Child Neglect in Scotland – helping schools in early identification and intervention
WEDNESDAY 01 NOVEMBER 2017
THE ACADEMY - WHEATLEY HOUSE, CENTRAL GLASGOW
ONE-DAY CONFERENCE
Event Outline
As noted by the Child Protection Improvement Programme (CPIP) report published by the Scottish Government earlier this year, ‘neglect is the primary maltreatment issue that children in Scotland currently face’. For every thousand children living in Scotland’s communities, one child has been formally identified as being at risk of neglect. For every primary school in Scotland, two children have been formally identified as being at risk of abuse or neglect.
As public services seek to strengthen performance and realise sustainable improvements in keeping children safe, it is recognised that a renewed focus on neglect is a critical step toward establishing a preventative approach. Schools will play a key role in this.
Developed in partnership with a number of leading social work professionals and featuring keynote inputs from The Scottish Government, the Centre for Excellence for Looked After Children in Scotland (CELCIS) and NSPCC Scotland, this one-day training conference will focus on detecting and dealing with cases of neglect and the increasing importance of schools in their early identification and intervention. It will explore the following key themes –
- What is neglect? And how can it present itself?
- The increasing role of schools in identifying neglect and evaluating risk – and the knowledge, skillsets and approaches this requires
- An update on the Neglect Improvement Programme, commissioned by The Scottish Government and led by CELCIS, and examine how we can share information and support shared learning and improvement in safeguarding children
- Educating young people to stay safe from neglect and promoting and building resilience in vulnerable children – including the work of the NSPCC’s “Speak Out, Stay Safe Programme”
- Assessing parental capacity to change in the context of GIRFEC and the need to develop integrated responses across children’s services tailored to meet the needs of individual family circumstances
Supported by
Speakers
Donald Henderson
Deputy Director Care and Protection, Scottish Government
Dr Melissa Van Dyke
National Expert Advisor on Implementation, Centre for Excellence for Looked After Children in Scotland (CELCIS)
Moira McKinnon
Principal Officer, Child Protection Team, Glasgow City Health and Social Care Partnership
Kerstin Jorna
Implementation Lead for the Addressing Neglect and Enhancing Wellbeing Programme, Dundee City Council
Sheila Murie
Senior Officer, Child Protection Team, Glasgow City Health and Social Care Partnership
Sally Wassell
Independent Child Care Consultant
Joanna Barrett
Policy and Public Affairs Manager, NSPCC Scotland
Wendy Harrington
Independent Consultant Social Worker
Alan Stewart
Service Manager - Scotland, NSPCC Schools Service
Agenda
08:45-09:30 Registration and morning refreshments
09:30-09:40 Chair’s Welcome and Introduction
Joanna Barrett, Policy and Public Affairs Manager, NSPCC Scotland
Neglect and the Child Protection Improvement Programme
09:40-10:05 Keynote Address
Donald Henderson, Deputy Director Care and Protection, Scottish Government
10:05-10:25 Under the radar of child protection services: is neglect a ‘universal’ problem? The role of universal services in detecting and addressing children suffering from neglect
Wendy Harrington, Independent Consultant Social Worker
10:25-10:40 Opportunities for questions and discussion
10:40-11:00 Tea and coffee break, opportunities for networking
Improving how we identify and respond to neglect
11:00-11:25 What it REALLY takes to Achieve and Sustain Socially Significant Improvements: The Science and Practice of Active Implementation
- What limits our success
- What it takes to achieve socially significant improvements
- Using the science and practice of implementation to ‘get it right for every child’
Dr Melissa Van Dyke, National Expert Advisor on Implementation, CELCIS
11:25-11:45 What this means in practice: Experience from Dundee
- The Addressing Neglect and Enhancing Wellbeing Programme – Our journey so far, how we got involved and what we found
- Three key themes and how they led to Getting it Right in Dundee
- Next Steps for Dundee – starting in three primary schools
Kerstin Jorna, Implementation Lead for the Addressing Neglect and Enhancing Wellbeing Programme, Dundee City Council
11:45-12:00 Opportunities for questions and discussion
12:00-13:00 Glasgow’s Neglect Assessment Toolkit
Moira McKinnon, Principal Officer & Sheila Murie, Senior Officer, Child Protection Team, Glasgow City Health and Social Care Partnership
Followed by an Interactive session led by Moira McKinnon and Sheila Murie
13:00-13:45 Lunch and opportunities for networking
13:45-13:50 Chair’s Welcome Back
Support and early intervention in schools
13:50-14:50 The increasing role of schools in identifying and responding to neglect – required skills and approaches
- Identifying and evaluating risk surrounding children and understanding family circumstances
- Assessing parental capacity to change
- Promoting and building resilience in vulnerable children
- Working with practitioners to ensure no child is missed
Sally Wassell, Independent Child Care Consultant
Followed by an Interactive session led by Sally Wassell
14:50-15:30 The “Speak Out Stay Safe Programme” – Educating young people to stay safe from neglect
Alan Stewart, Service Manager – Scotland, NSPCC Schools Service
Followed by an Interactive session led by Alan Stewart and colleagues from NSPCC
15:30 Chair’s round-up and closing remarks
Venue
Hosted by
The Academy
Wheatley House
150 Ingram Street
Glasgow
G1 1DW
www.wheatley-group.com/the-academy/