News updates for Respect members
w/c 7 May 2012
Events, training and conferences
BASPCAN: Vulnerable Children- Recognition and Protection
17 May 2012, Manchester
Keynote Speakers: Charles Fortt, Jonathan Taylor MSc, Tink Palmer, Professor Jenny Pearce, Christine Beddoe and John Geden MSc.
Although safeguarding is everyones responsibility, this conference will be particularly relevant for police officers, social workers, health professionals, LSCB's staff, workers in youth justice and probation officers, public protection team members and forensic teams.
http://www.baspcan.org.uk/events-national.php
Public Service Events,Tackling Broken Britain: building a stronger society
22 May 2012, Manchester
This seminar will follow the report of the Communities and Victims Panel, getting to grips with the fundamental issues of our society, and establishing how to build strong, socially and economically resilient communities. Covering areas such as youth services, education, welfare, health and social care and criminal justice, and examining potential solutions such as community budgets and early intervention initiatives.
Details: http://www.publicserviceevents.co.uk/213/tackling-broken-britain
NSPCC: New horizons in safeguarding children: Promoting children's safety and wellbeing through innovation and organisational change
23 - 24 May 2012, Manchester
2 day conference hosted by NSPCC and University of Lancaster.
This conference will draw together both UK and
International contexts to debate and gain knowledge that will inform organisational change to safeguard children more effectively.
Capita, Domestic Violence Conference
24 May, Manchester
Capita’s 13th Domestic Violence Conference provides a timely opportunity for key stakeholders to come together and address current challenges and long-term commitment to combatting and preventing this devastating crime.
Details and booking information: http://www.capitaconferences.co.uk/public-sector-conferences/police-criminal-justice/full-conference/article/domestic-violence-1.html
Capita's 1st National Conference on Effective Community Sentences
30th May 2012, London
Capita’s National Effective Community Sentences Conference is timed to coincide with the announcement of reform proposals for Community Sentences and provides you with guidance from Central Government and other agencies on the impact of community sentence provision.
With radical changes aiming to rehabilitate offenders and reduce re-offending rates in a more cost-effective way, it is critical to learn from innovative community sentence and explore ways of diverting offenders from costly custody into more punitive community alternatives.
Take away valuable learning outcomes on the best approach to community sentences and benefit from expertise in the following areas:
*The role of courts in delivering community sentences
*Achieving improved outcomes for offenders
*Commissioning community programmes
*Rehabilitating young and prolific offenders through intensive community orders
*Improving public trust in community engagement activities and victim support
Further information and booking details http://www.capitaconferences.co.uk/public-sector-conferences/police-criminal-justice/full-conference/article/effective-community-sentences.html
Ontario Institute for Studies in Education: Research on interventions with abusive men
10-11 June 2012, Toronto.
Edward W. Gondolf examines batterer research in light of the push for "evidence-based practice" and advocates a progressive evolution of batterer intervention as it currently stands. Cautioning against the call for programs based on a "new psychology," he argues that current cognitive-behavioural approaches are appropriate for most cases, with the addition of ongoing risk management for severely violent men. Overall, he promotes a broader picture of batterer intervention and advocates better implementation of the basic principles established in the criminal justice field.
Poster http://www.biscmi.org/GondolfPoster.pdf
Community Care Conferences: Effectively Engaging Fathers in Child Protection, Risk or Resource?
13 June 2012, London
This Community Care conference will provide practitioners with the skills they require to develop a ‘father friendly’ approach within child protection. It will examine why, and how paternal relatives should and can be engaged in services, even when domestic violence has been evidenced by a current or former partner.
Early bird rate: Register before 4th May and save up to 43% (£199+VAT).
Further information and booking details: http://www.communitycareconferences.co.uk/fathers
Tender training: Awareness and Good Practice when working with women experiencing violence and abuse in relationships
14 June, London
One day training: Awareness and Good Practice when working with women experiencing violence and abuse in relationships
Fee: £90
This training will equip participants with an understanding of the issues for women experiencing violence from men they know. The day will give attendees an appreciation of the barriers faced by women seeking help to leave an abusive relationship. The training will enable participants to:
· Define the different types of abuse.
· Understand the pressures on women to stay in violent relationships and what might prevent them from seeking and securing the help they need.
· Explore the additional issues for women from marginalised groups.
· Examine the responsibility for violence using the power and control model.
· Address the impact on children witnessing and experiencing domestic abuse.
The day is aimed at staff in any agency who may be called upon to support, advise, treat, or otherwise assist a woman experiencing violence from a man she knows.
To request a booking form or some more information please contact Jake Tily on 0207 431 7278 or email jake@tender.org.uk
MacKay Hannah, Domestic Abuse in Scotland: the changing picture on the law and practice
20th June 2012, Edinburgh
The theme of this conference, which follows on from MacKay Hannah’s successful event in 2010, will be current legal and judicial issues including the rolling out across Scotland of domestic abuse courts, the implications of the Criminal Procedure (Detention, Legal Assistance and Appeals) Bill following the Supreme Court’s decision on Peter Cadder’s appeal and Lord Carloway’s Review of Criminal Justice in Scotland.
As well as considering current legal and judicial issues the conference agenda will also include consideration of the rise in elderly domestic violence and strategies for children and young people exposed to domestic abuse.
Capita’s 13th National Conference: Early Intervention for Troubled Families
20th June, 2012, Manchester
Capita’s 13th Early Intervention for Troubled Families Conference examines the Government’s strategy to turn around the lives of 120,000 families with multiple problems.
The Troubled Families Agenda has positioned prevention and early intervention at the heart of transforming lives. This conference explores key themes on sourcing investment, developing increasingly localised approaches to service delivery and building effective multi-agency partnerships.
Further information and booking details http://www.capitaconferences.co.uk/public-sector-conferences/childrens-services/full-conference/article/early-intervention-for-troubled-families.html
Tender training: One Day Training: Working with young people to address violence in teenage relationships
Thursday 21st June 2012; Venue: Central London; Fee: £150
This very practical day will equip participants with a clear understanding of the key issues of abuse and violence in relationships and practically examine how drama techniques can be used to engage young people in these issues. These exercises have been tried and tested in a range of youth settings including schools, youth centres and pupil referral units and the training will be delivered by facilitators with a wealth of experience in delivering issue based projects. This training will:
- Give participants a theoretical understanding of issues such as different types of abuse, the excuses perpetrators give and the pressures on victims to stay in abusive relationships through our gendered model.
- Practically explore exercises that can be used to engage young people.
- Explore how the activities can be applied in a variety of youth settings, and learn effective techniques for engaging and encouraging young people to participate.
- Trouble shoot particular barriers participants have encountered when carrying out this kind of violence prevention work.
The day is aimed at professionals working directly with young people. Participants do not need to have previous experience of drama or theatre to take part in the day.
To request a booking form or some more information please contact Jake Tily on 0207 431 7278 or email jake@tender.org.uk
The Future of Family Justice, Westminster Legal Policy Forum Seminar
6 September 2012, London
Morning, Thursday, 6th September 2012
with Jonathan Djanogly MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice, Ministry of Justice
and Jan Coulton, Family Mediators Association; David Emmerson, Resolution; Charlotte Image, Young Legal Aid Lawyers and Wainwright & Cummins Solicitors; Tom Rahilly, NSPCC; Sam Smethers, Grandparents Plus and Professor Liz Trinder, University of Exeter
Further information and booking details: http://www.westminsterforumprojects.co.uk/forums/event.php?eid=445
DSC: Charity Accountants’ Conference 2012
20 - 21 September 2012, Bristol
In challenging times, it is important that your charity stays fit, so you need to train harder. You will need to respond quickly and effectively to change and understand the financial impact of adapting your strategy and activities to fit with new priorities and funding opportunities.
Further details and booking information:
http://www.dsc.org.uk/Conferences/@40342?dm_i=6S7,S4XV,282E9O,2A8FY,1
Charity Times: The Charity Times Investment Conference
11 October 2012, London
An event aimed at charity chief executives or financial directors of charities with £1.5million or more in investable assets