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Delivery Programme

2019-2020 Overview

The Delivery Programme details our annual calendar of learning resources and events. The programme is informed by consultation with our Partnership network and this year focuses on four key themes. A range of other topic areas are covered through individual outputs:

Abuse and violence in the family context
Gangs and criminal exploitation
Humane and ethical supervision and leadership
Residential care
Pre-birth assessment; fabricated and induced illness; self-harm; harmful sexual behaviour; patterns of attachment; decision-making with siblings in care proceedings.

Further series of workshops and network events to be determined, pending emerging sector priorities.

Tailored Support services also form part of the Delivery Programme for Research in Practice Partners.

*All Tailored Support for 2019-20 MUST be booked and confirmed by 29 November 2019.

Activity by month

March
Date	Location	Title	Type
March		Transitional safeguarding/children to adult services: Research and Policy Update 216 March 2019	Research and Policy Update: Learning Resource
27 March	Online	Scaling up the Graded Care Profile 2 and other evidence based programmes Graded Care Profile 2 is an assessment tool that practitioners can use when working with families where neglect is a concern. The tool helps identify support needs, build relationships and improve the identification and recording of neglect. Join us at this Webinar where the NSPCC will introduce the tool and how it can be embedded in practice to evaluate a family’s strengths and weaknesses. Aimed at: Social workers and team managers in direct practice with children and families.	Webinar: Learning Event
28 March	Birmingham	Commissioning transitional mental health services that meet the needs of young people Young people experiencing mental health issues can find transition to adulthood challenging. Reasons for this include: Young people not being eligible for adult mental health services. Adult mental health services not offering the right kind of support. Adult mental health support being very different in its approach to child mental health services. Some young people being better served by other kinds of support offered by public health, education or community support services. This Knowledge Exchange Workshop will consider how we can develop creative, innovative and co-produced services that better support young people experiencing mental health issues during their transition to adulthood. Aimed at: People who have a role in commissioning mental health services, including commissioners with a remit around mental health, public health or transition services. You can also allocate your workshop places to CCG based commissioners, Community Mental Health Teams and those working in psychiatric settings.	Knowledge Exchange Workshop: Learning Event

April
Date	Location	Title	Type
April		Humane and compassionate leadership/developing learning organisations: Research and Policy Update 217 April 2019	Research and Policy Update: Learning Resource
4 April	Manchester	Commissioning transitional mental health services that meet the needs of young people Young people experiencing mental health issues can find transition to adulthood challenging. Reasons for this include: Young people not being eligible for adult mental health services. Adult mental health services not offering the right kind of support. Adult mental health support being very different in its approach to child mental health services. Some young people being better served by other kinds of support offered by public health, education or community support services. This Knowledge Exchange Workshop will consider how we can develop creative, innovative and co-produced services that better support young people experiencing mental health issues during their transition to adulthood. Aimed at: People who have a role in commissioning mental health services, including commissioners with a remit around mental health, public health or transition services. You can also allocate your workshop places to CCG based commissioners, Community Mental Health Teams and those working in psychiatric settings.	Knowledge Exchange Workshop: Learning Event
5 April	Online	Attachment theory in practice The concept of attachment patterns is used widely – and often inaccurately – in assessment and direct work with children and families. David Shemmings will look at current thinking on attachment theory and how best it may be mobilised by practitioners to understand and support relationships between children and their parents and carers. Designed for: All those working in child and family services.	Webinar: Learning Event
12 April		Deadline for Partners’ Tailored Support requests for delivery between April - June 2019*.	Tailored Support

May
Date	Location	Title	Type
May		Autism: Research and Policy Update 218 May 2019	Research and Policy Update: Learning Resource
8 May	Engineers' House, Bristol	Understanding and working with intra-familial child sexual abuse A practical workshop to develop and deepen understanding of intra-familial child sexual abuse (IFCSA). This interactive session will draw on participants’ case work experience and move beyond identification and assessment to areas including: Consideration of both sibling and adult perpetrators. The nature of ‘disclosure’ and how practitioners can support children and families pre and post disclosure. Sharing practice tools and ideas for direct work. The workshop will be of value to those who work directly with children and families and would like to be better informed and gain confidence in working with this type of abuse. Designed for: Frontline practitioners and team managers working with children and families.	Research Messages Workshop: Learning Event
15 May	NCVO, London	Transitional safeguarding The complexities of safeguarding children and adults have been challenging practice. Issues of violent crime, gang activity, domestic abuse, modern slavery, trafficking and sexual exploitation require local areas to adapt and innovate safeguarding practice with adolescents and young adults. Bringing together emerging research with examples of innovative local practice, this joint Research in Practice and Research in Practice for Adults workshop will provide the opportunity to explore transitional safeguarding, and will support participants to reflect on practice and leadership within this area. Delegates are asked to attend in pairs from their local area, with one strategic level participant from Adult Services and the other from Children’s Services. Designed for: Those who are responsible for developing and leading safeguarding practice in Adult and Children’s Services. This might include Principal Social Workers, Assistant Directors or others with responsibility for practice and service development.	Knowledge Exchange Workshop: Learning Event
22 May	NCVO, London	Domestic abuse and violence: Developing more effective responses in children and young people’s social care This workshop presents selected findings of particular relevance to child and family social workers from theJustice, Inequality and Gender Based Violence research project. The interactive day will include: Applying evidence on the relationship between domestic abuse and other forms of child maltreatment to understand the lived experiences of children and young people. Evidence from working with perpetrators and their complex needs. Developing practice and terminology regarding a parent’s ‘failure to protect’ and protective capacity (including models of effective advocacy). Children in the family courts and the presumption of contact. Designed for: Frontline practitioners and team managers working with children and families.	Research Messages Workshop: Learning Event
May		Neglect in the context of poverty and austerity Informed by a commitment to ethical child and family practice, this Frontline Briefing builds knowledge and skills for direct practice where neglect is a concern. It summarises evidence on impacts of neglect experienced at different developmental stages in a child or young person's life, and the relationship between socio-economic deprivation and neglect in the context of austerity. Aimed at: Social workers, family support workers and team managers in direct practice with children, young people and families.	Frontline Briefing: Publication
May		Safeguarding and exploitation - complex, contextual and holistic approaches There are arguably commonalities between the different forms of exploitation that young people can face. Whilst a targeted focus on issues such as child sexual exploitation (CSE) or gangs has been important in raising awareness and targeting support, exploring the interplay between these harms might allow local services to better respond to the complexities of these issues. Exploring current research around what has been termed ‘complex safeguarding’, this Strategic Briefing considers how we can design more effective, cohesive multi-agency approaches to various forms of exploitation. Aimed at: Strategic and practice leads, service managers, heads of service, team managers in children's and youth services and specialist services focused on exploitation.	Strategic Briefing: Publication
May		Working with recurrent care-experienced women Social workers, lawyers and judges have long been aware that some women return to court as respondents in care proceedings after having already experienced the removal of one or more children in previous proceedings. It is also recognised that a proportion of these women return to court on many occasions and lose multiple children to public care and adoption. In 2017, a team at Lancaster University published the final report of a Nuffield-funded research study into Vulnerable Birth Mothers and Recurrent Care Proceedings (Broadhurst et al, 2017). The Lancaster team, Research in Practice and colleagues from the University of Essex wanted to collaborate to support the use of the research findings to inform more effective ways of working with this population. A Change Project, which commenced in 2017, soon after the Lancaster research was published, provided an opportunity to work with a group of practice experts who were working to set up or improve support to parents (with a primary focus on mothers) in this situation. This resource brings together material presented at the Change Project sessions with information, reflections and practice examples provided by those participating. Aimed at: Managers, commissioners and practitioners working in children’s social care, NHS Trusts, health services and third sector organisations.	Resource Pack: Publication
May		TIPPS (Trauma-informed Practice in Primary Schools)	Project Briefing: Publication

June
Date	Location	Title	Type
June		Residential care or early permanence planning: Research and Policy Update 219 June 2019	Research and Policy Update: Learning Resource
5 June	NCVO, London	Coaching skills This two-day learning module will explore how coaching can be used by Practice Supervisors to support strengths-based practice. It will share evidence on the value of coaching approaches in management and supervision, as well as offering practical skills and tools for coaching staff. It will also identify ways in which these skills can be adopted by practitioners in their work with children and families. Commitment to attend both days is required. Designed for: Strategic and practice leads, service managers, Heads of Service and team managers in child and family services.	Two day learning module: Learning Event
6 June	Engineers' House, Bristol	Domestic abuse and violence: Developing more effective responses in children and young people’s social care This workshop presents selected findings of particular relevance to child and family social workers from theJustice, Inequality and Gender Based Violence research project. The interactive day will include: Applying evidence on the relationship between domestic abuse and other forms of child maltreatment to understand the lived experiences of children and young people. Evidence from working with perpetrators and their complex needs. Developing practice and terminology regarding a parent’s ‘failure to protect’ and protective capacity (including models of effective advocacy). Children in the family courts and the presumption of contact. Designed for: Frontline practitioners and team managers working with children and families.	Research Messages Workshop: Learning Event
11 June	The Studio, Birmingham	Pre-birth assessment The Family Justice Observatory Born into Care study and the 2018 Research in Practice topic consultation have identified a clear need to develop evidence-informed pre-birth assessment practice. These Knowledge Exchange sessions will enable a two-way interaction between research and practice experts to build local practice, shape Research in Practice outputs on this topic and inform the work of the Family Justice Observatory. Designed for: Team managers and Heads of Service for pre-birth assessment activities.	Knowledge Exchange Workshop: Learning Event
12 June	NCVO, London	Pre-birth assessment The Family Justice Observatory Born into Care study and the 2018 Research in Practice topic consultation have identified a clear need to develop evidence-informed pre-birth assessment practice. These Knowledge Exchange sessions will enable a two-way interaction between research and practice experts to build local practice, shape Research in Practice outputs on this topic and inform the work of the Family Justice Observatory. Designed for: Team managers and Heads of Service for pre-birth assessment activities.	Knowledge Exchange Workshop: Learning Event
20 June	Online	Exploitation of boys and young men Public awareness of young people’s exploitation mainly concerns the abuse of girls by older men, whereas adolescent boys can be perceived as a threat in relation to gang involvement. The experiences of boys and young men as both ‘perpetrator’ and ‘victim’ of abuse raises challenges for practice systems and responses designed in binary terms. What does practice, policy and research tell us are good approaches and how can we apply this learning in practice? This session will focus on the risks and experiences of exploitation of boys and young men, highlighting the importance of a holistic engagement and looking beyond stereotypes. Designed for: Frontline practitioners and team managers working with adolescents in children’s and youth services.	Webinar: Learning Event
26 June	NCVO, London	Understanding and working with intra-familial child sexual abuse A practical workshop to develop and deepen understanding of intra-familial child sexual abuse (IFCSA). This interactive session will draw on participants’ case work experience and move beyond identification and assessment to areas including: Consideration of both sibling and adult perpetrators. The nature of ‘disclosure’ and how practitioners can support children and families pre and post disclosure. Sharing practice tools and ideas for direct work. The workshop will be of value to those who work directly with children and families and would like to be better informed and gain confidence in working with this type of abuse. Designed for: Frontline practitioners and team managers working with children and families.	Research Messages Workshop: Learning Event

July
Date	Location	Title	Type
July		Working effectively with fathers in child protection social work: Research and Policy Update 220 July 2019	Research and Policy Update: Learning Resource
July		Self-harm: Children and young people’s experiences and how practitioners can help Confident practice with children and young people who self-harm can be hampered by misunderstandings and misconceptions, which may lead to barriers in providing timely support. This tool aims to build practitioners’ knowledge, building on children and young people’s relationships, their community and local practice systems. It summarises evidence on recognition, effective practical strategies and interventions. Designed for: Social workers, family support workers and team managers in direct practice with children, young people and families.	Practice Tool: Publication
July		Forced marriage: Recognition and response Forced marriage is recognised in England as a form of domestic or child abuse, an abuse of human rights and criminal offence. Survivor, campaigner and founder of Karma Nirvana, Jasvinder Sanghera CBE, authors this briefing, which aims to build confident social work and family support practice to recognise, prevent and intervene to protect children and young people from forced marriage. Designed for: Social workers, family support workers and team managers in direct practice with children, young people and families.	Frontline Briefing: Publication
July		Supporting children and young people’s emotional health Developing emotional health and wellbeing can provide a preventative bedrock to support children and young people's mental health. This tool offers practical, research-based strategies for practitioners working in universal and targeted services as well as those working with children involved with statutory services. Aimed at: Social workers, family support workers and team managers in direct practice with children, young people and families.	Practice Tool: Publication
2 July	Colmore Gate, Birmingham	Transitional safeguarding The complexities of safeguarding children and adults have been challenging practice. Issues of violent crime, gang activity, domestic abuse, modern slavery, trafficking and sexual exploitation require local areas to adapt and innovate safeguarding practice with adolescents and young adults. Bringing together emerging research with examples of innovative local practice, this joint Research in Practice and Research in Practice for Adults workshop will provide the opportunity to explore transitional safeguarding, and will support participants to reflect on practice and leadership within this area. Delegates are asked to attend in pairs from their local area, with one strategic level participant from Adult Services and the other from Children’s Services. Designed for: Those who are responsible for developing and leading safeguarding practice in Adult and Children’s Services. This might include Principal Social Workers, Assistant Directors or others with responsibility for practice and service development.	Knowledge Exchange Workshop: Learning Event
17 July	NCVO, London	Coaching skills This two-day learning module will explore how coaching can be used by Practice Supervisors to support strengths-based practice. It will share evidence on the value of coaching approaches in management and supervision, as well as offering practical skills and tools for coaching staff. It will also identify ways in which these skills can be adopted by practitioners in their work with children and families. Commitment to attend both days is required. Designed for: Strategic and practice leads, service managers, Heads of Service and team managers in child and family services.	Two day learning module: Learning Event

August
Date	Location	Title	Type
August		Title TBC: Research and Policy Update 221 August 2019	Research and Policy Update: Learning Resource

September
Date	Location	Title	Type
September		Title TBC: Research and Policy Update 222 September 2019	Research and Policy Update: Learning Resource
11 September	Priory Street Centre, York	Understanding and working with intra-familial child sexual abuse A practical workshop to develop and deepen understanding of intra-familial child sexual abuse (IFCSA). This interactive session will draw on participants’ case work experience and move beyond identification and assessment to areas including: Consideration of both sibling and adult perpetrators. The nature of ‘disclosure’ and how practitioners can support children and families pre and post disclosure. Sharing practice tools and ideas for direct work. The workshop will be of value to those who work directly with children and families and would like to be better informed and gain confidence in working with this type of abuse. Designed for: Frontline practitioners and team managers working with children and families.	Research Messages Workshop: Learning Event
12 September	King's House, Manchester	Transitional safeguarding The complexities of safeguarding children and adults have been challenging practice. Issues of violent crime, gang activity, domestic abuse, modern slavery, trafficking and sexual exploitation require local areas to adapt and innovate safeguarding practice with adolescents and young adults. Bringing together emerging research with examples of innovative local practice, this joint Research in Practice and Research in Practice for Adults workshop will provide the opportunity to explore transitional safeguarding, and will support participants to reflect on practice and leadership within this area. Delegates are asked to attend in pairs from their local area, with one strategic level participant from Adult Services and the other from Children’s Services. Designed for: Those who are responsible for developing and leading safeguarding practice in Adult and Children’s Services. This might include Principal Social Workers, Assistant Directors or others with responsibility for practice and service development.	Knowledge Exchange Workshop: Learning Event
17 September	Cambridge Professional Development Centre	Domestic abuse and violence: Developing more effective responses in children and young people’s social care This workshop presents selected findings of particular relevance to child and family social workers from theJustice, Inequality and Gender Based Violence research project. The interactive day will include: Applying evidence on the relationship between domestic abuse and other forms of child maltreatment to understand the lived experiences of children and young people. Evidence from working with perpetrators and their complex needs. Developing practice and terminology regarding a parent’s ‘failure to protect’ and protective capacity (including models of effective advocacy). Children in the family courts and the presumption of contact. Designed for: Frontline practitioners and team managers working with children and families.	Research Messages Workshop: Learning Event
19 September	Engineers' House, Bristol	Transitional safeguarding The complexities of safeguarding children and adults have been challenging practice. Issues of violent crime, gang activity, domestic abuse, modern slavery, trafficking and sexual exploitation require local areas to adapt and innovate safeguarding practice with adolescents and young adults. Bringing together emerging research with examples of innovative local practice, this joint Research in Practice and Research in Practice for Adults workshop will provide the opportunity to explore transitional safeguarding, and will support participants to reflect on practice and leadership within this area. Delegates are asked to attend in pairs from their local area, with one strategic level participant from Adult Services and the other from Children’s Services. Designed for: Those who are responsible for developing and leading safeguarding practice in Adult and Children’s Services. This might include Principal Social Workers, Assistant Directors or others with responsibility for practice and service development.	Knowledge Exchange Workshop: Learning Event
24 September	The Studio, Manchester	Coaching skills This two-day learning module will explore how coaching can be used by Practice Supervisors to support strengths-based practice. It will share evidence on the value of coaching approaches in management and supervision, as well as offering practical skills and tools for coaching staff. It will also identify ways in which these skills can be adopted by practitioners in their work with children and families. Commitment to attend both days is required. Designed for: Strategic and practice leads, service managers, Heads of Service and team managers in child and family services.	Two day learning module: Learning Event
26-27 September	TBC	Costs, complexity and compassion: The leadership challenge	Leaders' Forum: Network Event

October
Date	Location	Title	Type
October		Title TBC: Research and Policy Update 223 October 2019	Research and Policy Update: Learning Resource
Autumn/Winter 2019	Online	Improving organisational resilience in child and family social work This output is a diagnostic online tool co-produced by research experts Gail Kinman and Louise Grant from the University of Bedfordshire with a Change Project group of practice experts from the Research in Practice network. The tool sets out questions around five themes identified through research on organisational resilience in child and family social work: Sense of appreciation Learning organisation Clear mission and vision Secure base Wellbeing Using the tool and the supporting materials will provide an evidence-informed means to analyse areas for organisational development and design strategies for building organisational resilience. Designed for: Strategic and practice leads, service managers, Heads of Service and team managers in child and family services.	Pilot Change Project Resources
1 October	The Studio, Manchester	Pre-birth assessment The Family Justice Observatory Born into Care study and the 2018 Research in Practice topic consultation have identified a clear need to develop evidence-informed pre-birth assessment practice. These Knowledge Exchange sessions will enable a two-way interaction between research and practice experts to build local practice, shape Research in Practice outputs on this topic and inform the work of the Family Justice Observatory. Designed for: Team managers and Heads of Service for pre-birth assessment activities.	Knowledge Exchange Workshop: Learning Event
10 October	The Studio, Birmingham	Young people and gangs: Approaches to assessment and intervention to facilitate their disengagement Knife crime and serious youth violence is increasing and an ever-changing web of criminal exploitation, including county lines, is increasingly being recognised across the country. This workshop explores why young people join gangs and explores the nature of child criminal exploitation and its impacts on children. It looks at research evidence and emerging practice regarding assessment approaches, prevention, intervention and enforcement strategies for tackling gang involvement. Designed for: Social workers, Independent Reviewing Officers, Child Protection Chairs and other professionals working with young people who may be involved with gangs, criminal exploitation (e.g. county lines).	Research Messages Workshop: Learning Event
15 October	Engineers' House, Bristol	Pre-birth assessment The Family Justice Observatory Born into Care study and the 2018 Research in Practice topic consultation have identified a clear need to develop evidence-informed pre-birth assessment practice. These Knowledge Exchange sessions will enable a two-way interaction between research and practice experts to build local practice, shape Research in Practice outputs on this topic and inform the work of the Family Justice Observatory. Designed for: Team managers and Heads of Service for pre-birth assessment activities.	Knowledge Exchange Workshop: Learning Event

November
Date	Location	Title	Type
November		Title TBC: Research and Policy Update 224 November 2019	Research and Policy Update: Learning Resource
5 November	The Studio, Manchester	Coaching skills This two-day learning module will explore how coaching can be used by Practice Supervisors to support strengths-based practice. It will share evidence on the value of coaching approaches in management and supervision, as well as offering practical skills and tools for coaching staff. It will also identify ways in which these skills can be adopted by practitioners in their work with children and families. Commitment to attend both days is required. Designed for: Strategic and practice leads, service managers, Heads of Service and team managers in child and family services.	Two day learning module: Learning Event
6 November	Online	Brothers and sisters in public law proceedings: assessment, placement, permanence and contact Drawing on their Nuffield Foundation funded research on Siblings, contact and the law, Daniel Monk and Jan Macvarish have co-authored a Frontline briefing, designed to support evidence-informed social work practice in the family court. In this Webinar the authors will introduce the resource and share ideas about how and where to use the materials. Our Webinars have a limited number of places. Where possible, we recommend organisations view as a group. Designed for: Frontline practitioners and team managers working in the family justice system	Webinar: Learning Event
12 November	The Studio, Birmingham	Domestic abuse and violence: Developing more effective responses in children and young people’s social care This workshop presents selected findings of particular relevance to child and family social workers from theJustice, Inequality and Gender Based Violence research project. The interactive day will include: Applying evidence on the relationship between domestic abuse and other forms of child maltreatment to understand the lived experiences of children and young people. Evidence from working with perpetrators and their complex needs. Developing practice and terminology regarding a parent’s ‘failure to protect’ and protective capacity (including models of effective advocacy). Children in the family courts and the presumption of contact. Designed for: Frontline practitioners and team managers working with children and families.	Research Messages Workshop: Learning Event
14 November	The Studio, Manchester	Young people and gangs: Approaches to assessment and intervention to facilitate their disengagement Knife crime and serious youth violence is increasing and an ever-changing web of criminal exploitation, including county lines, is increasingly being recognised across the country. This workshop explores why young people join gangs and explores the nature of child criminal exploitation and its impacts on children. It looks at research evidence and emerging practice regarding assessment approaches, prevention, intervention and enforcement strategies for tackling gang involvement. Designed for: Social workers, Independent Reviewing Officers, Child Protection Chairs and other professionals working with young people who may be involved with gangs, criminal exploitation (e.g. county lines).	Research Messages Workshop: Learning Event
20 November	Priory Street Centre, York	Domestic abuse and violence: Developing more effective responses in children and young people’s social care This workshop presents selected findings of particular relevance to child and family social workers from theJustice, Inequality and Gender Based Violence research project. The interactive day will include: Applying evidence on the relationship between domestic abuse and other forms of child maltreatment to understand the lived experiences of children and young people. Evidence from working with perpetrators and their complex needs. Developing practice and terminology regarding a parent’s ‘failure to protect’ and protective capacity (including models of effective advocacy). Children in the family courts and the presumption of contact. Designed for: Frontline practitioners and team managers working with children and families.	Research Messages Workshop: Learning Event
28 November	TBC	Link Officers’ Annual Meeting	Link Officers' Annual Meeting: Network Event

December
Date	Location	Title	Type
December		Title TBC: Research and Policy Update 225 December 2019	Research and Policy Update: Learning Resource
December		Pre-birth assessment, planning and support Drawing on learning from the 2019 Knowledge Exchange Workshops and the ongoing work of the Family Justice Observatory, this briefing will support strategic planning for developing evidence-informed pre-birth assessment practice. Designed for: Strategic leads with responsibility for this area of practice.	Strategic Briefing: Publication
5 December	NCVO, London	Young people and gangs: Approaches to assessment and intervention to facilitate their disengagement Knife crime and serious youth violence is increasing and an ever-changing web of criminal exploitation, including county lines, is increasingly being recognised across the country. This workshop explores why young people join gangs and explores the nature of child criminal exploitation and its impacts on children. It looks at research evidence and emerging practice regarding assessment approaches, prevention, intervention and enforcement strategies for tackling gang involvement. Designed for: Social workers, Independent Reviewing Officers, Child Protection Chairs and other professionals working with young people who may be involved with gangs, criminal exploitation (e.g. county lines).	Research Messages Workshop: Learning Event
10 December	Engineers' House, Bristol	Young people and gangs: Approaches to assessment and intervention to facilitate their disengagement Knife crime and serious youth violence is increasing and an ever-changing web of criminal exploitation, including county lines, is increasingly being recognised across the country. This workshop explores why young people join gangs and explores the nature of child criminal exploitation and its impacts on children. It looks at research evidence and emerging practice regarding assessment approaches, prevention, intervention and enforcement strategies for tackling gang involvement. Designed for: Social workers, Independent Reviewing Officers, Child Protection Chairs and other professionals working with young people who may be involved with gangs, criminal exploitation (e.g. county lines).	Research Messages Workshop: Learning Event
11 December	The Studio, Manchester	Understanding and working with intra-familial child sexual abuse A practical workshop to develop and deepen understanding of intra-familial child sexual abuse (IFCSA). This interactive session will draw on participants’ case work experience and move beyond identification and assessment to areas including: Consideration of both sibling and adult perpetrators. The nature of ‘disclosure’ and how practitioners can support children and families pre and post disclosure. Sharing practice tools and ideas for direct work. The workshop will be of value to those who work directly with children and families and would like to be better informed and gain confidence in working with this type of abuse. Designed for: Frontline practitioners and team managers working with children and families.	Research Messages Workshop: Learning Event
December		Siblings in public law proceedings: Assessment, placement, contact, permanence Drawing on their Nuffield Foundation funded research on Siblings, contact and the law, Daniel Monk and Jan Macvarish co-author an accessible summary of their findings, designed to support evidence-informed social work practice in the family court. Designed for: Frontline practitioners and team managers working in the family justice system.	Frontline Briefing: Publication

January
Date	Location	Title	Type
January		Title TBC: Research and Policy Update 226 January 2020	Research and Policy Update: Learning Resource
8 January	The Studio, Birmingham	Understanding and working with intra-familial child sexual abuse A practical workshop to develop and deepen understanding of intra-familial child sexual abuse (IFCSA). This interactive session will draw on participants’ case work experience and move beyond identification and assessment to areas including: Consideration of both sibling and adult perpetrators. The nature of ‘disclosure’ and how practitioners can support children and families pre and post disclosure. Sharing practice tools and ideas for direct work. The workshop will be of value to those who work directly with children and families and would like to be better informed and gain confidence in working with this type of abuse. Designed for: Frontline practitioners and team managers working with children and families.	Research Messages Workshop: Learning Event
21 January	The Studio Leeds, Leeds	Young people and gangs: Approaches to assessment and intervention to facilitate their disengagement Knife crime and serious youth violence is increasing and an ever-changing web of criminal exploitation, including county lines, is increasingly being recognised across the country. This workshop explores why young people join gangs and explores the nature of child criminal exploitation and its impacts on children. It looks at research evidence and emerging practice regarding assessment approaches, prevention, intervention and enforcement strategies for tackling gang involvement. Designed for: Social workers, Independent Reviewing Officers, Child Protection Chairs and other professionals working with young people who may be involved with gangs, criminal exploitation (e.g. county lines).	Research Messages Workshop: Learning Event
28 January	Allia Future Business Centre, Peterborough	Young people and gangs: Approaches to assessment and intervention to facilitate their disengagement Knife crime and serious youth violence is increasing and an ever-changing web of criminal exploitation, including county lines, is increasingly being recognised across the country. This workshop explores why young people join gangs and explores the nature of child criminal exploitation and its impacts on children. It looks at research evidence and emerging practice regarding assessment approaches, prevention, intervention and enforcement strategies for tackling gang involvement. Designed for: Social workers, Independent Reviewing Officers, Child Protection Chairs and other professionals working with young people who may be involved with gangs, criminal exploitation (e.g. county lines).	Research Messages Workshop: Learning Event

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February

Title TBC: Research and Policy Update 227 February 2020

Research and Policy Update: Learning Resource

February

County lines and criminal exploitation: A lifespan perspective

‘County lines’ refers to the practice of exploiting children, young people and adults to traffic drugs across county boundaries using dedicated mobile phone lines or other forms of ‘deal line’. It is estimated that in 2018 there were more than 1000 branded county lines across the UK (National Crime Agency, 2019).

This Frontline Briefing examines existing research, knowledge and learning on county lines from child and adult sectors across rural and urban settings. It explores how and why people may be exploited at different times of their lives and offers a practical tool to support practitioners in identification and effective intervention.

Designed for: All those working in children’s, youth and adult services.

Frontline Briefing: Publication

March
Date	Location	Title	Type
March		Title TBC: Research and Policy Update 228 March 2020	Research and Policy Update: Learning Resource
11 March	Allia Future Business Centre, Peterborough	Understanding and working with intra-familial child sexual abuse A practical workshop to develop and deepen understanding of intra-familial child sexual abuse (IFCSA). This interactive session will draw on participants’ case work experience and move beyond identification and assessment to areas including: Consideration of both sibling and adult perpetrators. The nature of ‘disclosure’ and how practitioners can support children and families pre and post disclosure. Sharing practice tools and ideas for direct work. The workshop will be of value to those who work directly with children and families and would like to be better informed and gain confidence in working with this type of abuse. Designed for: Frontline practitioners and team managers working with children and families.	Research Messages Workshop: Learning Event
March		Fabricated or induced illness: Supporting multi-agency working Cases of fabricated or induced illness where a child is or is likely to be at risk of harm require a multi-agency, well-coordinated response. This briefing reviews evidence from research and practice to support professionals to gather and critically analyse relevant information from all professionals involved, conduct a sound assessment of need and make safeguarding decisions. Please note, the original publication date of this resource has been pushed back due to the ongoing development of new guidance on Fabricated and Induced Illness (FII) by the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, which will have a bearing on health as well as social care. Designed for: Social workers, family support workers and team managers in direct practice with children, young people and families.	Frontline Briefing: Publication

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