Examine Areas of Diversity and the Impact of Diversity on Child Sex Trafficking Victims: Since sex trafficking literally happens all over the world, there is much diversity to consider when working with child sex trafficking victims. A child sex trafficking victim could be anywhere from 4 to 17 years of age, with the average age of entry being 12-14 year of age. The child could be a boy or a girl and could be any race, culture, sexual orientation and religion. Sex trafficked victims can be homosexual, transgendered or heterosexual, we cannot assume that we know their sexual orientation based on the brothel that they were held in. Many sex trafficked victims find themselves in America and do not know
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In light of this threat, the child welfare workers must keep a close eye on the identified child. Depending on the number of children are identified as vulnerable to sex trafficking victimization (“Free”, 2015), a grant of 200,000 should be given to DHHS to hire new case managers. This grant would allow the child welfare department of DHHS to hire 50% more case managers who are trained on the risks factors for sex trafficking, and who are given a 10-child case load of strictly at-risk children to be monitored. Having workers that specialize in dealing with at-risk youth will hone the skills of those case managers to fit their …show more content…
A screening tool that agencies should consider utilizing is the Trafficking Victims Identification Tool (TVIT). TVIT has been researched and discovered to be both valid and reliable in identifying victims of sex and labor trafficking. TVIT, or another evidence based screening tool should be used within every social service agency, health care system, and law enforcement agency with Nebraska. Many children rescued from sex slavery do not have a safe place to go. Since there are no shelters specifically for sex trafficked children in the two major cities in Nebraska, a shelter must be built in both Lincoln and Omaha to support children’s
In light of this threat, the child welfare workers must keep a close eye on the identified child. Depending on the number of children are identified as vulnerable to sex trafficking victimization (“Free”, 2015), a grant of 200,000 should be given to DHHS to hire new case managers. This grant would allow the child welfare department of DHHS to hire 50% more case managers who are trained on the risks factors for sex trafficking, and who are given a 10-child case load of strictly at-risk children to be monitored. Having workers that specialize in dealing with at-risk youth will hone the skills of those case managers to fit their …show more content…
A screening tool that agencies should consider utilizing is the Trafficking Victims Identification Tool (TVIT). TVIT has been researched and discovered to be both valid and reliable in identifying victims of sex and labor trafficking. TVIT, or another evidence based screening tool should be used within every social service agency, health care system, and law enforcement agency with Nebraska. Many children rescued from sex slavery do not have a safe place to go. Since there are no shelters specifically for sex trafficked children in the two major cities in Nebraska, a shelter must be built in both Lincoln and Omaha to support children’s