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Young people involved in gangs: Exploring the bigger picture (RiP Workshop)

Venue
Kingswood Civic Centre, High Street, Kingswood
venue
Event Tutors
Learning and Development
tutors
Admin Contact
Target Audience
CAH Staff / Manager / Social Care Staff
target audience
Event Types
Course (daytime)
Course categories
Children and Young People
Children and Young People subcategories
Children's Social Care / Safeguarding Children
Event description
This is a 1-day workshop delivered by Research in Practice. The session is aimed at: Social workers, Independent Reviewing Officers, Child Protection Chairs and other professionals working with young people who may be involved with gangs, criminal exploitation (e.g. county lines).

Knife crime and serious youth violence is increasing and an ever-changing web of criminal exploitation, including county lines, is increasingly being recognised across the country. This workshop explores why young people join gangs and explores the nature of child criminal exploitation and its impacts on children. It looks at research evidence and emerging practice regarding assessment approaches, prevention, intervention and enforcement strategies for tackling gang involvement.



Learning outcomes
Learning outcomes:

› To develop your understanding of how and why young people engage in gangs and co-offending groups.

› To develop your understanding of county lines, child criminal exploitation and other vulnerabilities.

› To be able to identify factors that increase vulnerabilities, and factors that increase resilience.

› To understand the importance and necessary content of a multi-agency response.

› To be familiar with evidence and emerging practice for tackling youth violence and gang involvement.

› To increase confidence in implementing learning from the day into practice.

Outline agenda:
 09:30 Arrival and registration
10:00 Introductions, aims and objectives of the day
10:15 Why young people engage with gangs and groups
11:15 Break
11:30 Vulnerabilities of gang engagement; County Lines, Child Criminal Exploitation and Child Sexual Exploitation and Landscape change
12:30 Lunch
13:15 Trauma informing practice, intervention, assessment and case studies
14:30 Break
14:45 Case studies continued
15:50 Evaluations and reflections
16:00 Close
Start Date
Thursday 5 March 2020
End Date
Thursday 5 March 2020
Closing Date
Wednesday 4 March 2020
Times
09:45 - 16:00
Maximum Places
25 
Cost
£0.00 
Number of Sessions
1
Certificate expiry
No
Pass/Fail event
No