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Protecting and supporting vulnerable children - next steps for the Independent Care Review and the Child Protection Improvement Programme

July 2018


Price: £95 PLUS VAT
Format: DOWNLOADABLE PDF


The seminar focused on The Scottish Government’s current wide-ranging policy reform agenda aimed at improving lives for vulnerable children in Scotland.


Delegates considered the progress of the Independent Review of Scotland’s Care System for Children and examined key challenges around funding, the workforce and regulation.


Further sessions on the day looked at next steps for reforming child protection in Scotland, focusing on the Scottish Government’s ‘getting it right for every child’ approach, legal issues surround the Child Protection Improvement Programme and what might be done to address the challenges it poses for local authorities and schools.



This pack includes

  • Dropbox video recording of the conference
  • PDF transcript of the discussion, including all speaker remarks and Q&A
  • PDFs of speakers' slide material (subject to permission)
  • PDFs of the delegate pack, including speaker biographies and attendee list
  • PDFs of delegate articles