Edinburgh Child Protection Committee
Annual Event 2015
8th October 2015 | Hibs Stadium, Easter Road, Edinburgh
Conference Agenda
The aim of the day is to give a clear understanding of issues faced in working with families with
complex parental issues of drugs and alcohol, domestic abuse and parental mental ill health. Alone,
any one of these issues can pose a risk to the wellbeing of children and young people within the
family, but the co-occurrence of these issues can increase the risk of significant harm to children and
young people. The audience is invited to listen to expert keynote speakers who have been brought
together to give their experience and perspective of the ‘Toxic Trio’ and the lived experience of
children and young people. Workshops are being provided to give participants a greater
understanding of what resources exist in Edinburgh and areas of good practice.
8th October 2015 – Hibs Stadium, Easter Road, Edinburgh
Registration
9:00 am – 9:30am
9:30 am – 9:45 am
Opening Ceremonies: Main Auditorium
Michelle Miller, City of Edinburgh Council, Chief Social Work Officer and
Chair of Edinburgh’s Child Protection Committee
9:45 am – 10:30 am
Keynote Speaker: Main Auditorium
10:30 am – 11:15 am
Market Place
Vicki Craik, NPS and Training Co-ordinator, CREW
Vicki is Crew’s New Psychoactive Substance and Training
Coordinator and is responsible for leading training and
information production relating to psychostimulant drugs.
In this role she leads on outreach events and delivers
training and awareness raising seminars to professionals
across Scotland. Vicki joined Crew in December 2013 from Quotient where she
worked as a Development Scientist; using novel chemical compounds to detect
blood borne viruses in serum samples. Her skills are endorsed by a BSc in Human
Biology and GCGI in Management.
Keynote Speaker: Main Auditorium
Dr Jo Aldridge, Department of Social Sciences,
Loughborough University
Jo is Professor of Social Policy and Criminology at
Loughborough University. She is also director of the
Young Carers Research Group (YCRG), which is known
both nationally and internationally for its pioneering
research on young carers and their families. Evidence
from the research that Jo has conducted and managed in this field has helped
to influence health and social care policy and practice in the UK and to
transform the lives of children who live with and provide care for parents (and
other relatives in the home) affected by mental illness and disability. Jo’s
most recent book, Participatory Research: Working with Vulnerable Groups in
Research and Practice (2015, The Policy Press), draws together her extensive
experience of researching and working with vulnerable, socially excluded
people in research and practice settings, including people with learning
difficulties and victims-survivors of domestic violence. Jo is a National
Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) Fellow.
11:15am – 11:45 am
Coffee/Tea Break – Reception Area / Market Place
Morning Workshops
11:45 am – 12:45 pm
1 – Working with
Families Affected
by Substance
Misuse –
Edinburgh’s
Recovery Hubs
2 – Family Group
Decision Making –
Working with
Families with
Complex Issues
3 – Lived
Experience of
the Child –
12:45 pm – 13:30 pm
Leeanne
Turner,
FGDM, Children
Development
and Families
Officer Child
Protection,
C&F
Lunch Break - Lunch and refreshments will be provided
13:30 pm – 13:45 pm
Feedback from Morning Workshops – Main Auditorium
13:45 pm – 14:30 pm
4 – Safe and
Together –
Edinburgh’s
Model for
Working with
Domestic
Abuse
Keynote Speaker: Main Auditorium
Dr Anne Whittaker, Senior Lecturer/Reader
School of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Care,
Edinburgh Napier University
Anne has over 20 years experience working in
substance misuse services in Lothian. She originally
trained as a nurse in Australia in 1980 and has held a
variety of clinical, managerial and academic posts in the NHS, primary care,
social services and higher education. She has a special interest in families
affected by addiction, with a research focus on pregnancy, parenting and
effective interventions for substance-dependent parents and their children. Her
research includes studies on fathers and fathering, parent and practitioner
experiences of care, and family-focused interventions.
14:30 pm – 15:15 pm
Keynote Speaker: Main Auditorium
Mairead Tagg Dip Ed BA(Hon) PhD
Mairead is a registered independent clinical
psychologist who specialises in the field of genderbased violence. She regularly provides psychological
assessments in criminal and civil cases where
abuse/psychological trauma is an issue, including trafficking, domestic abuse,
rape and sexual assault and adult survivors of child sexual abuse. Mairead
delivers training on all aspects of gender-based violence, including vicarious
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and Delivering Psychological First Aid. She has
contributed two chapters to the book Domestic Abuse and Scots Law (2011)
covering the impact of domestic abuse on women and children and has also
developed a successful trauma recovery program for women affected by
gender-based violence. Mairead is an associate lecturer at the Caledonian
University, a visiting lecturer at Glasgow University and clinical supervisor for
the Paladin project in London which works with high-risk victims of stalking.
15:15 pm – 16:15 pm
Afternoon Workshops
1 – Working
with Families
Affected by
Substance
Misuse –
Edinburgh’s
Recovery Hubs
16:15pm – 16:30pm
2 – Family Group
Decision Making –
Working with
Families with
Complex Issues
3 – Lived
Experience of
the Child –
Leeanne
Turner,
FGDM, Children
Development
and Families
Officer Child
Protection,
C&F
Summary and Closing Remarks – Main Auditorium
4 – Safe and
Together –
Edinburgh’s
Model for
Working with
Domestic Abuse
This event is available free of
charge to front line practitioners /
supervisors in Health, Police, Social
Work, Education and Voluntary
Sector agencies working with
children and their families.
Edinburgh Suite Entrance – West Stand
Booking Form
Please select your first and second choice for AM and PM Workshops. If you
choose not to make your choices we will allocate you with a workshop. We will endeavour to provide you with
your preferred choices, but please note allocation is on a first come first served basis. Closing date for
applications is 14th September 2015. You will be notified by email if you have secured a place by 24th
September 2015.
Name
Designation
Address
Tel Number
Email
Please
indicate
whether you
required any
additional
support
Dietary
Requirements
Choice of
Morning
Workshop
Please
indicate 1st
and 2nd
choice
Choice of
Afternoon
Workshop
Please
indicate 1st
and 2nd
choice
1 – Working with
Families Affected
by Substance
Misuse –
Edinburgh’s
Recovery Hubs
2 – Family Group
Decision Making –
Working with Families
with Complex issues
1 – Working with
Families Affected
by Substance
Misuse –
Edinburgh’s
Recovery Hubs
2 – Family Group
Decision Making –
Working with Families
with Complex Issues
FGDM, Children and
Families
FGDM, Children and
Families
3 – Lived Experience
of the Child –
Leeanne Turner,
Development Officer
Child Protection, C&F
3 – Lived Experience
of the Child –
Leeanne Turner,
Development Officer
Child Protection, C&F
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4 – Safe and
Together –
Edinburgh’s
Model for
Working with
Domestic Abuse
4 – Safe and
Together –
Edinburgh’s
Model for
Working with
Domestic Abuse
Complete and return to: Karina Greenan, Administrator, Public Protection Team, NHS Lothian
Office 2, 1st Floor, Comely Bank Centre, 13 Crewe Road South, Edinburgh, EH4 2LD or by email:
Karina.greenan@nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk