15 June Protecting our Children: vulnerabilities to grooming Conference

Programme

Keynote Speaker: Professor David Shemmings, Centre for Child Protection, University of Kent: ‘Grooming and faith-based abuse’

Keynote Speaker: Paul Rigby, University of Stirling:
‘Child Trafficking – The Socio-economics of grooming’

Professor Jane Reeves, Sally Green, Dr Tracy Crowther, Centre for Child Protection, University of Kent: Demonstration of the Centre for Child Protection’s new simulation on radicalisation ‘Maryam and Joe: Behind Close Doors’ simulation.

Aida Malovic, Tizard, University of Kent: ‘Young people with intellectual and developmental disabilities who display harmful sexual behaviours: their needs, vulnerabilities and grooming experiences’

Michelle McCarthy, Tizard, University of Kent: ‘Domestic violence against women with learning disabilities by non-disabled partners. Is this grooming?’

Nick Wilkinson, Kent County Council:‘Prevent and Channel – the local context’

Claire Pascoe, Independent Social Worker: ‘Internally trafficked children: ‘hidden’ – or unseen?’

Naomi Bannister, London Borough of Islington & Carly Elias, The Children’s Society: ‘Grooming and exploitation: Do we really care?’

Vanisha Jassal, Centre for Child Protection, University of Kent: ‘CSE and protecting black and minority ethnic children and young people’

Interactive workshops:

Choose two of the following interactive workshops.

1.  Using the ‘Zak’ simulation to spot signs of online grooming.

2.  Using the ‘Lottie’ simulation to look at the signs of child sexual exploitation from the perspective of the victim and the groomer.

3.  Using the ‘Maryam and Joe: Behind Closed Doors’ simulation to look at Maryam’s story – online grooming and hate crime.

4.  Using the ‘Maryam and Joe: Behind Closed Doors’ simulation to look Joe’s story – routes to radicalisation and extremism.

5.   Using the ‘myCourtroom: Rosie’s family go to court’ simulation, based on realistic scenarios designed to trigger discussions around court skills. This workshop is not addressing grooming, but has been added due to a high number of requests to run it, it is relevant to practitioners.