BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:Europe/London X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/London BEGIN:VEVENT UID:443@hcpc.scot DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20190329T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20190329T160000 DTSTAMP:20190313T154752Z URL:https://hcpc.scot/courses/annual-child-protection-conference-sees-chil d/ SUMMARY:Annual Child Protection Conference - Who Sees the Child? DESCRIPTION:Highland CPC is pleased to announce this year’s Conference wi ll take place on Friday 29th March in Nairn. The event is open to anyone w ho has regular contact with children\, young people and family members (in cluding adult services) in a paid or voluntary capacity. Young people are also welcome to attend (please contact me by phone if you would like to br ing some young people along).\n\nThe Event will be Chaired by DCI Vince Mc Laughlin\, Police Scotland (Chair of Highland CPC).\n\nSammy Woodhouse wil l open this year’s event\, talking about her experiences of child sexual exploitation and how services can help prevent\, protect and support youn g people who may be groomed and exploited. In July 2013\, Sammy Woodhouse contacted The Times newspaper about the exploitation she had suffered in R otherham. Sammy’s case triggered the Alexis Jay report detailing the sex ual exploitation of approx. 1400 children. Sammy’s abuser was sentenced to 35 years in prison along with 5 other men with sentences totalling 102 years. This led to other investigations under Operations Thunder and Clove r leading to the conviction of a further 20 abusers. Whilst her experience is difficult to hear\, her messages for young people\, parents and profes sionals are invaluable if we are to ensure we provide the right help at th e right time\n\nThe afternoon session will be opened by James Docherty fro m the Violence Reduction Unit. James has become one of the leading voices in Scotland when it comes to describing what it is like to experience viol ence and neglect in childhood.  The power of his story is based in the fa ct that he tells it with total compassion and non-judgement.  James has b rought his insights to his work with the Scottish Violence Reduction Unit\ , helping them to shape their work with gangs\, families and communities.   James mentors adults who have experienced childhood trauma and speaks a bout recognising and using Adverse Childhood Experiences to help shape our futures\, approaches and services.\n\nFurther inputs include short presen tations on local initiatives and updates on strategic progress. Karen Rals ton\, Head of Children’s Services in Highland Council will add to the da y’s discussions and give participants a clearer picture of child protect ion in Highland. Sally Amor\, Child Health Commissioner will also give a s hort input on Highland’s Public Health approach to adverse childhood exp eriences.\n\nFinally\, Kirsty Ewen from High Life Highland\, winner of the Get Inspired: Unsung Hero of the Year Award at the 2018 BBC Sports Person ality of the Year ceremony will leave the audience with a message of hope and positivity for our young people.\n\nPlaces are free and allocated on a first come\, first served basis. Unfortunately\, as demand is often high for this event\, we are unable to guarantee more than one place per team/o rganisation. A light lunch and refreshments will be provided so please adv ise us on your application of any dietary needs – due to the number of p articipants attending we can only accommodate dietary needs not dietary pr eferences. We understand plans sometimes change so please let us know if y ou are no longer able to attend so we can offer your place to someone on t he reserve list – a £30pp charge is in place for non-attendance withou t prior notice (min. 24hrs).\n\n \; LOCATION:Muthu Newton Hotel\, Inverness Road\, Nairn\, Highland \, IV12 4RX \, United Kingdom GEO:57.5806095;-3.8809208999999782 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Inverness Road\, Nairn\, Hi ghland \, IV12 4RX\, United Kingdom;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Muthu Newto n Hotel:geo:57.5806095,-3.8809208999999782 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/London BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20181028T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR