Sean explains that,

“The practice of working with young people exposed to this level of harm has not yet caught up with the real-time risks experienced. Safety planning is an essential part of safeguarding this cohort of young people and is often underused and misunderstood. An overhaul in quality, competence and confidence in this practice is necessary to safeguard more young people from the harms they face. “

Throughout the session you will:

1. Develop a greater understanding of what defines safety in this context, its categorisation and how it can be assessed through the lens of realism;

2. Explore contextual safeguarding and discover why it is an imperative framework when risks extend beyond the home environment;

3. Develop an understanding of applying both a relationship-based and a trauma-informed lens to supporting victims of extra-familial harm in the context of safety planning.

Facilitated by: Sean Monaghan

This Masterclass will be delivered by Sean Monaghan – Founder and Director of SaferNow.

With over a decade of experience, Sean Monaghan has been actively engaged in assisting young people and their communities affected by violence, exploitation, trafficking, and various forms of extra-familial harm. Sean’s work has spanned across community settings and hospital-based violence interruption services. Notably, he successfully established and managed services across three hospitals, providing crucial support to young people who presented in true crises, particularly those affected by knife-related injuries and gunshot wounds.

This is an event not to be missed, limited places are available, register today for Free!

As part of this event, we ask all participants to ensure they make the most of our Free Serious Youth Violence Scorecard, which will give you a personalised report that you can use for your own professional development.

As part of ACT CIC Working with Gangs & Youth Violence Events, we are pleased to invite you to join our current cohort of students on our Working with Gangs and Youth Violence students on their Social Factors that Contribute to the Development of Gang Impacted Environments, where this particular Masterclass will take a deep dive into:

1) Child Sexual Exploitation (CSE) & Child Criminal Exploitation (CCE) in relation to both girls and boys in a gang environment.

2) Terminology used by young people to describe CSE/CCE and the power of language.

3)The Psychology of victim blaming.

4) Referral and signposting.

Facilitated by: Nikki Holmes

This Masterclass will be delivered by Nikki Holmes.

Nikki has served as a police officer, been a service manager for a young person’s substance misuse service, is an experienced Children’s Services Inspector for the CQC, and more recently launched her own consultancy Safer Together www.safer-together.co.uk which is a proud member of the We Protect Global Alliance.

An expert in safeguarding with expertise and extensive experience of working in the fields of Child Exploitation, County Lines and Modern Slavery, Nikki now provides independent consultancy and training to a range of organisations including the NHS and Local Authorities.

Nikki is also a guest lecturer, a public speaker and an independent author of Child Safeguarding Practice Reviews, Safeguarding Adult Reviews and Domestic Homicide Reviews.

This is an event not to be missed, limited spots are available, register today for Free!

As part of this event, we ask all participants to ensure they make the most of our Free Serious Youth Violence Scorecard, which will give you a personalised report that you can use for your own professional development.

As part of ACT CIC Working with Gangs & Youth Violence events, this month we will be hosting and discussing Mental Health in honour of World Mental Health Day. Join us and our international speaker Hanif E. A. Benjamin from the Trinidad & Tobago/Caribbean who will be bringing a global perspective in mental health and serious youth violence, looking at the impact of COVID19 and what the new world will look like.

This class will look at the changing emergence of mental health in a “Post Pandemic” world where the shame and stigma must be addressed in order for Mental Health to be a priority for all, in all spaces and across all lines.

Attendees can expect to learn:

• What practitioners/ professionals can be doing
• The practical steps organisations / agencies + professionals can be taking towards making mental health a global priority
• Widening our lenses from just a local/ national perspective to international or global perspective
• Military responses to youth violence + gangs
• and more…

Hosted by Hanif E. A. Benjamin:

LMSW, BSc., C.C.T., C.F.T. | Clinical Therapist & Clinical Traumatologist | President & Chief Executive Officer – The Centre For Human Development Limited | Member of the National Centre for Crisis Management & the American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress

As part of ACT CIC Working with Gangs & Youth Violence events, this month we will be hosting and discussing Cuckooing. The Masterclass will look at and attendees can expect to learn:

1) Exploring and understanding the links between county lines methods of drug supply and cuckooing

2) Spotting the signs

3) The typologies of cuckooing

4) The harms associated with cuckooing practice

5) Cuckooing: A child protection context

Host Nikki Holmes:

Nikki has served as a police officer, been a service manager for a young persons substance misuse service, is an experienced Children’s Services Inspector for the CQC, and more recently launched her own consultancy Safer Together www.safer-together.co.uk, which is a proud member of the We Protect Global Alliance.

An expert in safeguarding with expertise and extensive experience of working in the fields of Child Exploitation, County Lines and Modern Slavery, Nikki now provides independent consultancy and training to a range of organisations including the NHS and Local Authorities.

Nikki is also a guest lecturer, a public speaker and an independent author of Child Safeguarding Practice Reviews, Safeguarding Adult Reviews and Domestic Homicide Reviews.