08.30 – 09.00 / Registration and refreshments
09.00 – 09.05 / Bernie Ryan, Service Manager, St. Mary’s Centre
Welcome and housekeeping
09.05 – 09.20 / Opening Address
Tony Lloyd, Police and Crime Commissioner for Greater Manchester
Chair: Chairman of Central Manchester University Hospital’s NHS Foundation Trust, Steve Mycio
Sexual Assault in children – the St Mary’s SARC experience
09.30 – 10.00 / 10 years of St Mary’s Children SARC services
Dr Catherine White, Clinical Director, St Mary’s SARC
10.00- 10.25 / Latest guidance on the development of child sexual assault services
Dr Geoff Debelle, Child Protection Officer for the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
10.25-10.35 / Questions
10.35-10.55 / Coffee
Chair: HHJudge Stockdale, Honorary Recorder of Manchester
11.00-11.25 / Historical child abuse - social, legal and political attitudes to child abuse and how they can help inform future policy
Lucy Delapp, University Lecturer in History at the University of Cambridge
11.25- 11.50 / Preventing Child Sexual Exploitation – learning the lessons from Rochdale
Damian Dallimore, Manager, Greater Manchester’s Project Phoenix
11.50- 12.10 / Threat from the web – why is on-line grooming of young people so successful?
Johnny Gwynne, CEOP (tbc)
12.10-12.30 / Children and young people as witnesses
Director of Public Prosecutions, Alison Saunders
12.30-12.50 / Dr Nina Burrowes, Nina Burrowes Research
1250-1300 / Questions
1300 - 1400 / Lunch
Chair: Dr Nina Burrowes, Nina Burrowes Research
14.00 - 14.25 / Turning policy into practice – what should the Government be doing?
Children’s Commissioner, Anne Longford OBE
14.25 – 14.50 / Born in the USA – what can we learn from the American model for child sexual assault services
Prof Astrid Heger, Executive Director, Violence Intervention Project, Los Angeles
14.50 – 15.00 / Questions
15.15-17.15 / Workshops
19.30 / Pre-Conference Drinks Reception, The Midland Hotel
20.00 / Conference dinner, The Midland Hotel
DAY TWO: Friday April 22nd 2016
08.30 – 09.00 / Registration and refreshments
Chair: Dr JS Bamrah, FRCPysch, Medical Director, MMHSCT
Honorary Reader, Institute of the Brain, Behaviour and Mental Health, University of Manchester
09.00 – 09.20 / Chief Constable of Greater Manchester Police, Ian Hopkins
09.20 - 09.55 / Self –harm and management strategies
Sam Warner, Chartered and Consultant Clinical Psychologist, and Research Fellow at Manchester Metropolitan University
09.55 – 10.30 / Understanding the psychology of sexual abusers of young men and boys
Hilary Eldridge, Former Chief Executive Officer of the Lucy Faithfull Foundation
10.30 – 10.40 / Questions
10.40 – 11.00 / Coffee
Chair: Chief Crown Prosecutor the North West, Claire Lindley
11.00-11.30 / The challenges faced with historical child sex abuse cases in court
Peter Rook QC
11.30-12.15 / Panel and Audience discussion
Practical Issues surrounding inter-agency information sharing
Tista Chakravarty, North West Regional Liaison Officer, General Medical council
Dr Geoff Debelle, Child Protection Officer for the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
Joanne Rawlinson, Detective Chief Inspector, Greater Manchester Police
Independent Chair of MCR’s Safeguarding Board for Children (tbc)
St Mary’s SARC Forensic Physician
12.15-12.45 / Question time discussion
Chair Right Honourable, Sir Ernest Ryder
Dr Jason Payne-James, President of the Faculty of Forensic and Legal Medicine
Prof Astrid Heger, Executive Director, Violence Intervention Project, Los Angeles
Gladys Rhodes-White, Interim Strategic Director Children and Families, Manchester City Council and former Director of Children’s Services at Rochdale MBC
12.45 – 13.30 / Lunch
13.30 – 15.30 / Workshops (repeated from day one)
15.30 – 16.00 / Feedback and closing remarks
Programme updated on March 29th 2016
This programme is subject to change
As at March 29 2016
WORKSHOPS
First hour
Event ATitle / A view from a Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hub
Content / Lessons learned from the MASH model – what works and what doesn’t?
Speakers / Miranda Gittos, Head of Assessment and MASH and Chantal Marrow Service lead for Tri-Borough Westminster City Council, Kensington and Chelsea and Hammersmith and Fulham MASH
Chair / Day one: Ann Coffey MP for Stockport, Greater Manchester
Day two: CMFT Safeguarding representative
Event B
Title / Concept to court room
Content / St Mary’s SARC shares the lessons learned from the development of their remote video link to court
Speakers / Lisa Waters, Child Service Lead St Mary’s Centre, Tracy Hankinson, Greater Manchester Court Service, Ross Bevan, Greater Manchester Court Service
Chairs / Day one: Judge Michael Leeming, Manchester Crown Court
Day two: Judge Michael Leeming, Manchester Crown Court
Event D
Title / Police investigation and interview techniques
Content / A masterclass in investigation for police officers involved in child sexual abuse cases
Speaker / Ian Hynes, Chief Executive Officer, Intersol Global
Chairs / Day one: Jo Rawlinson, Greater Manchester Police
Day two: Sharon Stratton, Policing Standards Manager at the College of Policing
Event E
Title / Successful use of avatars in counselling
Content
Speaker / David Tinker, Creative Director, Proreal Ltd and Nicky Paris, St Mary’s SARC Counselling Service Lead
Chairs / Day one:
Day two:
Second hour
Event ETitle / The management of Female Genital Mutilation child referrals
Content / Developing a referral protocols and partnership working Q&A session
Speakers / Dr Catherine White, Clinical Director, St Mary’s Centre
Dr Emma Shakespeare, St Mary’s SARC Forensic Physicians
Chairs / Day one: Lady Rhona Bradley, Non-Executive Director CMFT
Day two: Afruca ?
Event F
Title / Therapeutic services for children
Content / Information sharing; family therapy, Child ISVA support and expert advice on working with children and young people therapeutically
Speaker / Day one: Bernie Ryan, St Mary’s Centre Manager
Day two:
Chairs / Day one:
Day two:
Event G
Title / Retrieving forensic samples
Content / Update on the latest Faculty of Forensic and Legal Medicine’s guidance on the taking of forensic samples in rape and sexual assault cases.
Speaker (s) / Dr Margaret Stark, FFLM Forensic Science Committee Lead,
Paula O Rourke, Cellmark Ltd, Dr Tina Marinkaki, St Mary’s SARC doctor day two
Chairs / Day one:
Day two: June Guiness, Forensic Science Regulator’s Office
Event H
Title / Children with autism
Content / Understanding the needs of autistic children
Speaker / Day one: Lorraine McAlistair, Positive about autism (tbc)
Day two: Chris Barson, Positive about autism
Chair / Day one: (tbc)
Day two: (tbc)