'network' - programme timetable

PART ONE – INTER AGENCY DECISION MAKING – Roles and responsibilities

09:30 SOMETHING OUGHT TO BE DONE. An introductory scenario; identifying roles and responsibilities as a manager in safeguarding children. Structural barriesr to effective decision making.

10:15 OUR DAILY BREAD – a multi-award winning play on Child Protection.

11:20 BREAK

11:40 IMPACT – A personal perspective of the decision making process in the play.

12:00 SHARON ALONE – Some information gathering with Sharon, the mother in the play, in order to make decision on a CHILD PROTECTION PLAN for baby Leo.

12:30 FORMULATING A CHILD PROTECTION PLAN. Decision making from a multi-agency perspective. Risk assessment. Chairing the decision making process.

13:00 LUNCH

PART TWO – BARRIERS TO EFFECTIVE DECISION MAKING

13:45 CROSSFIRE – an incident of Domestic Violence. Departmental Cultures and how they impede effective decision making. Some solutions offered by Every Child Matters.

14:45 THE RUBBER PLANT – A portrayal of a ‘Resistant Family.’

15:00 WORKING TEA BREAK

15:15 Resistance to decision making. Working with a ‘non-compliant family’.
Some solutions. Effective supervision.

15:45 MY FRIEND MAGGIE – a recruitment and retention issue.

16:00 Close