It is a general principle of UNCRC that every child has rights. Article 6 of the UNCRC says we must ensure the survival and development of the child, while article 20 says that a child who cannot live with their family must be protected and cared for.
In our practice we see children facing homelessness in their transition from care and children homeless when their right to care and protection is denied. This can result in children being placed in unsuitable accommodation, made homeless from care and not receiving the housing support they have the right to.
This training will connect your day-to-day work with children and young people facing homelessness to UNCRC articles, strengthening your rights-based practice. Find out how you can prevent negative consequences for children and young people you work with by using their UNCRC rights alongside Scottish child welfare legislation when you advocate for them.
Key learning
The principles of UNCRC and what they mean for a child facing homelessness
How to use a child’s rights to support care experienced children and young people at risk of homelessness
The importance of getting it right when planning for leaving care to prevent homelessness and stays in unsuitable accommodation
How to use continuing care rights to prevent homelessness
The role of lawyers and identifying when children and young people need a lawyer to support with their transition from care or housing decisions
Practical tips and signposting to resources and further learning
Who is this course for?
This training will be useful for anyone whose work involves advocating for or supporting looked after children or young people with housing problems, and who wants to understand how those children’s lives can be improved by using their UNCRC rights. We think our training will be useful and interesting for advocacy workers, housing officers, throughcare and aftercare workers, youth workers, support workers, social workers, children’s rights officers, residential childcare workers and children’s panel members. It will also be of interest to those whose work in policy and influencing is informed by seeing how rights work in practice.
If you would like to find out more about the training, you can contact us on training@clanchildlaw.org.
Training provider
Clan Childlaw’s team of expert lawyers have designed this training to offer practical, developing knowledge of UNCRC to those whose support and advocacy is essential to children and young people in Scotland. As practitioners themselves, they know you need more than a legal overview of UNCRC, you need confidence in using UNCRC rights in advocacy to improve children’s lives. Over the course of the year they will be offering training on a variety of ways you will encounter UNCRC in practice, including sibling rights and supporting unaccompanied asylum-seeking children.
Location
This training will take place online via Zoom.
Cost
£63-£90