Safeguarding Looked After Children
Wed Sep 25, 2019
London
Safeguarding Looked After Children
Wed Sep 25, 2019
London
Conferences //
Child Protection Update
Thu Feb 6, 2020
9:00 am - 5:00 pm
London

Child Protection Update is a workshop aimed at level 3 of Safeguarding children and young people: roles and competences for health care staff- INTERCOLLEGIATE DOCUMENT Fourth edition: January 2019.
"To protect children and young people from harm, and help improve their wellbeing, all healthcare staff must have the competences to recognise child maltreatment, opportunities to improve childhood wellbeing, and to take effective action as appropriate to their role."
Safeguarding Children and Young People: Roles and competencies for healthcare staff (January 2019).
Topics Covered:
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Neglect
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Non- Accidental injury
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Female Genital Mutilation
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Outcomes for Child Protection
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Child Protection and the courts
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Child Sexual Abuse - physical signs and common presentations
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Common presentation of Child Abuse
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Imaging in suspected inflicted injury.
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Adverse Childhood Experiences
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Bite Mark Injuries in Child Protection: The role of the Forensic Odontologist and Child Protection Team
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Bruises & Burns
Speakers Include:
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Dr Heather Payne, Consultant Paediatrician & Senior Lecturer, Cardiff University
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Dr Caren Landes, Consultant, Consultant Paediatric Radiologist
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Dr Ruth Skelton, Consultant Paediatrician, Designated Doctor for Child Protection
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Dr Roland Kouble, Forensic Odontologist
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Dr Sian Moynihan, Designated Doctor, National Safeguarding Team (NHS Wales)