London 9 March 2013
Course Synopsis
- Background guidance relating serious case reviews
- Examination of a number of serious case reviews undertaken since 2000, looking at the learning points and themes identified within the reports as well as noting specific mistakes and examples of poor practice
- Review of the “systems” model for reviewing serious cases, focusing on aspects of this approach which can be assimilated into practice quickly, such as understanding why things go wrong and why things go right in cases
- Use of scenarios and case studies to understand what influences practice and how to change the approach to complex and challenging cases.
- Participants will create a plan for implementing the learning from the course into their practice
Aims and Objectives
This course provides an in-depth review of serious case reviews that have taken place in the last 13 years. The focus is upon the lessons and themes emerging from these reviews. The aim is to enable participants to use these findings to achieve better outcomes in complex and challenging child protection cases.
This course aims to make a real and practical difference in the way that professionals work together in safeguarding children.
Target Audience
Social Workers within Children’s Services Departments, social workers in the child care voluntary sector. It will also be of value to other professionals dealing with or referring to statutory Children’s Services.
Duration of course: Whole day (0930 – 1630 with breaks)
Teaching Method
The course is delivered with supporting Powerpoint presentation and uses case studies. Participants will undertake some work in small groups and will participate in group discussion and debate.
Trainer
Tom Owens is a registered social worker and a qualified trainer who has specialised in the field of child protection since 1991. He has written child protection procedures, training strategies and training packages for a number of local authorities and has been presenting training events since 1995.
Tom is co-author of London Safeguarding Children Board’s basic safeguarding induction training pack and ‘Competence Still Matters - a multi-agency safeguarding children training framework for London’.
He has recently played a significant role in devising a range of training packages for volunteers during the 2012 London Olympics, delivered through City Operations and the London Ambassadors Volunteers Programme.
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