NWG Network

Today, Karen Laing our training and development lead at the NWG is joined with two guest speakers, Jameel Hadi: Former social work academic, social worker within Children’s Social Care, specialising in young people’s services and Thure Johansen: Social Pedagogue,  trainer and consultant, with a past in behaviour support and social inclusion. They will provide a brief overview of what social pedagogy is, you will be introduced to a couple of classic social pedagogical principles, the holistic Head Heart Hands model and the 3 Ps: Personal, Private and Professional.

If after listening to the podcast you are interested to know a little more, Thure and Jameel will be providing FREE taster sessions, below are the dates and links to the Eventbrite page.

FREE Taster workshops below;

Two sessions on Friday 9th June and a two-session setup, one from 10am- 11.30am

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/taster-session-safeguarding-young-people-social-pedagogy-tickets-625100822387

and another from 1.30pm – 3pm.

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/taster-session-safeguarding-young-people-social-pedagogy-tickets-625733223917 Thanks for listening!

In today's episode you are joined with NWG's Education and Transition Lead Steve Baguley and our guest speaker Lisa Finch who is a Team Manager of the Vulnerable, Exploited, Missing and Trafficked Team, part of Hull City Council.

The team supports children who have had missing episodes, victims of child sexual and/or criminal exploitation, modern day slavery and human trafficking. In addition to offering targeted support, we also complete preventative work and awareness raising with schools, and training to frontline professionals.

In today's discussion they will be discussing the important work around the key transition areas between year 6 and 7 school age group.

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In today's podcast you are joined in conversation with our Education and Transition Lead, Steve Baguley and our guest speaker Professor Geraldine Brady.

They will be discussing safeguarding practices for young people who have experienced child sexual exploitation through the research work conducted by Geraldine. Geraldine is a professor in the Department of Social Work, Care and Community, School of Social Sciences. Her programme of research contributes to providing evidence which can influence the development of socially just policy and practice approaches, with a particular focus on:  children and young people’s marginalisation and inequality in the fields of health, social care, education, criminal justice; social and gendered aspects of young people’s sexual decision-making and reproduction; participatory, visual and creative methodology; the ethics and politics of research with marginalised groups.

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Today, you are joined with our Deputy CEO Matt Thompson and our Head of communications Cheryl Stevens.  They will talk you through the importance of this day how we can all raise awareness of Child Exploitation. We are offering FREE training sessions, on Child Sexual Exploitation (CSE) – Awareness Raising by Myth Busting, please have a look at our website for links where you can sign up.  www.nwgnetwork.org 

The National Child Exploitation Awareness Day aims to highlight the issues surrounding Child Exploitation; for 2023. This year we are focusing on Child Sexual Exploitation (CSE)  and encouraging everyone to think, spot and speak out against abuse.

NWG are committed to the fight against Child Sexual Exploitation & Criminal Exploitation and supporting victims and their families who are subjected to these forms of child abuse. But we cannot succeed without the support of people like you.

Together, we can work to inform, educate and prevent child abuse within the UK.

#EndCSEin23 

Safeguarding is everyone's business

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In today's episode the NWG team will share their key messages on the year ahead for 2023 and continue to share more podcasts for the year ahead. 

Join our CEO Sheila Taylor who would like to take you through NWG's journey in 2022 and say thanks as we head towards the Festive period. 

Thanks for listening, join us for more podcasts in 2023!

Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays and Wish you all Happy New Year. 

All the best, NWG team

In today's podcast you are joined in conversation with our Education and Transition Lead, Steve Baguley and our guest speaker Karen Wright, Senior Manager Safeguarding Adults for Northumberland.

Steve has worked the last six years with areas across the country on exploitation, adolescent safeguarding and the transition into adulthood. This work has been across both children and adult partnerships, sharing learning, practice, research, and resources to help inform local responses.

He has authored a report “Exploitation It Does Not Stop Because You Turn 18 “and also developed a benchmarking tool to support practice working with 16/17-year-olds and the transition into adulthood. He delivers workshops, presentations and training in this area.

Karen Wright is a Senior Manager, Safeguarding Adults, which includes Business Management for the Northumberland Children and Adults Safeguarding Partnership. Karen has shared her email address, should anyone wish to contact her; Karen.Wright01@northumberland.gov.uk 

https://www.northumberland.gov.uk/Care/Support/Safeguarding.aspx  

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Today, you are joined by Karen Laing our Training and Development Co-ordinator and our Deputy CEO, Matt Thompson. They will take you through how the NWG are supporting the awareness day, but also the journey of Modern Slavery legislation. 

Anti-Slavery Day, 18th October, provides an opportunity to raise awareness of human trafficking and modern slavery, and encourage government, local authorities, companies, charities and individuals to do what they can to address the problem. Not just today but everyday.

If victims are listening, we are listening, we support you. If anything has triggered for you today or you are experiencing some of things we have spoken about today, please get in touch with organisations below who are always available;

Crimestoppers are an independent charity that gives people the power to speak up and stop crime – 100% anonymously. Crimestoppers run an anonymous 0800 555 111 phone number that you can call to pass on information about crime 24/7 365 days a year. We believe that everyone has the right to feel safe from crime.

Childline is a free number to call on 0800 1111, Whatever your worry, day or night, we're here for you.

To support Anti- Slavery Day 2022, NWG is hosting this FREE, one-hour course designed to give anyone who has contact with children and young people a bitesize introduction to what modern slavery is and an understanding of the scale of the problem in the UK.  

Spaces are being filled quickly, so log onto our website to book on. www.nwgnetwork.org

Please share our podcast and follow. Stay tuned for more conversations with the NWG team but also guests from various organisations and communities. 

We would like to welcome our CEO Sheila Taylor to give you the insight into NWG's journey and where it began.

Sheila has over 30 years experience in the voluntary sector empowering young people to achieve against all odds.

23 years of understanding and tackling the issues of Child Sexual Exploitation (CSE) and internal trafficking within the United Kingdom. Previously managed projects working with sexually exploited young people, young runaways, several years volunteering with the Prince’s Trust and the Guide Association.

In 2010, Sheila was made a Member of the British Empire (MBE) for her work with Sexually Exploited Children. In 2012 she was awarded an Honorary Masters Degree from Derby University.