EDI Exploring Expertise: Enhancing Anti-Racist Practice in services supporting permanence for children and young people

THEME

Identifying permanence placements for children and young people from Black and Global majority backgrounds and communities can be a challenge, particularly as regards cultural matching and when considering children’s cultural, religious and identity needs, beyond just skin and hair care needs. This session will explore the importance of looking at supporting permanence through an anti-racist lens and when considering the long term needs of Black and Global majority children and young people.

The session will look at the identity needs of children and young people from Black, Asian, Mixed Heritage and Global majority communities, including asylum seeking young people, looking through an intersectional lens. Anti-racist practice within Bi-racial long term placements, cultural matching and building relationships with communities different from our own, to foster better relationships, communication and recruitment of more diverse carers and adopters.
 
This session will also look at the Adultification of Black and Mixed Heritage children and young people and what also needs to be considered in terms of having uncomfortable conversations about race, racism and how carers and adopters can develop their confidence to challenge injustice, discrimination and racism in a proactive manner.

LEARNING OUTCOME

Participants will gain insight into looking at the identity needs of Black and Global majority children and young people, and how they can become more anti-racist in their practice and when needing to place children and young people for permanence.

PRESENTER

Millie Kerr, leads on Anti- racist practice  within Children’s services in Brighton & Hove City Council. She is a qualified social worker with experience of working within safeguarding and child protection, HIV and palliative care, Child asylum and Specialist FGM services, with Black and global majority communities. She has a long career of working for local authorities and the charity/third sector, as a social worker, manager and children’s services manager and is committed to enhancing anti-racist practice within social work and beyond the profession more widely.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND

The session is aimed at foster carers, adopters, children’s services, social workers, supervising social workers, managers and anyone interested in enhancing their knowledge around working in an anti-racist way, when considering the long-term and permanence needs of Black and Global majority Children and young people. 

For social workers, reflection on this session may contribute to your continuing professional development (CPD).

Members can watch recordings of previous Exploring Expertise Webinars here

FEES

Members: FREE (don't forget to log in to your account to receive your discount)
Non-members: £20+VAT.

Places on this event are limited, so early booking is recommended.

CONTACT

Telephone 020 7520 7520/0310

Email events@corambaaf.org.uk

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