Tees Harm Outside The Home (HOTH) Screening Tool / Referral Form
This is an initial screening tool designed to help practitioners recognise risk from outside a child or young person’s home. Any practitioner can fill in this tool if they have concerns that there is a risk of exploitation or they have noticed some potential indicators. This form could be used to assist information gathering in making a SAFER referral and can be submitted alongside a SAFER referral form.
The list of indicators and vulnerabilities within this screening tool is not exhaustive. Child exploitation is complex and cannot be categorised neatly into one definition. (For further information on definitions and types of child exploitation go to Tees Procedures Exploitation Pages.
Please complete this tool as fully as possible. Observations of behaviours and any significant changes will be important as children will often deny, or be unaware, that they are being exploited. When completing the tool, please be specific about details; giving examples of evidence and recording your observations and professional judgement / analysis of the risk outside the home for the child or young person you are concerned about.
To access the Initial HOTH Screening Tool please click on the following link: