Collaboration, Creativity and Complexities: Conference Blog

Collaboration, Creativity and Complexities: Developing networks and practices of co-production with children and young people.  The Manchester Centre for Youth Studies, Manchester Metropolitan University.  June 2019. Though the potential of employing co-productive techniques with children and young people is increasingly recognised in research and practice, conferences focusing on academic and practice innovation in this specific… Read More

Professionals Breaking the Silence: Supporting professionals to respond to children’s disclosure of abuse

On Tuesday 26th March NSPCC Cymru facilitated a practitioner’s work shop around ‘Professionals breaking the silence, dealing with child disclosures of abuse’. They are launching their ‘Let children know you’re listening’ safeguarding resource for professionals, to help show children and young people that, when they want to share you’re ready to listen. The workshop began with… Read More

Identifying and responding to child neglect in schools: key findings and messages for practice

On Tuesday 19 March, Dr Victoria Sharley presented the findings of her PhD at the ExChange Workshop, ‘Child Neglect in Schools.’ She explored the aim of the study, its design and methods, challenges in data collection, findings and key messages for practice. The background and context of the study showed that: 1090 children registered for… Read More

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Counting fathers in – how can social workers build better relationships with fathers involved in child protection services?

Introduction This workshop was presented by Dr Georgia Philip from the Centre for Research on Children and Families (CRCF), based at the University of East Anglia (UEA).  Georgia explained she is a sociologist by training and her research has focused on fathers, fatherhood and father engagement. In particular she has worked on two major research… Read More