Jayne Senior Explained

Jayne Senior, MBE, is a British youth worker and manager of the Swinton Lock Activity Centre near Mexborough in South Yorkshire, England.^[1]

Senior is a former manager of Risky Business in Rotherham, a youth project set up in 1997 by Rotherham Council to work with girls and young women at risk of sexual exploitation.^[2]

Working for over a decade to expose the issue of child sexual exploitation within Rotherham, Senior's efforts included acting as a whistleblower for a series of articles in The Times about the council's apparent attempts to cover up the abuse. The articles triggered a public inquiry by Alexis Jay, an inspection of the council by Louise Casey, the subsequent replacement of the councillors by government-appointed commissioners, and several criminal inquiries.^[3]

Senior was rewarded with an MBE in the 2016 Birthday Honours.^{[4] [5] [6] [7]} She is the author of Broken and Betrayed: The true story of the Rotherham abuse scandal by the woman who fought to expose it (2016).

Further reading

• BBC News “Rotherham abuse whistleblower Jayne Senior investigated”
• News: Andrew Norfolk . Police files reveal vast child protection scandal . The Times . 24 September 2012.
• Norfolk, Andrew (28 August 2014). "Rotherham child sex abuse: How the truth finally came out", The Times.
• Book: Senior, Jayne. Broken and Betrayed: The true story of the Rotherham abuse scandal by the woman who fought to expose it. 2016. Pan Macmillan. London. 9781509801619.

Notes and References

1. Chris Burn (10 June 2016). "Rotherham abuse whistleblower Jayne Senior awarded MBE", The Star (Rotherham).
2. News: Rotherham abuse scandal: Key dates . BBC News . 2 September 2014 .
3. News: One Woman’s Crusade for U.K. Town’s Young Rape Victims . Margaret Coker . Alexis Flynn . . 22 May 2015 . 20 May 2016 .
4. News: Charity worker who fought to expose Rotherham child abuse to work for victims . . 14 October 2014 . 20 May 2016 . 26 June 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150626164051/http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/main-topics/politics/charity-worker-who-fought-to-expose-rotherham-child-abuse-to-work-for-victims-1-6895763 . dead .
5. News: Youth worker who exposed Rotherham abuse gets MBE . Valentine . Low . David . Sanderson . . 11 June 2016 . 11 June 2016 .
6. News: MBE for youth worker they said was lying when she exposed Rotherham grooming scandal . Mike . Unsworth . . 10 June 2016 . 11 June 2016 .
7. News: Rotherham whistleblower Jayne Senior appointed MBE . . 10 June 2016 . 11 June 2016 .