New OSCB courses for 2024
Please check out some new safeguarding courses for 2024 on our website via the OSCB Events List
Children Heard and Seen; Introduction to Parental Imprisonment
FACE TO FACE Course Overview
An introduction to the issue of the impact of parental imprisonment.
Children impacted by parental imprisonment are largely invisible; there is no statutory mechanism to identify who or where they are; resulting in children being left without the appropriate support.
This training will equip participants to be more informed about the issue and to be parental imprisonment curious, as a minimum. It is delivered by trainers from ‘Children Heard and Seen’ – an Oxford based charity supporting families who are impacted by parental imprisonment.
By the end of the training, you will have increased your understanding of the number of children impacted; the negative impacts and what can be done to mitigate them.
Aims and Objectives:
- Have an increased knowledge of parental imprisonment
- Sense checked your own understanding and unconscious bias
- Understand the impact of parental imprisonment
- Have explored the reasons why some children do not have contact with the parent in prison
- Have explored the process of imprisonment and its impact on children through arrest, visits, community and release
- Understand the impact of media coverage of the parents’ crime on their children
- Understand the interventions offered by ‘Children Heard and Seen’
Intended Participants:
All colleagues who are a potential touch point for children impacted by parental imprisonment.
FACE TO FACE Course Overview
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Objectives – By the end of the session you will be able to:
- Demonstrate an awareness of exploitation and its prevalence across Oxfordshire
- Have the skills to identify exploitation and be able to engage with young people about their concerns with confidence
- Identify how young people may present in different situations where they are victims of exploitation, including what their behaviour might be showing us
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