Glossary of Terms

BCSP – Bexley Community Safety Partnership 

BCU – Basic Command Unit 

BSAB – Bexley Safeguarding Adult’s Board

CCE – Child Criminal Exploitation

CE – Child Exploitation 

CG – Conclusive Grounds (Decision)

CoE – Council of Europe

CR MARAC – Community Risk Multi-Agency Risk Assessment Conference

CREST – Children at Risk of Exploitation Safeguarding Task group 

CSE – Child Sexual Exploitation 

CSP – Community Safety Partnership 

CST – Community Safety Team

DA – Domestic Abuse 

DtN – Duty to Notify

ECAT – European Convention Against Trafficking)

ECHR – European Convention on Human Rights 

FGM- Female Genital Mutilation  

FWA – Fair Work Agency

HO – Home Office 

HRA – Human Rights Act 1998 

ICFCL – International Convention concerning Forced or Compulsory Labour 

ICTG – Independent Child Trafficking Guardian

IECA – Immigration Enforcement Competent Authority 

MARAC – Multi-Agency Risk Assessment Conference 

MASE – Multi-Agency Sexual Exploitation  

MASH – Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hub

MOPAC – Mayor’s Office for Police & Crime  

MPS – Metropolitan Police Service 

MSA – Modern Slavery Act 2015 

MSHT – Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking 

MSU – Modern Slavery Unit 

MSVCC – Modern Slavery Victim Care Contractor

NCA – National Crime Agency 

NRM – National Referral Mechanism

NRTPF – No Recourse to Public Funds 

POC – People of Concern

PTSD – Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder 

PV – Potential Victim 

RG – Reasonable Grounds (Decision)

SCA – Single Competent Authority

SHIELD – Bexley Children’s Safeguarding Board 

SPOC – Single Point of Contact

TIA – Trauma Informed Approach 

TSA – The Salvation Army

UN – United Nations

VAWG – Violence Against Women and Girls 

YJS – Youth Justice Service