This promising pilot project has yielded impressive impact in a short period of time, and shows great promise for future implementation and translation to other sites. However, the limitations of this study should be acknowledged in weighing up the findings. Several considerations should be given to future planned research. It is important to track the impact of the direct work with children and young people more explicitly, and a robust evaluation of the impact on children and young people’s safety, wellbeing and future CSE involvement is important. The familiarisation and group-based work conducted in schools is promising, holding potential for early intervention and prevention, and this deserves fuller attention and focus in future implementation and evaluations. In addition, an evaluation of service data to track the impact of the CSE role on children and young people’s future involvement with and pathway through services would be useful.
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Appendix 1:
Table 4: Test of normalcy of data distribution for pre- and post-training self-evaluations
Tests of Normality
Kolmogorov-Smirnova Shapiro-Wilk
Statistic df Sig. Statistic df Sig. I can describe key issues
relating to CSE .130 354 .000 .967 354 .000 I can identify potential
indicators of CSE .118 354 .000 .962 354 .000 I can explain why CSE is not
a choice for children and young people
.110 354 .000 .968 354 .000
I can list 5 vulnerability factors that affect risk of CSE
.096 354 .000 .969 354 .000
I can explain my agency's role and know what to do if I have concerns about children and young people
.127 354 .000 .952 354 .000
I can describe key issues
relating to CSE 2 .198 354 .000 .899 354 .000 I can identify potential
indicators of CSE 2 .213 354 .000 .869 354 .000 I can explain why CSE is not
a choice for children and young people 2
.214 354 .000 .862 354 .000
I can list 5 vulnerability factors that affect risk of CSE 2
.229 354 .000 .833 354 .000
I can explain my agency's role and know what to do if I have concerns about children and young people 2
.210 354 .000 .830 354 .000
Total Score for Pre-training .075 354 .000 .988 354 .005 Total Score for Post-training .120 354 .000 .928 354 .000 a. Lilliefors Significance Correction
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Appendix 2
RISE Interview and Focus Group Schedule
Tell me a little bit about the RISE project, and how it has developed since it started.
What has your role been in the RISE project? Tell me about your experience in that role.
How has the activity of the RISE project impacted on your work and your organisation?
What have been some of the best features of the programme? Some of the wins?
Can you give examples of good practice that have emerged in the project, in your area of work?
What have been some of the barriers – organisations, interpersonal, personal?
How have you and other project members responded to challenges?
Do you think that the project has increased capacity to identify and respond to CSE?
Do you think that the project has contributed to reducing the activity and effectiveness of perpetrators?
What elements of the work you have done do you think has been most effective in identifying and supporting children and young people at risk of / who have experienced CSE?
Based on your experience, is there anything you would change about the model, its delivery or its implementation?