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This conference, held on 23 - 24 May 2012 in Manchester, was hosted by the NSPCC and Lancaster University, with sponsorship from the University of Manchester and Tribal.It provided a vibrant space for innovative, future-orientated dialogue and reflection sparked by new and emerging research on safeguarding children.
The parallel sessions adressed themes such as innovation in multi-agency practice; professional judgement and effective assessment; evidencing the child's journey; technology for practice change; and the judiciary and the 'best interests of the child'.
Developing child-centred practice: what needs to change? (PDF, 125KB)
Cathy Ashley
Family Rights Group
Serious case reviews: embedding the learning (PDF, 47KB)
Jane Brooks and Billi Bartley
NSPCC
Sexting - new evidence and new challenges (PDF, 63KB)
Jon Brown
NSPCC
Learning through practice innovation - the NSPCC sexual abuse strategy (PDF, 200KB)
Jon Brown
NSPCC
The power of the visual in assessing children’s ages (PDF, 197KB)
Dr Khatidja Chantler
University of Manchester
A pilot study of the strengthening families model of child protection (PDF, 304KB)
Lindsey Coombes and Dr Maria-Emmanouela Terlektsi
Oxford Brookes University
Keeping children safe online (PDF, 289KB)
Tim Coulthard and Phillip Doorgachurn
NSPCC
Responding to the Southwark Judgment (PDF, 52KB)
Siân Davis, Richard Marquiss and Sharon Parkinson
Barnados, Lancashire County Council and Lancaster City Council
Fathers' experiences of the child protection process (PDF, 515KB)
Daryl Dugdale
University of Bristol
Life stories by African American female teenagers re juvenile deliquency and justice (PDF, 105KB)
Margaret C. Fine
University of Liverpool
Meeting the needs of vulnerable families (PDF, 121KB)
Kate Fitch
NSPCC
Pathways between the care and the criminal justice system (PDF, 219KB)
Dr Claire Fitzpatrick
Lancaster University
Multi-agency work and the best interest of the child: The role of key stakeholders in the juvenile justice system in India (download forthcoming)
Jaya Ghosh
Lancaster University
Delivering more impact for children (PDF, 210KB)
John Grounds
NSPCC
Child poverty in an age of austerity (PDF, 119KB)
Dr Chris Grover
Lancaster University
Findings from the evaluation of the family drug and alcohol court project (PDF, 107KB)
Professor Judith Harwin and Jo Tunnard
Brunel University and RyanTunnardBrown
Contemporary challenges in safeguarding children (PDF, 113KB)
Dave Hill
Essex County Council
Neglect (PDF, 110KB)
Dawn Hodson
NSPCC
Evidence-based approaches to assessing children and families (PDF, 2.35MB)
Bill Joyce
Child and Family Training
Families on the edge of care proceedings (PDF, 130KB)
Professor Judith Masson
University of Bristol
A Risk Model: An innovative and practical system to assess the risk of significant harm (PDF, 478KB)
Dafydd Paul and Bruce Thornton
Gwynedd Council and J.B.T Training and Service Development
Care’s role - the experience of the child (PDF, 4.28MB)
Tom Rahilly
NSPCC
“Minding the Baby” – the importance of the start of the journey (PDF, 1.24MB)
Gwynne Rayns
NSPCC
Gaining 4-site: innovations in the organisation of multi-agency responses (PDF, 1.86MB)
Dr Suzanne Regan
Cumbria University
Assessing children’s safety in complex families (PDF, 272KB)
David Saltiel
University of Leeds
Family drug and alcohol court (PDF, 52KB)
Dr Mike Shaw
Tavistock Clinic
Revisiting the reflective practitioner for reliable professional judgement (PDF, 386KB)
Carolyn Taylor
Lancaster University
Helping families with complex and long standing difficulties (PDF, 837KB)
Professor June Thoburn
University of East Anglia
Parent’s experience of the professional response following the sudden, unexpected death of a child (PDF, 3.73MB)
Denise Turner
University of Sussex
Designing reliable systems to safeguard children in light of Munro (PDF, 1.40MB)
Professor Sue White
Birmingham University
A voice for the deaf child within safeguarding (PDF, 564KB)
Shirley Wilson
NSPCC
It’s about language not hearing (PDF, 159KB)
Professor Alys Young, University of Manchester
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