Workshop 1: Identification Stephen Sinnott Team Leader, POPS’ Family Support Workers

1. Workshop 1: Identification Stephen Sinnott Team Leader, POPS’ Family Support Workers • @barnardos_ihop • #iHOPNE2015 #childrenofoffenders i-HOPNE2015 in partnership with

2. @barnardos_ihop • #iHOPNE2015 #childrenofoffenders Why is it important to identify children affected by parental imprisonment? i-HOPNE2015 in partnership with

3. @barnardos_ihop • #iHOPNE2015 #childrenofoffenders Why is it important to identify? • Support: identifying children enables us to offer appropriate support. • Safeguarding: helps to identify or prevent safeguarding issues e.g. Serious Case Review. • Services: creates an evidence base for the funding of additional services/resources. • Size of population affected: 200,000 i-HOPNE2015 in partnership with

4. @barnardos_ihop • #iHOPNE2015 #childrenofoffenders • Current Identification Practice • Not routinely identified. • There is no one agency that oversees need. • Prisons do not always ask prisoners if they have dependent children*. • Schools are not informed when a child’s parent has been imprisoned. i-HOPNE2015 in partnership with

5. @barnardos_ihop • #iHOPNE2015 #childrenofoffenders Challenges • Quantity of children and young people. • Often no offer of support in place. • Risk increasing stigma? • Attitudes of professionals • Diversity of need. i-HOPNE2015 in partnership with

6. @barnardos_ihop • #iHOPNE2015 #childrenofoffenders So how can we identify? i-HOPNE2015 in partnership with

7. @barnardos_ihop • #iHOPNE2015 #childrenofoffenders i-HOPNE2015 in partnership with

8. @barnardos_ihop • #iHOPNE2015 #childrenofoffenders UN ‘Convention on the rights of the child’ • The best interests of the child must be a top priority in all decisions and actions that affect children. Article 3 • Every child has the right to express their views, feelings and wishes in all matters affecting them, and to have their views considered and taken seriously. Article 12 i-HOPNE2015 in partnership with

9. @barnardos_ihop • #iHOPNE2015 #childrenofoffenders Let’s start at the very beginning…the end! • What is the offer? Consult children and young people! • Clear pathways for information sharing. • Training and awareness raising. • User-informed consent.