A CELCIS Emerging Insights Series Webinar: 

What does the experience of the COVID-19 pandemic and current cost-of-living crisis tell us about the connections between poverty, inequality and child protection?

Join us for the fourth webinar in our CELCIS Emerging Insights Series. This webinar is one of a new series of free, live, online webinars where we will hear and share insight, evidence and perspectives about the current critical issues, risks, challenges and learning in child protection.

When: Thursday 5 October, 1.30-3.00pm

Where: Microsoft Teams

Over the last four years, individuals, families and communities across the UK have experienced the enduring pressures of a global pandemic and a cost-of-living crisis.

Join us on 5 October, during Challenge Poverty Week, to explore with three guest speakers what the experience of the Covid-19 pandemic and current cost of living crisis tells us about the connections between poverty, inequality and child protection by discussing and exploring:

• The impact inequality and deprivation can have on the welfare of children
• What this means for how we can support children and their families

There will also be space for questions.

Who are the speakers?

During the webinar, you will hear from: 

• Anna Gupta, Professor of Social Work at Royal Holloway University of London
• John McKendrick, Professor of Social Justice at Glasgow Caledonian University and co-director of the Scottish Poverty and Inequality Research Unit
• Lisa Bunting, Professor of Child and Family Social Work at Queen's University Belfast.

Why should I attend?

This series will offer attendees the opportunity to:

• Access new thinking, research, insight and perspectives on emerging issues.
• Think, learn, engage and ask questions with staff and practitioners responsible for children's protection and care
• Learn about emerging issues and insight with the opportunity for them to pursue further reading and engagement through existing published resources

Who should attend?

This webinar is open to everyone with a role and interest in what's happening to better protect children and young people in Scotland, including carers, advocates, social workers, policymakers, teachers, health professionals and all those working to protect and support children and young people.

Source Materials

• The Child Welfare Inequalities Project
• Post-pandemic: moving on from ‘child protection’
• Poverty in Scotland 2021: Towards a 2030 Without Poverty
• Untangling child welfare inequalities and the 'Inverse Intervention Law' in England
• The Consortium on Practices of Wellbeing and Resilience in BAME families and communities

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