Children Affected by Parental (or Familial) Imprisonment Awareness Training

All sessions will be delivered on-line, via Microsoft Teams

Dates and Times:

5^th December 2024 – 10am to 1pm

12^th December 2024 – 10am to 1pm

21^st January 2025 – bitesize lunchtime webinar – 12 to 1pm

23^rd January 2025 – 12.30 to 3.30pm

28^th January 2025 – bitesize twilight webinar – 4 to 5pm

 This multi-agency training will be delivered by Children Heard and Seen (CHAS), a charity based in Oxfordshire who support children, young people and their families who are impacted by parental imprisonment. Children Heard and Seen over the past eight years have worked alongside 435 families and over 110 children and young people. They listen to the voices of children, and young people and train professionals and volunteers to support them as well as working to change policy nationally. For more information about CHAS go to Who we are – Children Heard and Seen

 Through raising awareness and confidence for attendees, children and young people will receive support from adults that helps to reduce their sense of shame and stigma, help them process their complex and confusing feelings, and support them to hold on to hope and realise their full potential

The sessions will provide:

• An increased awareness of the issue of parental imprisonment, the range of impacts on children and young people (and their families), the types of support that children may need to lessen these impacts.
• Confidence to engage with children (and the parent who is caring for them) about their experiences, thereby providing a safe space for young people to process their feelings, and to feel heard and understood.
• Ability to talk confidently to colleagues and other professionals about children affected by parental (or familial) imprisonment
• A supportive environment to challenge unconscious bias and non-judgemental curiosity in yours and others’ attitudes
• There will be opportunities for small and whole group discussions.
• Case studies based on real experiences will be used.
• There is a maximum number of 24 places on each session.
• The session will not be recorded.

The lunchtime and twilight sessions are for staff who are unable to access the 3-hour training, for example; teachers, and school staff, GPs and primary care staff, Mental health practitioners, senior leaders, local councillors. There is no limit on numbers for these shorter webinars.

Click here to request a place – Children affected by Parental (or Familial) Imprisonment or scan this QR code:

To see a trailer of the film that will be shown as part of the training go to:

Invisible Children – Film Trailer – Children Heard and Seen