A CELCIS Emerging Insights Series Webinar:

Supporting the shared responsibility to identify and respond to child criminal exploitation now

Join us for the fifth 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: Wednesday 1 May, 10:30-12.00pm

Where: Microsoft Teams

Published in March, Shattered Lives, Stolen Futures, the report of the Jay Review of Criminally Exploited Children commissioned by Action for Children, starkly set out how the lives of children and their families are being blighted by exploitation across the UK and that a new system of prevention, a legal code, and support is required, designed with the explicit purpose of tackling the criminal exploitation of children.

This webinar will provide an opportunity to highlight some of the complex challenges around multi-agency partnerships being able to identify and respond to the criminal exploitation of children and how to bring together existing knowledge, policy and legislation to better support ways to meet the recommendations of the review to protect all children. 

Who will you hear from?

On 1 May we'll be joined by Sharon Maciver, National Director for Child Criminal Exploitation at Action for Children and Donna McEwan, Practice Development Advisor, the Children and Young People's Centre for Justice, who will consider how best to equip practitioners, parents, carers, families and communities to prevent, identify, protect against, and understand the risk of child criminal exploitation, and will discuss about the work underway on the development of a national framework for practice. The session will be chaired by Claire Burns, Director of CELCIS. There will also be space for questions.

Why should you attend?

The Emerging Insights Series offers 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.

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Source Materials

• The Jay Review report:​​​​​https://media.actionforchildren.org.uk/documents/Shattered_Lives_Stolen_Futures_Report_-_Full_Report.pdf
• Current practitioner guidance in Scotland: https://www.gov.scot/publications/practitioner-guidance-criminal-exploitation/documents/
• The Children and Young People's Centre for Justice’s (CYCJ) Scoping review of Child Criminal Exploitation: https://www.cycj.org.uk/news/cycj-publishes-scoping-review-of-child-criminal-exploitation/