or rescuing them from trap houses houses that have been taken over by the drug dealers. today, chris is checking in with one of his lads. he s had his challenges, hasn t he? yeah, more than most. more than anybody, to be fair. 35 care placements in a 12 year period. he s had about 17 social workers. young lad who wants to be loved and wants to be part of something. in this work, rejection comes as part of the job. young people groomed into gang life don t always want to hear the message that chris has to give. he s basically been sold a dream. we re the bad guys for a second because we re the ones that are going to have to tell them that, actually, this dream is not a dream. the reality is that you re probably going to be selling drugs or doing something along those lines for somebody who doesn t care about you. literally doesn t care
..are you afraid for him? i m petrified. i really am. the edge team are facing an ever growing workload. got a lot of meetings to attend there s a lot of strategy meetings, a lot of complex abuse meetings and core groups, so we could alljust support each other in a way. and behind every case, every call, there s a child at risk. the kids who are away on a county line - don t even know- what a county line is. here, it s all about rescuing kids from the gangs driving across the country to pick them up from trap houses or police cells. four lads returned home, they re all home now. they ve all been seen by police and been released. they re back, which is great, but i think the hard work starts now. and more than that, it s about helping them break the links with the gangs, with the gang culture and the criminal underworld. many of the children mixed up in gangs and county lines end up under arrest
got a lot of meetings to attend there s a lot of strategy meetings, a lot of complex abuse meetings and core groups, so we could alljust support each other in a way. and behind every case, every call, there s a child at risk. the kids who are away- on a county line don t even know what a county line is. here, it s all about rescuing kids from the gangs driving across the country to pick them up from trap houses or police cells. four lads returned home, they re all home now. they ve all been seen by police and been released. they re back, which is great, but i think the hard work starts now. and more than that, it s about helping them break the links with the gangs, with the gang culture, and the criminal underworld. many of the children mixed up in gangs and county lines end up under arrest in police cells. it may sound odd, but for some young people, this place can be a turning point. the custody cells can be an opportunity for youth workers to make first contact. there are ten ce