Child Exploitation Conference (Fully Funded)
Venue : Sandy Park, Sandy Park Way, Exeter EX2 7NN
Child exploitation is a serious issue in Devon, as it is in many parts of the UK. Efforts to combat child exploitation require multiple agencies to work together. The effects of exploitation can last a lifetime; we have a legal and ethical responsibility to work together to protect and support the children and young people of Devon.
So we’re looking forward to collaborating with many of our colleagues inside and outside of Devon County Council to facilitate this all-day child exploitation conference. Efforts to combat child exploitation involve education, awareness, and robust support systems. The conference will focus on exploitation, with the aim of working together to draft Devon Locality Area Action Plans that we can all be a part of and active in, and which will be clear, restorative, trauma-informed, respectful and accessible for colleagues across partnerships, as well as children, young people and their families.
Places are limited due to venue size.
Please click here to request a place at this conference – Expression of Interest Form for a place at the CE Conference on 23 Oct 24
| Programme Outline | |
| 08.45-09.15 | Arrival, tea/coffee and registration |
| 09.15-09.30 |
Opening address by Lead Safeguard Partners · Donna Manson, Chief Executive, Devon County Council · Steve Moore, Chief Executive Officer, NHS Devon · Jim Colwell, Acting Chief Constable, Devon and Cornwall Police |
| 09.30-10.15 |
Professor Carlene Firmin, Contextual Safeguarding Network |
| 10.15-11.00 |
Jeanie Lynch, Programme Manager, Co-Lab, Exeter |
| 11.00-11.30 | COMFORT BREAK |
| 11.30-12.15 |
Sheila Taylor MBE, National Working Group (NWG) |
| 12.15-13.00 |
Alistair Barfield, Managing Director, Deflect and Protect, CIC |
| 13.00-13.15 | Plenary Q&A Session – chaired by senior leader (tbc) |
| 13.15-14.15 | LUNCH – a buffet lunch will be provided |
| 15.00-15.10 |
Local Context Across Devon Nick Meller and Jen Harris-Nelson – Team Managers, REACH (Reducing Exploitation and Absence from Care or Home), Devon County Council |
| 15.10-16.00 |
Break out into Locality areas · Discuss and draft Locality Area Action Plans (4 x break-out rooms) |
| 16.00-16.15 | COMFORT BREAK |
| 16.15-16.30 | Summary of feedback from each Locality Break-out Room |
| 16.30 | End of Conference |
If you have any questions, please email safeguardingelearning-mailbox@devon.gov.uk