BONUS: Introducing our SIG - Children and Young People in Care and Care Experienced w/ Penny Earney

In today's episode Wendy Thorogood, Director of the Association of Child Protection Professionals introduces our Special Interest Group (SIG) focusing on Children and Young People in Care and Care Experienced. Wendy is joined by the SIG Chair Penny Earney.Penny Earney has experience of working with families and vulnerable children, both clinically and strategically within health, over the last 40 years building a wealth of expertise, competencies, knowledge and skills.Her experience of working strategically as a NHS Designated Nurse, has developed a passion and focus to be able to scrutinise quality assurance within the constant challenging and changing landscape of complex vulnerability for children and families.She has worked within a wide cross over of specialities and disciplines within the NHS, social care, education and the wider voluntary and private sector. Her drive to actively seek the voice of children within the care system and care experience young people, hear what they were saying and asking, resulted in a successful business case being awarded 7K to commission health provision required to improve and sustain health outcomes and experiences of looked after children and care leavers within Dorset.Having retired from her substantive NHS role in December 2020, she is now working as an independent specialist health practitioner, continuing her passion for improving and sustaining effective service delivery to support vulnerable children and families.Wendy Thorogood is a retired Designated Nurse Consultant for children with NHS Dorset Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) based in Dorchester. Wendy delivered the national leadership programme for safeguarding for the Department of Health and worked directly with the NHS Confederation in relation to current changes ;providing assurance that current and future providers of services are compliant in relation to safeguarding national and local standards;working with Lead Commissioners and the performance team to develop agreed key performance indicators and safety metrics for providers;identifying and taking appropriate action on key risks and issues across commissioned services that may affect safeguarding of children, young people....We started this podcast at the beginning of lockdown to support professionals continuing to work with vulnerable children, and families, under unprecedented circumstances. With the goal of alleviating the pressure child protection professionals are under, we’ve brought together leading experts within research and practice to impart their knowledge of the latest issues in child protection and safeguarding.Two years and thousands of downloads later, we want to hear from YOU about what you would like to hear in upcoming episodes.Whether it’s a particular topic you want discussed, or a particular person you want invited on the show. We want to ensure that the podcast reflects what you need.So feel free to email us at hello@childprotectionprofessionals.org.uk with any suggestions. And if you’ve been enjoying listening to this podcast - please rate, review and subscribe as it helps other child protection professionals find us....Find us at:childprotectionprofessionals.org.ukTwitter: @AoCPPTweetFacebook: The Association of Child Protection ProfessionalsEmail: hello@childprotectionprofessionals.org.ukFind out more about Wendy at: https://www.childprotectionprofessionals.org.uk/wendy-thorogood...Music by Alexander King Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Frontline practitioners in key worker positions are currently finding themselves overworked, time poor and confused while working under unprecedented circumstances.In an attempt to alleviate the pressure child protection professionals are under, the AoCPP podcast was born.There has never been a more important time to keep up with child protection and safeguarding news. But with government regulation changing daily, we realise not all frontline professionals have the time to do so. That’s why we’ve created this podcast – to give you what you need to stay informed.In our special episodes, we take a more focused look at a singular issue that child protection professionals need to know about. These are often specific and urgent – so we’ll be talking with a professional at the forefront of the issue....The Association of Child Protection Professionals is a registered charity and membership association. We provide education and professional development opportunities for those working in child protection.Our mission is to improve the lives and safety of children by working with those in the sector to provide research, representation, training, and support. If you'd like to know more about us, visit: childprotectionprofessionals.org.ukOr if you have any enquiries, email us at: hello@aocpp.org.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.