Abianda April 2021 - Spotlight on Rescue and Response
A pan-London service that supports young people involved in or affected by county lines
The service is delivered in partnership by Abianda, St Giles Trust, Safer London, and the London Borough of Brent.
The Rescue and Response programme provides a range of services and resources:
1:1 support for young people exploited from London
Specialist support for young women
Help to manage risk and safeguarding
Support to move away from county lines and experiences of criminal exploitation and harm
Family and housing support
Gender mainstreaming and consultations for professionals and teams
Awareness raising training on county lines
Help build network analysis through pan London intel gathering
An out-of-hours phone number for professionals operated by St Giles Trust
Wraparound advocacy and a structured programme of work
Abianda practitioners will work shoulder to shoulder with young women to provide rights-based and wraparound advocacy support. The service includes a 12-15 session structured programme of work. To find out more, visit: https://www.abianda.com/rescue-and-response
Case Consultations
Our case consultations are designed to develop professional competency by sharing our practice experience. Case consultations involve working with the practitioner to increase engagement with the young woman, recognise and challenge usual power dynamics in service provision, and ensure young women are better connected to services and resources in order to reduce harm.
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