SaFest 2025 weeklong programme

09:00   Welcome to SaFest 2025 - Nick, Tina, Jackie and Anna (The SaFest Team)

09:30   Beyond the Screen: Autistic Youth, Online Lived Experience, a hidden world - Alistair Barfield, CEO and founder, Deflect and Protect CiC

In this session I will guide you through the unique lived experiences of autistic young people, looking at the myriad of factors that lead to disenfranchisement.

I will look at young peoples online interactions through social media and gaming. Then we will look at  number of modern online hate movements through the perspective of autistic lived experience, exploring why these movements might appeal to those who are disenfranchised.

Finally we will discuss best practise responding as well as how to talk about the internet with vulnerable young people.

11:00   Break

11:15   Speaker to be confirmed

12:15   SaFest on the Sofa (Exeter)

12:45   Lunch break 

13:15   Catch 22 

More information coming soon

14:30   SaFest on the Sofa (South)

15:30   Break

15:45   Speaker to be confirmed

16:45   SaFest on the sofa (North) | Wrap up the day

17:00   Close of day

09:00   Welcome to SaFest 2025 - Nick, Tina, Jackie and Anna (The SaFest Team)

09:30   Lawrence Jordan, Marie Collins Foundation

More information coming soon

10:30   SaFest on the Sofa

11:15   Break

11:30   Alex Burgess, Plymouth University

12:30   Together For Childhoods Place - A Childhood-Based Approach To                      Sexual Abuse | Dr Claire White, NSPCC 

13:30   Lunch break 

14:00   SaFest on the Sofa 

14:30   The new exploitation disruption toolkit - Lin Sands, NWG

A large proportion of Lin’s time has been to modernise and update the NWG Exploitation Toolkit that was one of the first to be developed in this country.

Lin has worked with the NWG team/members to make the toolkit more accessible for all partners/individuals working in this field; Lin will provide you with a demonstration of the resource and she will be explaining how the toolkit can help/support you in your work to safeguard children, young people and their families from Exploitation.

Lin will be sharing some real-life case examples of how creative, effective and collaborative thinking has enabled successful disruption to occur.

15:30   Break

15:45  Equality, diversity and inclusions in exploitation - Sukhdev Rathore, NWG

Using Data to Drive Equality: This is a conversation starter about using data to explore disproportionality in responses to child exploitation.

Aims: We will explore how data can help us understand:

• • Who is over- or under-represented in services for child exploitation.
  • The influence of gender, ethnicity, and disability on these issues.

17:30   Wrap up of the day and what's to come!

09:00   Welcome to SaFest 2025 - Nick, Tina, Jackie and Anna (The SaFest Team)

09:15   Opening address - speaker to be confirmed

09:30   Speaker to be confirmed

10:45    Speaker to be confirmed

11:15   Break

11:45   Speaker to be confirmed

12:30   SaFest on the Sofa 

13:00   Lunch break

13:30   Early intervention and parental engagement through education - Lewis Webb, Devon Education Services Safeguarding team - more information coming soon

14:30    SaFest on the Sofa | Devon Virtual School

15:30   Break

15:45   Speaker to be confirmed

16:45   Wrap up of the day and what's to come!

09:00   Welcome to SaFest 2025 - Nick, Tina, Jackie and Anna (The SaFest Team)

09:15   Opening address - speaker to be confirmed

09:30  Supervision Superpowers: Embracing Solution Focused Supervision - Alice Ayres, social worker within the Therapeutic Fostering Team and Paul Wiggins, Practice supervisor, DBIT, Essex Solution Focused Centre

In this dynamic and interactive workshop, we invite you to explore the art of Solution-Focused Supervision. Our goal is to equip you with practical tools, empower your supervisory skills, and enhance your ability to guide and support supervisees effectively.

Key Workshop Components:

• • • Dive into foundational concepts of Solution-Focused Supervision.
    • Understand the unique power of solution-focused approaches in the supervisory context.
    • Engage in interactive practice exercises that reinforce learning.
    • Practice solution-focused techniques to enhance your supervisory toolkit.
    • Q&A Session, ask questions, share insights, and learn from fellow participants.

Remember, this workshop is not just about theory—it’s about practical application and empowerment. We look forward to sharing this transformative experience with you! 🌟

11:00   Break

11:15 Increasing Safety Through Our Questions - Greg Oberbeck, Practice Supervisor, Essex Solution Focused Centre

Whenever we are faced with a risky situation, we often ask a lot of questions to understand what happened, how it happened and the impact this has had on those involved. This is an essential part of our work. What we are often left with is a very clear description of things that we want to have less of or even remove completely in an effort to keep people safe. 

In this workshop, we will be looking at some questions from a Solution Focused perspective that will help us balance our curiosity and help us to work with people to find ways to increase safety in situations of risk.  You will leave this workshop with a framework to apply in your work as well as some questions that you will be able to start using the next time you find yourself managing a risky situation.

12:30   Safeguarding on transport - Joe Clay, Railway Children 

More information coming soon

13:30   Lunch break

14:00   Speaker to be confirmed

15:00   SaFest on the Sofa 

15:45   Speaker to be confirmed

16:45   Wrap up of the day and what's to come!

09:00   Welcome to SaFest 2025 - Nick, Tina, Jackie and Anna (The SaFest Team)

09:15   Opening address - speaker to be confirmed

09:30   Speaker to be confirmed

11:00   Break

11:15    Speaker to be confirmed

12:15    Speaker to be confirmed

13:00   SaFest on the Sofa

13:00   Lunch break

14:00   Speaker to be confirmed

15:00   Wrap up of the day and week