This training continues Clan Childlaw’s series focusing on the incorporation of the UNCRC. Designed by expert lawyers, it offers practical insights and tools to help advocacy workers and practitioners in Scotland strengthen their confidence in using UNCRC rights to improve the lives of children and young people.
This course will equip you with the knowledge and strategies to advocate effectively for sibling relationships, using both UNCRC rights and Scotland’s ‘sibling rights’ legislation.
Course content
Article 3 of UNCRC says that in all decisions about children the best interests of the child must be a primary consideration. In Scotland, the importance of sibling relationships is recognised in law and policy, but gaps in practice often lead to fractured sibling bonds. This impacts children’s rights to have their views considered when decisions are made about their siblings and to maintain meaningful relationships with their siblings.
By the end of the training, you will be able to:
Describe how UNCRC principles support the protection of sibling relationships in Scotland
Explain the context of the sibling relationship in Scotland
Discuss strategies to protect sibling relationships in the Children’s Hearings system
Identify opportunities to protect sibling relationships for children looked after under Section 25 or on Permanence and Adoption orders
Identify when children and young people need a lawyer to protect sibling relationships.
Who is this course for?
This training will be useful for anyone whose work involves advocating for or supporting children in the Children’s Hearing System, and who wants to understand how those children’s lives can be improved by using their UNCRC rights.
It is particularly useful for:
Advocacy workers
Youth Workers
Support Workers
Social Workers
Children’s Rights Officers
Residential Childcare Workers
Children’s Panel Members
Policy professionals whose work is informed by seeing how rights work in practice
Cost
£63 – £90
Join Clan Childlaw to gain the tools and confidence needed to protect and strengthen sibling relationships for the children and young people you work with.