| Categories | Education | Running away/Going missing | Sexualised Risk taking | Rewards | Contact with abusive adults and/or risky environments | Coercion/Control | Sexual Health | Substance Use | Emotional Health |
| 1 | Truanting from school. | Regularly coming home late.
Absent without permission and returning late. |
Overt sexualised dress/attire.
Getting into men's cars. Meeting adults through the internet. |
Unaccounted for monies and/or goods. | Associating with unknown adults and/or other sexually exploited children. | Reduced contact with family/friends. | Sexually transmitted diseases (STIs.) | Experimenting with alcohol/drugs. | Poor self image.
Expressions of despair;
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| 2 | Non school attender/excluded.
Regular breakdown of school placements due to behavioural problems. |
Frequently staying out overnight without explanation.
Episodes of running/going missing. Persistently running/going missing from placement. Looking well cared for despite having no known base. Regular breakdown of placements due to behavioural problems. |
Getting into men's cars.
Meeting adults through the Internet. Clipping (offering to have sex and then running upon payment.) Older boyfriend (5 + years.) |
Unaccounted for monies and/or goods, especially jewellery and mobile phones. | Associating with unknown adults and/or other sexually exploited children/young people.
Extensive use of phone, particularly late at night. Having access to premises not known to parent/carer. Reports from reliable sources, suggesting involvement in sexual exploitation. Seen in known red light districts. |
Limited contact with family/friends.
Disclosure of physical/sexual assault followed by withdrawal of allegation. Physical injuries - external/internal. |
Multiple STIs.
Miscarriages. Terminations. |
Regular use of substances.
Concerns for drug dependency. |
Chronic low self esteem.
Expressions of despair:
External (Intensive Acting out):
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| 3 | Non school attender/excluded.
Regular breakdown of school placements due to behavioural problems. |
Persistently running away/going missing from placement.
Pattern of street homelessness. |
Older boyfriend (5+ years.)
Clipping (offering to have sex and then running upon payment.) |
Unaccounted for monies and/or goods. | Picked up in red light district.
Having access to premises not known to parent/carer. |
Disclosure of physical/sexual assault followed by withdrawal of allegation.
Abduction and forced imprisonment (described by young people as 'locked in'.) No contact with family/friends. Disappear from system (no contact with support systems.) Physical injuries - external/internal. |
Multiple STI's.
Miscarriages. Terminations. |
Chronic drug dependency (particularly crack/heroin.) | Chronic low self esteem.
Expressions of despair:
External (Intensive Acting out):
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