Events & Training

Training Event

Gwella – working with children who have experienced developmental trauma
(1 day free training course)

Learning Outcomes
• To understand what is meant by ‘developmental trauma’ and how this impacts child development
• Using a trauma-informed approach to support children who have experienced developmental trauma
• Practice lessons from the Gwella research project

Target Group
Multi agency training designed for all practitioners working with children and young people

Refreshments
Tea and coffee
Lunch provided

For booking contact: via Eventbrite – please click on the link below

National Safeguarding Adults Confernce 2020National Safeguarding Conference

Working Together to Safeguard Adults

Time – 09:30 – 15:30

Date – 6 February 2020

Location Glyndwr University, Mold Road, Wrexham, Wales, LL11 2AW

Time – 09:30 – 15:30

This free event is open to safeguarding partners, organisations and practitioners working with adults at risk in Wales.

Speakers on the day will include –

• Jane Randall, Chair of the National Independent Safeguarding Board

• Julie Morgan AM, Deputy Minister for Health and Social Services

• Helena Herklots, Older People’s Commissioner for Wales

• Jan Sensier, Deputy Director of Strategy and Corporate Services, Office of the Public Guardian

• Louise Hughes, Golden Thread Advocacy Programme Manager, Age Cymru

• Learning Disability Wales

Workshops will be provided by All Wales Adult Safeguarding Leads Network, Social Care Wales, North Wales Adults Safeguarding Board and the Welsh Government.

Barnardo’s Cymru in partnership with the Welsh Government would like to invite you to the second annual Reflect Conference

Moving forward with hope

Date:          13 February 2020

Venue:       Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff

The Reflect programme supports women and their partners that have had one or more children removed through care proceedings and are at high risk of having further children that could be subject to the same experience. Reflect delivers intensive, long term support to these women and their partners offering practical, social and therapeutic support with a focus on the development of new skills and taking positive steps for the future.

Keynote speakers: Professor Karen Broadhurst & Dr Claire Mason, University of Lancaster

The aims of the conference will be to:

• Hear directly from Reflect service users
• Share the impact and positive progress that the Reflect project has enabled or supported
• Discuss best practice and common challenges in relation to working with women and men involved in child care proceedings
• Share the evaluation from Cascade’s evaluation report of the Reflect delivery model

Please cascade to your contacts and networks, as appropriate.  Please book via Eventbrite

Reflect conference

National Conference on Child Sexual Abuse in association with NSPCC on Thursday 13 February 2020 9am – 4:00pm.

The conference is aimed at professionals and organisations involved in preventing, addressing and prosecuting Child Sexual Abuse (CSA) cases, and aims to strengthen the approach to CSA, to prevent CSA and to better support victims.

Please find attached information regarding the conference. If you have any questions or would like to reserve a place, please contact Katrina Hickey on 029 2267 5100 or email hjconference@hughjames.com.

We hope to see you on the day.

Conference 13 Feb 2020

Learning Workshops for Adult Care/ Nursing Home Managers / Responsible Individuals and Domiciliary Care Managers on the New All Wales Adult Safeguarding Procedures

The purpose of these Learning and Awareness Workshops is to:
 Understand the legal framework in relation to the Procedures

 How the key concepts from the Social Services and Well-being Act are underpinning the New Adult Safeguarding Procedures

 Overview of each section within the Adult Safeguarding Procedures (explaining the journey of Adult through the adult protection process)

 Highlighting the key practice changes

 A focus on the section on Safeguarding allegations/ concerns about practitioners and those in positions of trust

Learning Workshops for Adult Care/ Nursing Home Managers / Responsible Individuals and Domiciliary Care Managers on the New All Wales Adult Safeguarding Procedures

The purpose of these Learning and Awareness Workshops is to:
 Understand the legal framework in relation to the Procedures

 How the key concepts from the Social Services and Well-being Act are underpinning the New Adult Safeguarding Procedures

 Overview of each section within the Adult Safeguarding Procedures (explaining the journey of Adult through the adult protection process)

 Highlighting the key practice changes

 A focus on the section on Safeguarding allegations/ concerns about practitioners and those in positions of trust

The North Wales Safeguarding Children’s Board and NSPCC are delighted to have the Centre of Expertise on child sexual abuse present at the next Community of Practice Event on:

• Thursday the 27^th of February at Rhyl Rugby Club.

 Overview

• Research around risk assessment tools and the use of such tools in practice.
• Recognising CSA and raising awareness amongst key professionals to identify and respond to CSA. Information will be provided about the LEADS programme and the feasibility of delivering this in Wales as a regional programme.
• Findings from the recent research around LA records in Wales around capturing CSA data: Uncovering the scale of child sexual abuse in social care records
• The role of the CSA Centre in supporting the delivery of the Wales National CSA Action Plan

Speakers include:

• Lisa McCrindle, Kairika Karsna, Anna Gilinski  – Centre of Expertise on CSA
• Dr Sophie Hallett, Cardiff University

Book a place via Eventbrite only using the following link:

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/nwscb-nspcc-community-of-practice-event-tickets-90794822759

Learning Workshops for Adult Care/ Nursing Home Managers / Responsible Individuals and Domiciliary Care Managers on the New All Wales Adult Safeguarding Procedures

The purpose of these Learning and Awareness Workshops is to:
 Understand the legal framework in relation to the Procedures

 How the key concepts from the Social Services and Well-being Act are underpinning the New Adult Safeguarding Procedures

 Overview of each section within the Adult Safeguarding Procedures (explaining the journey of Adult through the adult protection process)

 Highlighting the key practice changes

 A focus on the section on Safeguarding allegations/ concerns about practitioners and those in positions of trust

The North Wales Safeguarding Children’s Board are inviting Local Authority Education Practitioners / Designated Safeguarding Leads/ Independent Schools / School Governors/ Safeguarding Leads in Colleges and Safeguarding Leads in Early Year’s provision to these learning workshops to consider the requirements set out around the role of Education Professionals within the new All Wales Safeguarding Children procedures:

 Understand the legal framework in relation to the Procedures

 How the key concepts from the Social Services and Well-being Act are underpinning the New Safeguarding Children Procedures

 Brief Overview of each section within the Safeguarding Children Procedures (explaining the journey of child through the child protection process)

 Highlighting the key practice changes

 A focus on the section on Safeguarding allegations/ concerns about practitioners and those in positions of trust

The workshops are to be held on 17.3.20, 18.3.20 and 19.3.20.
Please click on the link below for your preferred date/venue below:
17.3.20 Galeri, Doc Victoria, Caernarfon
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/learning-workshops-for-education-and-early-year-providers-tickets-87435216085

18.3.20 Glyndwr University, Mold Road, Wrecsam
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/learning-workshops-for-education-and-early-year-providers-tickets-87435886089

19.3.20 Rhyl Rugby Club, Tynewydd Road, Rhyl
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/learning-workshops-for-education-and-early-year-providers-tickets-87436305343

Time
9.30am – 1.30pm