A brief overview of what the session will cover
Children themselves rarely engage directly with the child protection system unless they are already referred into the system by a third party adult. New technologies have enabled children to communicate in different ways than previously. Could an ‘app’ facilitate children’s direct access for advice, help and response from the child protection systems such as the MASH. What is required is to co-produce new ways of working at the front door of child protection to extend the current socio-technical framework to improve outcomes for children.
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| Members Ticket 26 May 2022 | £0.00 | |
| Non Member Ticket 26 May 2022 (Copy) | £15.00 |
Dr Sarah Carlick’s early career convinced her that the world of safeguarding could be changed and she has dedicated herself to doing so as a Safeguarding Expert, Tedx Speaker and a Digital Safeguarding Pioneer.
Sarah started her working life as a social worker and then a probation officer, gaining experience in the public, private and voluntary sectors in the UK, USA, Canada and Australia.
She is a Safeguarding Consultant specialising in Children Computer Interaction for children and young people to be equal partners in the codesign for innovative digital safeguarding initiatives. She facilitates safe digital spaces for children and young peoples voices, ideas and experiences to be integrated within digital safeguarding initiatives. As well as acting as the bridge between children and young people to be equal partners in the conversations with organizations in digital developments.
Sarah currently undertakes coaching and supervision for a range of senior managers, heads of safeguarding and safeguarding leads.
She is also the Director of an award-winning safeguarding training and consultancy company, The Athena Programme, since 2007.
Her experience is built on a rigorous academic background. She has a diploma and degree and in Social Work from Lancaster University UK, an MA in Arts-Health from the University of Central Lancashire and a PhD (also at Lancaster University).
I think Child Abuse Review has gone from strength to strength and is of a consistently high standard. We have held numerous events that have been inspiring and enabling, such as the most recent Congresses and the Trainer's conference and award ceremony, the seminars to disseminate lessons from Serious Case Reviews. As resources get ever tighter, professionals have fewer and fewer opportunities to come together to exchange ideas and to learn together. We move more and more into silos because of work pressures. This is not the way to keep children safe. Association of Child Protection Professionals is needed to bring people concerned about child protection together to learn, to think, to shape policy and practice and to disseminate research. No-one else does this.
