Attachment and Trauma Resources 

VERU 

Support for pupils who are at risk from violence, gang membership and or exploitation. 

Consider referring to VERU if...

• Children/young people/vulnerable adult aged 11 to25

• Parents/care giver of a young person believed to be at risk or a risk to others (any age)

• Serious concerns of child criminal exploitation or child sexual exploitation (gang affiliation/county lines/drugs etc.)

• Not already working with a similar intervention/prevention agency (excluding local authority/police/youth offending)

• Not incarcerated at the time when the referral was received (an exception is where the young person is open to the VERU prior to their sentence)

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