Guidance: Helping school nurses to tackle child sexual exploitation

Guidance: Helping school nurses to tackle child sexual exploitationThe child sexual exploitation pathway document from the Department of Health aims to consolidate best practice by:

• helping practitioners to recognise child sexual exploitation and to understand its effects on health and wellbeing
• summarising the evidence base, including the types of child sexual exploitation, its prevalence and consequences
• identifying the school nurse role at different levels of service and outlining a core offer from the school nursing service