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Free Cultural Awareness in Safeguarding Event!

Submitted by alex.bateman on 25 August, 2011 - 09:24.
28/09/2011 - 12:00am
Event Type: 
Seminar

This free event is intended as an awareness raising session on how to equip frontline workers with the knowledge to successfully deal with the challenges in their work arising from cultural differences. The awareness raising day is ideally suited to those organisations who may be looking for ways of embedding some clear practice guidelines in their future training delivery.

Speakers:

Lucy Torrington, Forced Marriage Unit, Foreign Commonwealth Office
Lucy is a Caseworker at the National Forced Marriages Unit, based in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

Forced Marriage

Focussing on the issues around forced marriage and the scale of the problem, the role of the forced marriage unit in assisting practitioners and some practical advice on how to deal with cases.

Dr Comfort Momoh - MBE

Comfort Momoh MBE, FGM/Public Health Specialist, St Guys & Thomas’s Hosital, London Biography

Female Genital Mutilation, An Overview

Why, what, complications, services available in the UK, safeguarding and legal issues.

Perdeep Kaur Gill

Perdeep Kaur Gill (Independent Safeguarding Advisor) Biography

Safeguarding and Beliefs in Spirit Possession/Witchcraft

  • Awareness of the diverse belief systems pertaining to spirit possession/witchcraft
  • Awareness of the possible risks and actual harm that belief in spirit possession poses
  • Considering the skills required to explore and analyse in cases involving belief in possession

Cultural Beliefs and the Interplay of Other Factors on Safeguarding Children

  • Considering parenting styles and perceptions of what is child abuse
  • The challenges in effectively undertaking ecological assessment in cases involving diverse belief systems
  • Support/interventions that include faith/culture as strengthening factors
  • Building capacity and capability to working effectively with families from diverse communities:from early to late help

9.00 – 9.30am Registration and Coffee, 9.30am Opening, 4.00pm Close (lunch provided)

Click Here to Book

Please include your name, job title & telephone number.

NB: This is a free event, however there will be a charge of £25 for non-attendance

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