Working in Partnership to Transform Child Protection: Delivering a Child-Centred System


Overview

Pledging to significantly improve the quality of child protection services in the UK, the Government commissioned Professor Eileen Munro to undertake a wide-ranging review of front-line child protection practices. Envisaging a system focused on the needs of the child and the journey they take through the child protection system, Professor Munro’s review, ‘A child-centred system’ (May 2011), outlined a radical new approach, measuring the success of services by the end result for the child, rather than by how well certain processes and procedures have been carried out. The review argued that significantly reducing the current level of central prescription and regulation would enable local areas to develop their own child protection services according to local needs, and free professionals to use their expertise to fully assess a child and provide the right help.

However, whilst seeking to empower social workers to exercise greater professional judgement, the Munro review also underlined the need to improve the knowledge and skills of social workers, from training through to CPD. The current career structure must also be reformed to facilitate a more varied career path and a stronger voice for practitioners in management to drive up standards. A more responsive system will also require better and more extensive multi-agency working, supported by clear lines of accountability, a new duty on local services to clarify responsibilities and a new inspection framework to measure the effectiveness of each service’s contribution to safeguarding a child.

Accepting the Munro review’s recommendations, the Government has begun the process of creating the conditions for sustained, long term reform of the child protection system. This timely symposium offers an invaluable opportunity to consider the Government’s response to the review’s recommendations and explore the next steps in delivering a child-centred system that champions professional expertise.

Delegates will:

  • Explore the Government’s response to the Munro Review recommendations for developing a child-centred protection system
  • Explore how to work in partnership to improve early intervention and prevention methods
  • Examine how to up-skill the social care workforce, through better training and career development
  • Consider how to improve and expand multi-agency working, increasing accountability and sharing best practice

Programme

09:30 Registration and Morning Refreshments
10:15 Chair‘s Welcome and Introduction
10:30 Panel Session One :
A New Direction in Child Protection: Delivering a Child-Centred System
  • The Government’s Vision - Implementing a System Focused on Helping Children and Families
  • Valuing Professional Expertise - Reducing Central Prescription and Unnecessary Bureaucracy, Empowering Professionals
  • Reforming Inspections – Examining the Child’s Journey, Effectiveness of Help Provided and the Contribution of All Agencies Involved
  • Working in Partnership to Improve Early Intervention and Prevention Methods, Sharing Responsibility
  • Delivering an Evidence-Based Approach - Utilising Research and Guidance to Review and Inform Local Practice
11:15 Morning Coffee Break
11:30 Open Floor Discussion and Debate with Panel One
12:30 Networking Lunch
13:30 Panel Session Two:
Developing the Social Care Workforce and Supporting Effective Practice
  • Workforce Development – Improving Training and Placements, Up-Skilling Professionals
  • The College of Social Work – Improving Public Perception of Social Work and Supporting Social Workers
  • Reforming Career Structures – Maintaining Skills and Expertise on the Front-Line, Encouraging CPD and Varied Career Paths
  • Promoting Accountability and Facilitating Improvement – Monitoring, Learning and Adapting Professional Practices
  • Improving Multi-Agency Working – Establishing Clear Lines of Accountability and Designated Points of Contact
14:15 Afternoon Coffee Break
14:30 Open Floor Discussion and Debate with Panel Two
15:30 Chair’s Summary and Closing Comments
15:40 Networking Reception
16:30 Close

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