Safety Planning with Sean Monaghan: Safe Working With Young People At Risk.

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.

Female CSE in the Gang Environment with Nikki Holmes

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.

Mental Health & Serious Youth Violence: What Will The New World Look Like? with Hanif E. A. Benjamin

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

Cuckooing: Exploring the links between County Lines and Knowing how to Spot the Signs Masterclass with Nikki Holmes

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.

Youth Violence, Exploitation and Gangs Masterclass with Craig Pinkney: Moving Beyond Gangs & Postcode Violence- How should Practitioners respond?

This Masterclass goes beyond why young people join deviant groups, get involved in serious violence and become criminally exploited. We look at some of the key concepts and approaches to working with young people in gang impacted environments and further explore some of the challenges to professional practice that these issues present.

Hosted by Craig Pinkney, who is a Criminologist, Urban Youth Specialist and CEO of Solve: The Centre for Youth Violence and Conflict CIC (UK). Craig’s an experienced Youth Worker and academically holds multiple qualifications, plus over 16 years of experience as an outreach worker, transformational speaker, international gang exit strategist, mediator, mentor and filmmaker and is well known for working with some of the countries most challenging young people.

Craig is also the UK lead for the EU Gangs Project, an advisor for the National Youth Agency, Norfolk County Council (Children’s Services), Violence Reduction Unit (Nottingham), the Ministry of Justice in Jamaica, and a visiting lecturer, specialising in Urban Street Gangs, Youth Violence, Social Media, Race and Crime, Racism and Anti-Racist Practice.

Although you’ve missed the Live Event you can now Purchase this Masterclass today for £4.99! Purchase will include the Live session recording, powerpoint presentation & a certificate of attendance (if requested).

Youth Mental Health: Awareness & Resilience with Michelle Kelly

In honour of Children’s Mental Health, we hosted & discussed Youth Mental Health: Awareness & Resilience. The Masterclass looks at: The history of Mental Health, How Aces may manifest from a young person’s life and present as an adult, How Gangs and Youth violence may impact the ACE’s and Trauma, What Resilience might look like for a Young person & More!

Hosted by Michelle Kelly: Michelle is one of our Independent practitioners providing Integrative Therapy and works with both children and adults providing therapeutic Intervention. Michelle also supports our Accredited Gang & Youth Violence course providing pastoral support, and will be delivering our new cohort module around Mental Health & Youth Violence.  As a Mental Health First Aid (MH) England Associate trainer, Michelle delivers The Race Equity & Mental Health: For Senior Leaders and the Youth & Adult MHFA products as well as being a current childline volunteer.

Although you’ve missed the Live Event you can now Purchase this Masterclass today for £9.99! Purchase will include the Live session recording, powerpoint presentation & a certificate of attendance (if requested).

Introduction to the understanding and awareness of Victim Blaming: How it impacts on survivors and the wider implications on society with Sara Myers

This Masterclass provides practitioners the key understanding and awareness of Victim Blaming and how it impacts on survivors and the wider implications on society.

Practitioners will be able to challenge victim blaming when it occurs, support survivors who self-blame and work in a more trauma-informed way.

Hosted by Sara Myers: Sara has worked in the domestic and sexual violence sector for over 20 years, delivering a range of course to statutory and voluntary sector groups and organisations. She has been a front line worker (IDVA) and managed services including refugee and youth services. Sara is now a freelance trainer delivering CSE & Sexual Violence trauma training.

Although you’ve missed the Live Event you can now Purchase this Masterclass today for £4.99! Purchase will include the Live session recording, powerpoint presentation & a certificate of attendance (if requested).

Introduction to Modern Day Slavery, Human Trafficking, the National Referral Mechanism and best practice when working with survivors, with Nicole Morris

Attendees of this Masterclass will learn the types of exploitation, spotting the signs and what the victim profile looks like.

This session discusses in detail the impact of slavery and trafficking, the challenges and common issues when navigating the National Referral Mechanism as well as identifying victims, and how to express concerns as a professional.

This session also delivers content around the barriers to survivor engagement and provides resources and key services which can support survivors within the anti-trafficking sector. Attendees will be informed of the pre-NRM Safe Place project within the West Midlands for male survivors and explore the importance around the use of appropriate terminology and sensitive language when engaging with professionals and clients and how we can do this.

Hosted by Nicole Morris: Anti-Slavery and Homelessness Development Officer. With previous experience in: Homelessness for St Basils, Youth Intervention Specialist supporting children and young people who were victims of serious youth violence including exploitation at a Hospital and an Advice and Advocacy Coordinator with the WMASN coordinating an all-male safehouse for survivors of modern slavery and trafficking. As well as academically holding a BA HONS Degree in Working with Children, Young People and Families and a Level 3 Certificate in Working with Gangs and Youth Violence

Although you’ve missed the Live Event you can now Purchase this Masterclass today for £9.99! Purchase will include the Live session recording, powerpoint presentation & a certificate of attendance (if requested).