Making a Positive Contribution to Child Protection Conferences and Core Groups

Target Audience: 

Anyone working or volunteering in Kirklees who are likely to be asked to attend a child protection conference or core group to give information about a child or parent they may be working with. The course covers good practice and latest developments and is useful as a refresher for those who have been attending conferences and core groups for some time and have perhaps never received training.

Aim:

To provide knowledge and skills in preparing for and making a positive contribution to child protection conferences and core groups.

Learning Outcomes:

By the end of the course the participants will be able to:

• Explain the purpose and structure of a child protection conference and their role within it
• Demonstrate how to be an effective participant at a child protection conference using a strengthening families approach and other good practice issues
• Describe how core groups can keep children subject to a child protection plan safe from further harm
• Analyse information given in a child protection conference in order to accurately
  assess risk
• Produce a child protection plan that effectively addresses risk

There is no parking on site at Brian Jackson House. Delegates will need to find their own parking for the duration of the training. Moving your car during the training will not be accepted.

As a suggestion, all day paid parking is available at Huddersfield Bus Station (5 minute walk from Brian Jackson). Other parking options will need to be identified by the delegate.

Late arrival to the training will not be accepted so please research available parking and the location of Brian Jackson House prior to the day of the training.