Safeguarding People Living with Dementia

Abstract Research has shown that dementia makes adults more susceptible to abuse and neglect.  The Care Act 2014 provides local authorities and other agencies in England with duties to safeguard adults from such abuse with partnership being a key principle.  However, little is known about social care and health professionals’ views and practices on partnership… Read More

Discriminatory Abuse: Using Stories and Narratives to Explore Professional Responses

Abstract Discriminatory abuse refers to forms of harassment that target a person’s protected characteristics, such as age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation.  It is an under-reported category of abuse and little is known about how practitioners approach this work.  This presentation will… Read More

Creating and Managing a Parent Advocacy Programme

Abstract: Parents who have experienced the child welfare system are working as peer-to-peer advocates, helping other parents negotiate child welfare. Parents are also working as activists to change child welfare policies, progammes and systems. This presentation focuses on how to create and manage a parent advocacy programme that supports parents, helps families and improves child… Read More

Missing and Lost: Missing Children, Social Harm and Structural Violence

Summary: In this webinar Dr Paul Andell will discuss the phenomenon of children going missing from care, situating these experiences within wider frameworks of structural violence, social harm, and institutional neglect. Drawing on personal reflections, policy analysis, case studies, and recent qualitative research, the presenter suggests that episodes of missing children are not isolated events but symptoms of systemic… Read More

Falling through the net – prevention and protection: The exploitation of learning disabled and neurodivergent children and young people.

Summary: The exploitation of learning disabled and neurodivergent children and young people is a concern given the higher rates of abuse and exploitation experienced by children with special educational needs and disabilities. This presentation will consider the needs of these children and their parents for help and support. Based on a study published in 2024… Read More

“They’re not seeing young people as victims of exploitation”: Multi-agency responses to the criminal exploitation of children in Wales 

Summary: Despite the UK’s robust child protection policies and approaches to modern slavery, there is no specific legislation or statutory guidance to address the criminal exploitation of children. Rather, it is considered under existing provisions under the Modern Slavery Act 2015. Yet, frontline workers seldom suspect British children of being victims of modern slavery. It… Read More

Webinar – Defining child maltreatment for research and surveillance

Abstract Join us for a webinar where we delve into the complexities of the topic of child maltreatment, a pressing public health issue with lifelong consequences. Based on a groundbreaking European Delphi study, published in the Lancet Regional Health – Europe, this webinar will explore efforts to achieve a unified definition of child maltreatment to… Read More

Sandboxing in Practice – Qualitative Interviewing with Sand, Objects, and Figures

About the webinar: Dawn Mannay and Victoria Timperley present their essential guide to the innovative qualitative research technique of sandboxing.  Originating from play therapy, sandboxing enables children, young people, and adults to create three-dimensional scenes using miniature figures and everyday objects in a sand-filled tray. Creating these sand scenes offers opportunities for individuals and groups… Read More