This interactive session will be an Open Forum for AoCPP members to update on, and discuss, the general progress and development of the national statutory guidance on Child Protection and Safeguarding: Working Together.
The session will focus on relevant aspects of the current government's emerging Child Protection and Safeguarding policies, in the context of the two new bills working their way through both Houses of Parliament. Details of both bills are available on the GOV.UK website:
The session will also reflect on the potential impact of some of the key proposed changes on AoCPP member's vulnerable child client's lives and outcomes, as well as on members themselves in their professional roles.
Attendees are asked to share their thoughts on Mandatory Reporting per se, and in particular on the proposed CSA mandatory reporting as it is currently drafted within the new crime bill, currently in sections 72 through to 81.
This event is for AoCPP Members only. Please provide your membership number when booking.
Dr. Sarah Steele is an independent Child Safeguarding Consultant and formerly Head of Child Safeguarding Service at a large university hospital NHS Foundation Trust. She has contributed to previous iterations of Working Together since 2002 on behalf of the acute health sector.
Steve Myers is a registered Social Worker with a background in child protection and youth justice. He has worked as a Social Worker in both statutory and voluntary organisations and has been involved with the education of social workers in Higher Education for the past 25 years, including leadership roles. Steve has researched and written about strengths-based and solution-focused practice, working with violent behaviour including sexual violence and assessment in social work practice.
It has improved my knowledge and understanding about the range of harms caused to children and their impact as I have been able to network with a wide range of experts from the UK and beyond. There is no other multidisciplinary association for child protection professionals focused on learning to support and improve practice and policy
