Evaluation of Barnardo's Safe Accommodation Project for Sexually Exploited and Trafficked Young People

In 2011 Barnardo's received grant funding from the Department for Education to deliver a two-year 'Safe Accommodation Project'. The project comprised three strands:

• training courses for foster carers and associated professionals to raise awareness of CSE and child trafficking;
• direct work with looked after young people who were at risk, or victims, of CSE and/or trafficking; and
• specialist foster placements for young people at risk, or victims, of CSE and/or trafficking.

The project was evaluated by the International Centre. The main aims of the evaluation were to:

• use findings formatively to contribute to the development of the project and any future work;
• identify outcomes and how these were achieved; and
• identify the potential of the specialist foster placements to offer a cost-effective and safe alternative to other forms of local authority care for young people at risk, or victims, of sexual exploitation and/or trafficking

Read the findings of the evaluation - PDF 3.9 MB