Jennie Read will deliver a FREE ‘Introduction to County Lines’ online event on the 17th June 2025 (9.30 – 13.00 with a break included).

Jennie joined Essex Police in 2003 as a member of Police staff and has worked in various roles. She began her current role as the Force Gangs and Drug Lines Officer focusing on Prevent and Protect strategies and best practice to safeguard victims of exploitation in August 2019. Previously, she has worked within the Child Exploitation Team to safeguard primarily children that were High risk victims of sexual and criminal exploitation. Prior to that she worked within the Domestic Abuse Safeguarding Unit working with High Risk victims of domestic abuse, violence, honour-based abuse and stalking and harassment in order to safeguard them from their perpetrators and further abuse.

She will cover:

• The ‘attractions’, signs and behaviours and the risk related to exploitation
• Understanding the grooming process and the criminal gang structure
• Understanding girls and young women and how exploitation affects them
• What is ‘Cuckooing’, who are targeted and spotting the signs
• Examples of successful disruption cases of criminal gangs and county lines
• Trends and current and national issues impacting our children, young people and vulnerable adults and how to recognise the dangers
• Campaigns
• Signposting and Resources

Please sign on and join if you wish to learn about County Lines or improve your knowledge of the current trends and developments in this area. The training is free, it would be great to see you online.

Book your space

You will receive a link to attend online closer to the event.

Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) is an internationally recognised training course, designed to teach people how to spot the signs and symptoms of mental ill health and provide help on a first aid basis. This accredited two-day course will allow you to develop practical skills to identify a range of mental health issues and support a young person to get the help they need. Provides an in depth understanding of specific mental health issues and is delivered in four manageable chunks:

• What is mental health?
• Depression and anxiety
• Suicide and psychosis
• Self-harm and eating disorders

It focuses on the issues faced by young people today, such as cyber bullying and substance misuse, and build your knowledge and confidence on how to promote protective factors and offer support.

Completing this course qualifies you as a Youth Mental Health First Aider. In order to complete this course you must attend day 2 on 28th July.

Book your space

Please email [email protected] if you would be interested in attending future sessions.