Enabling the voice of the child in child sexual exploitation contexts

在儿童性剥削背景下让儿童发出自己的声音

• 批准号: 1767841
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: University of Birmingham
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Studentship
• 财政年份: 2016
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2016 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=studentship-1767841
• 关键词: Enabling; voice; child; sexual; exploitation

ContextChild sexual exploitation (CSE) has become an area of growing interest in recent years. There have been multiple inquiries and a significant interest in how we can best respond to the challenges that CSE brings with it as a form of abuse perpetrated against children and young people. It is my belief that a research study exploring how we empower young people and provide a space for their authentic voices within the safeguarding policies and procedures that they are at the centre of is imperative. In order to respond in meaningful, empowering and relational ways to CSE we must begin to occupy the often 'difficult' spaces which show us the understandings and realities that young people experience in relation to CSE are very different to those of the adults around them. It is often their vulnerability and the grooming process that makes them see things very differently to us however this does not mean that their experiences should not form part of the decision making processes around them and their safety. However, this disconnect between 'realities' can often leave practitioners feeling disempowered which in turn can, often unconsciously, disempower young people and families. This will then go on to have a direct consequence on how safeguarding processes are utilised and experienced. Berelowitz argues that "attending to conscious and unconscious group and institutional dynamics is essential because the emotional turbulence of working with such behaviour can be corrosive and disturbing to staff and service managers. Preventing them from seeing, hearing and being able to bear the unbearable" (2013:60)It is my hope that this study will help in redressing the power imbalances experienced by young people and help to show ways in which we can develop processes and systems which meet the requirements of statutory safeguarding legislation but which only disempower as far as is necessary. MethodsThe study will aim to answer the research questions by:- Undertaking a systematic review of the literature especially in relation to service user involvement in relation to young people, narratives of power, control and agency in relation to young people, vulnerability, grooming and child sexual exploitation- A qualitative study exploring the experiences of sexually exploited children and young people in relation to their perceptions and lived experiences of the safeguarding procedures they experience(d)- Dissemination of research findings in order to influence policy and practice and embed findings into professional organisational contexts and the everyday practice of practitioners working in safeguardingImpactI strongly believe that the impact of this study will be able to inform policies, procedures, practice and most importantly the experiences of children and young people. It is my hope that this study will help redress and balance the power imbalances experienced by young people and help to show ways in which we can develop processes and systems which meet the requirements of statutory safeguarding legislation in relation to CSE but which do not as a consequence marginalise the voice of the child; that as safeguarding professionals, systems and institutions, we hear and act on the voice of the child in a meaningful way and only disempower only as far as is absolutely necessary. Our current statutory systems are not set up to be strengths-based, relational, empowering models of intervention especially in relation to young people who do not see themselves as needing safeguarding intervention and this study ultimately aims to find ways of closing that gap using the thoughts, feelings and voices of the children and young people themselves.

儿童性剥削（CSE）近年来已成为一个越来越受关注的领域。有多个调查和一个重大的兴趣，我们如何才能最好地应对挑战，CSE带来了它作为一种形式的虐待儿童和青年人。我认为，必须进行一项研究，探讨我们如何赋予年轻人权力，并在他们处于中心地位的保障政策和程序中为他们的真实声音提供空间。为了以有意义的，授权和关系的方式应对CSE，我们必须开始占据往往“困难”的空间，向我们展示年轻人在CSE方面经历的理解和现实与他们周围的成年人非常不同。这往往是他们的脆弱性和梳理过程，使他们看到的东西非常不同的我们，但这并不意味着他们的经验不应该形成决策过程的一部分，围绕他们和他们的安全。然而，这种“现实”之间的脱节往往会使从业者感到被剥夺权力，而这反过来又往往会在不知不觉中剥夺年轻人和家庭的权力。这将对如何使用和体验保障过程产生直接影响。Berelowitz认为，“关注有意识和无意识的群体和机构动态是必不可少的，因为与这种行为一起工作的情绪动荡可能会对工作人员和服务管理人员产生腐蚀性和干扰。防止他们看到、听到和能够忍受无法忍受的事情”（2013：60）我希望这项研究将有助于纠正年轻人所经历的权力不平衡，并有助于展示我们可以制定符合法定保障立法要求的程序和系统的方法，但只在必要时剥夺权力。 方法本研究旨在通过以下方式回答研究问题：- 对文献进行系统审查，特别是与青年人有关的服务用户参与、与青年人有关的权力、控制和代理的叙述、脆弱性，梳理和儿童性剥削-一项定性研究，探讨受性剥削儿童和青年的经历，涉及他们对所经历的保护程序的看法和生活经历（d）-传播研究结果，以影响政策和实践，并将研究结果纳入专业组织背景和从事以下工作的从业人员的日常实践：我坚信，这项研究的影响将能够为政策、程序、实践以及最重要的是儿童和青少年的经历提供信息。我希望这项研究将有助于纠正和平衡年轻人所经历的权力不平衡，并有助于显示我们可以制定符合与CSE有关的法定保障立法要求的程序和制度，但不会因此使儿童的声音边缘化;在保护专业人员、系统和机构时，我们以有意义的方式听取儿童的声音并采取行动，只有在绝对必要的情况下才剥夺儿童的权力。我们目前的法定制度并不是建立在力量基础上的，关系的，授权的干预模式，特别是在年轻人谁不认为自己需要保护干预，这项研究的最终目的是找到缩小差距的方法使用的思想，感情和声音的儿童和年轻人自己。