The Diversity Forum is aimed at professionals and others who work or have a vested interest in safeguarding Children and families from all marginalised communities.

Learning outcomes and objectives:

1. Provide opportunities for practitioners to discuss and debate issues relating to the sensitive nature of Child Exploitation, to network, share good practice, discuss challenges and seek solutions with an Equality, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion focus.
2. Provide opportunities for Guest speakers  to share effective practice and new developments.
3. Provide a safe space for discussions take place in a secure and confidential environment.
4. Develop and share good practice in combating child exploitation through the lens of Equality & Diversity and inclusion.
5. To work in partnership with members and organisations  to eliminate systemic inequalities in safeguarding CYP from marginalised/minority communities; Including but not exclusively those that identify as Black, Asian and other minorities, LGBTQ+ and SEND.
6. Help both organisations/members to be innovative and to find new ways to reach and support young people at risk or harm from CE
7. Be part of efforts to amplify the voices of young people and families and communities impacted by CE.

Speaker Blog:

Sabah Kaiser- Ethnic Minority Children, Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (CSEA) & Systems Change

Sabah is an experienced EDI consultant, researcher specialising in equality, cultural competence and child sexual exploitation and abuse (CSEA). She has worked extensively at a national level, including her contributions to the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA) investigations and her published research on ethnic-minority engagement in CSA. Sabah has supported multiple statutory and voluntary sector organisations in reviewing policy and practice, integrating trauma-informed, anti-racist and inclusive approaches into safeguarding frameworks. Her lived-experience informed consulting work drives systems change across England and Wales. At the forum she will share key findings from IICSA and her own research, with a focus on ethnic minority children at risk of CSEA and invite collective action across communities to protect all children.

Specialist areas include:

•  Child sexual exploitation and abuse and institutional safeguarding
•  Ethnic minority engagement, cultural competence & anti-racist practice
•  Systems change & strategic safeguarding improvement
•  Equality legislation across the United Kingdom

Agenda

11:00am-11:15am       Bina Parmar– NWG Team Lead: Welcome and Updates

11:15am-12:00pm       Sabah Kaiser– Ethnic Minority Children, Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (CSEA) & Systems Change

12:00pm-13:00pm    Q&A session followed by discussion