There's been loads of child protection scandals recently, from the Baby P outrage at Haringey Council, to Salford City Council's own Demi Leigh Mahon tragedy (see here). Now the Salford Social Work Network is going to be looking at the issues with a talk, The Dividing Practices of Child Protection, on the morning of June 5th at the University of Salford.
Guest speakers are Sharon Shoesmith, who was Head of Children Services at Haringey Council during the Baby P outrage, and Sue White, Professor of Social Work for Children and Families in the School of Social Policy at Birmingham University, Institute of Applied Social Studies.
"This talk will explore the risk and blame culture involved in safeguarding and the individual dualism behind the construction of the fully responsible feckless parent and the fully accountable individual social worker" the organisers state
"Concepts of risk, resilience and blame will be deconstructed" they add, explaining that the speakers will be examining the "neoliberal agenda that is transforming child protection and positioning service well away from the social structures that undermine parenting."
Are individual social workers to blame for the scandals – or is there something more political at work?
The Dividing Practices of Child Protection
Friday 5th June 10am-12:30pm
Lady Hale Building, University of Salford, M5 4NT
SSWN Members: Free
Students: £5; Non-students/Practitioners: £7.50
Tickets are expected to sell out fast so people are requested to book asap – click here
For further details see the group's Facebook page salfordsocialworknetwork
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