SIG Group meeting - Children & Young People in Care and Care Experienced
Guest Speaker: Rebekah Pierre, BASW Professional Officer and Care Experienced person.
Rebekah is a care experienced and qualified social worker who has been actively involved in the appeal process of Article 39. She is passionate that 16 to 17 year olds within the care system should not be left vulnerable. She is keen to work with the AoCPP to raise the profile of 16-17 year olds, advocating for equity for all children within the care system, to help support and influence policy going forward. We look forward to hearing from Rebekah and debating this important area of challenge.
| Ticket Type | Price | Cart |
|---|---|---|
| Non Member Ticket 15 June 2022 | £15.00 | |
| Members Ticket 15 June 2022 | £0.00 |
Rebekah Pierre is a care-experienced social worker and author, who currently works for the British Association of Social Workers. She has written extensively about the care system, featuring in The Guardian, The Independent, Radio 4 & others. Rebekah's lived experience is central to her campaign work; her peer-reviewed journal, 'Revisiting Diary Entries from Care: An Exposition of the Challenges of Unregulated Placement Settings', examines her childhood diary extracts from an autoethnographic perspective, linking lived experience to wider policy failures. She represented the #KeepCaringto18 campaign at Downing Street earlier this year and is passionate about equality of care for all children.
My membership is something I value as I work in academia, my knowledge and expertise is enhanced by the AoCPP community itself and the Child Abuse Review journal. I enjoy and receive great benefit from the opportunity to attend conference events and Congress to "tap into" cutting edge research and evidence of best practice nationally and internationally, all of which benefit the students on my teaching programmes and my own research and publications
