Cultural Competence in Safeguarding Children

Target Group             Professionals who work directly with children, young people and families, and who contribute to

                                   assessing, planning, intervening, and reviewing the needs of a child or young person

Trainers:                    TBA

Times:                        TBA

Dates:                        TBA

Delegates:                 20 places                              

Aims & Objectives :

• To increase understanding of the influences of our own and families race, culture, faith or beliefs on the parenting of children;
• To gain confidence in talking about our own and other people’s attitudes and beliefs and how these might affect judgment when working in partnership;
• To improve practice skills in these areas during the process of assessments/offering services;
• Explore how we balance risk and protective factors within any scenario and consider our baseline for concern;
• To discuss any local issues regards the topic.