnerable Adolescent Panel on winning the Centre for Child Protection (CPP) Collaboration Award 2022.
The category was introduced this year to recognise the work of child protection professionals engaged in outstanding creative, effective, and collaborative practices across disciplines.
Northamptonshire Vulnerable Adolescent Panel were recognised for their collaborative work in the field of child exploitation and extra familial harm at the ceremony on Wednesday 9th November 2022.
Faye McAllister, Deputy Designated Nurse Safeguarding Children and Children in Care, Northamptonshire ICB said: “The Vulnerable Adolescent Panel was created due to the growing problem of extrafamilial harm, which presents a risk to young people in our communities and creates challenges for professionals.
This award affirms the underpinning belief of the panel that we are stronger and achieve more together. We are committed to continuing to work together to support and protect our most vulnerable young people.”
The panel consists of health, police, children’s social care and the youth offending service who have worked together to achieve a shared sense of ownership and responsibility for success.
It provides a forum for timely and robust expert guidance, advice to professionals and information sharing between agencies who are working with young people at risk of extrafamilial harm. The time and dedication required to create this show a systemwide commitment to tackling child exploitation.