Lasting Support Foundation

(Ealing) Radicalisation & Neurodiversity Workshops
2023-01-02 00:00 UTC

The Last Taboo In Safeguarding
2022-12-13 11:00 | Lambeth Town Hall, 1 Brixton Hill, London, SW2 1RW, United Kingdom
Lambeth Town Hall

This workshop is ideal for foster carers, youth workers, PA’s, residential staff, and staff from the relevant voluntary sector. The training aims to demonstrate how developing trauma-responsive systems which are culturally informed, can help build resilience against all forms of exploitation with a focus on the radicalization of looked-after young people.

Venue is Lambeth town hall, Report to reception upon arrival.
Refreshments will be provided.
Spaces are limited to 20 participants per session.
This program is jointly funded by Lambeth and Southwark council and is open to all front-line practitioners working with young people.

The issue of looked-after children as potential recruits for extremist groups has been largely overlooked, despite the universal acknowledgement that looked-after children represent the most vulnerable of all demographics within society. Studies established that practitioners lacked basic awareness of radicalisation and extremism, the Prevent strategy, and the Channel programme. It was discovered that practitioners were unsure of what constitutes the potential indicators of radicalisation, and how and to whom such concerns should be reported. It became apparent that radicalisation as a safeguarding and child protection issue has not been afforded a level of focus adequate and proportionate to the risk posed, and that other issues, namely child sexual exploitation.
Training facilitators:

Hannah Turner – Has worked in education and social care services since 2011. As a qualified Art Psychotherapist with a specialism in Looked-after adopted and Unaccompanied Asylum-seeking children and young people. As a therapist the main part of her role is to work with children, young people and their carers/ parents and families to support mental health and improve outcomes. She also does lots of consultation-based sessions with social workers, residential staff, and many others within the professional network. Trauma is the focus within these settings. Understanding how it impacts the children and young people we with work so closely, and how we can recognise the emotion behind their behaviors is pivotal to successful.

Oomar Shariff – Holds a qualification in Psychology, Counselling- PTSD, Mental health Counselling, Conflict Resolution and Islamic Theology which has skilled him immensely to deliver and facilitate holding difficult conversations. A Global Facilitator, Trainer & Consultant in Prevention and Counter Violence and Extremism for over a decade. He delivers interventions on Prevent cases and Desistance & Disengagement Programme which focuses on Rehabilitating individuals who have been involved in terrorism / terrorism-related activities.

Key points covered in the workshop:

If adults involved with traumatised children are unable to manage their own emotions, this can escalate children’s distress.
Effective help requires intervention that is congruent with neuroscience, developmentally relevant, and relational.
The key adults in helping children recover from trauma are their carers and teachers. They require relevant support and training to be most helpful to traumatised children.
Crisis-oriented care organizations may exacerbate trauma and undermine the efforts of committed practitioners.
Post-traumatic growth and resilience is possible. Traumatised children need hope and adults involved with them must believe in a positive future for them.
How trauma can lead to violent extremism, what does radicalisation look like and feel like?
How to adopt and apply trauma responsive systems to build resilience against radical exploitation within care settings.
