RISK FACTOR
14 May 2009: 2.15 – 3.45pm
AUDITORIUM
Bringing to life this popular feature in Community Care magazine, Risk Factor will be a lively and interactive session showing you how to mitigate risk.
WORKING WITH DISGUISED COMPLIANCE AND INTIMIDATION IN CHILD PROTECTION
Child protection social workers work hard to protect children but may face a myriad of smokescreens from families in the course of doing so. Recent high-profile cases have exposed the difficulties professionals face when dealing with disguised compliance and intimidation to successfully protect children at risk. This interactive session will draw from real-life experiences and audience-led enactment to provide child protection professionals with insight to help them manage these complexities.
Speakers:
- Ray Braithwaite, Trainer in ways of managing aggression and stress at work
- Sue Woolmore, Local Safeguarding Children Board Adviser, National Society for the Protection of Cruelty to Children
RAY BRAITHWAITE was the lead trainer in Community Care’s “No Fear” campaign (1999) to reduce aggression towards social care staff. His books include Managing Aggression (Taylor and Francis 2001) and Stress at Work and How to Reduce It – a Manager’s Guide (Pavilion 2007). Last year he produced a DVD, Teach Yourself Breakaway Skills.
www.aggressionstresstraining.co.uk
SUE WOOLMORE’s post with the NSPCC is designed to maximise the contribution the charity can make to safeguarding children through its membership on Local Safeguarding Children Boards. Woolmore is also an independent chair of an LSCB. Before her present role, she worked to raise the awareness and capacity of a variety of audiences to contribute to safeguarding children. These included politicians, professionals and young people themselves.
The content of the programme is subject to change at short notice. Please ensure you check for updates on a regular basis. All sessions are available on a first come, first served basis. Students over 18 only.
