5th National Safe and Sound Conference
We are pleased to announce that the conference will take place on Tuesday 15th May 2012 at the British Library in London near St Pancras Station). The theme for the day will be "Practical and Effective Responses to Child Sexual Exploitation" and will address the recommendations of the new National Action Plan.
Tim Loughton, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Children and Families, will give a keynote address followed by a question and answer session. Speakers will focus on practical interventions that help young people, parents and carers, and professionals to both prevent and stop this type of sexual abuse. We will also explore proven strategies for tackling the perpetrators, including deterrence, investigation, disruption and prosecution.
Book your place before 31/12/2011 and take advantage of a £50 early bird discount (£225+VAT per delegate after discount).
Prevention, protection and investigation
This course is aimed at all professionals working with children, young people and families and it will be particularly valuable for those with responsibilities for child protection or safeguarding.
Content includes: definitions, indicators, grooming tactics, interventions, communicating concerns, improving multi-agency working, vulnerability, sex offence and trafficking law, judging harm levels, complex cases, building trust and engagement with young people, emergency action and support resources. The course has now been updated to take account of the latest developments in national policy and guidance.
Future dates include Liverpool 6th December, Birmingham 13th December, Derby 11th January, London 12th January, Manchester 1st February, Bradford 2nd February, Swindon 7th February, Preston 22nd February, Bedford 23rd February, Newcastle 14th March, Rotheram 20th March, Maidstone 22nd March.
To make bookings, please visit the events page.
Engaging vulnerable young people
Professionals working with vulnerable children, young people and families, often find it difficult to engage with this client group, and sustain positive relationships within which communication can develop. Based on the experiences of organisations like Safe and Sound Derby, who specialise in reaching out to vulnerable young people at risk of sexual exploitation, this half-day course will enable delegates to:
- Understand why vulnerable young people are often difficult to engage
- Confront some of the stereotyping that creates barriers to effective commuication
- Explore why some young people are especially difficult to engage, including sexually exploited young people
- Identify ways to engage with hard to reach young people
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Be aware of good practice, and other helpful links and resources
- Plan how to transfer their learning into practice
Raising CSE awareness with young people
Following the success of our "train the teacher" one-day courses for professionals working directly with children and young people, we are pleased to announce a seried of new dates for 2012.
The course is targeted at PSHE teachers, Youth Workers, YOT's and CSE Project Workers with a direct role in helping young people to develop an awareness of safe and healthy sexual relationships.
The course uses the UKHTC's excellent DVD and resource pack "My Dangerous Loverboy" together with other complementary resources developed from the work of Safe and Sound in Derby and other similar projects around the UK.
The aims of the course are to:
- Explore the issue of child sexual exploitation (CSE)
- Introduce a framework for raising young people's awareness of CSE
- Become familiar with relevant resources and how to use them in group work with young people
- Identify good practice on how to respond to concerns
For details of the new dates and venues, and to make bookings, please visit the events page.
- 5th Safe and Sound National Conference - Book your conference place before 31/1/12 and secure a £50+VAT discount