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Children and Young People at Risk Summit

Engaging the Disengaged

19-20 November 2024 | Rendezvous Melbourne

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overview

The inaugural Children and Young People at Risk Summit 2024 will take place on the 19-20 November at the Rendezvous Melbourne. Following the theme of Engaging the Disengaged, the agenda will explore proactive, preventative, and productive approaches.

The Summit will deliver dynamic, practical, and solution-driven discussions on effective programs, supports, invaluable insights, and key learnings.

Bringing together a national audience of key stakeholders and decision-makers from government departments and agencies to not-for-profits and NGOs, legal professionals, police, health professionals, schools, and many others.

Coinciding with day 2 of the Summit is World Children’s Day and the 35th Anniversary of the Rights of the Child.

Topics to be addressed include:

  • Using My Voice to Change the System
  • Ensuring Young People are Safe and Supported
  • Improving Out of Home Care
  • The Effects of Trauma on the Brain
  • Family Violence & Sexual Assault: Addressing and Identifying Risk
  • Helping Young People Stay in School
  • Intervention Orders
  • Youth Justice, Youth Crime and Early Intervention
  • Promoting the Rights, Interests and Wellbeing of Australia’s First Nations Children
  • Protecting Children & Youth: Trends, Cases and Legal Changes
  • Practitioners Who are Trauma-Informed
  • The Best Way to Write Family Reports / Clinic Reports
  • Childhood Trauma
  • Homeless Youth
  • Mental Health of Children and Young People
  • Collaboration and Information Sharing: Doing it Safely and Keeping Children Safe

Speakers

Anne Hollonds

National Children’s Commissioner, Australian Human Rights Commission

Liana Buchanan

Principal Commissioner for Children and Young People, Advocate for Children & Young People, Deputy Chair, South Sudanese Australian Youth Justice EWG

Emma Gierschick OAM

Children’s Advocate

Chris Lacey

General Manager – Programs, Les Twentyman Foundation

John Cardamone

Speaker, Educator, Survivor

Professor Kate Fitz-Gibbon

Monash Faculty of Business and Economics, Monash University

Ely Lee

General Manager Youth Justice South Area, Department of Justice and Community Safety

Darren Mort

Barrister, Victorian Bar

Shona Reid

The Guardian, Office of the Guardian for Children and Young People SA

Natalie Lewis

Commissioner, Queensland Family & Child Commission

Dr Cher McGillivray

Assistant Professor, Clinical Psychologist, Bond University, Director, Seed of Hope Psychology

Ron Prasad

Co-Founder, Beat Bullying with Confidence Foundation

Tracey Taylor

Director, Education Policy, Independent Schools Australia

Steve Kinmond OAM

Children’s Guardian, Office of the Children’s Guardian NSW

Ann Morison

Trainer, ChildSafe Australia, Family Violence Advocate

Neil Milton

General Manager, ChildSafe Australia, Founder, The Table Talk Project

Andy McKee

Acting Superintendent, Operation Trinity, Victoria Police

The Hon. Justine Elliot MP

Assistant Minister for Social Services and Assistant Minister for the Prevention of Family Violence

Clementine Brega

Manager, Complaints and Complex Cases, MACS

Supt. Michelle Stenner

Superintendent, Security and Counter Terrorism Command, Queensland Police

Giselle Pinto

Acting CEO, Ladder

Jodie Griffiths-Cook

Public Advocate and Children and Young People Commissioner, ACT Human Rights Commission

Amanda Pennacchia

Multi Agency Panel Coordinator, Youth Justice South Area, Department of Justice and Community Safety

Professor Kim Beswick

Director, Gonski Institute for Education, University of New South Wales

Elicia Savvas

Associate Director, Child Protection, Family, Youth and Children’s Law, Victoria Legal Aid

Dr Luci Pangrazio

Senior Lecturer in Language and Literacy Education, Centre of Excellence for the Digital Child

Dr Jodie Long

Assistant Principal – Education Research, David Scott School – Brotherhood of St Laurence

Richard England

Practice Leader REALIGN, Systemic Youth Project (RSYP) South Metropolitan Area, Department of Families, Fairness and Housing

Louise Edmonds

Founder, Men of Manners, Survivor Advocate

Chloe Shorten

National Advocate for the Rights of Children & Young People

A/Professor Jess Heerde

Principal Research Fellow, Department of Paediatrics, Melbourne Medical School, The University of Melbourne

Lauren Elson

Senior Education Advisor, eSafety

Kathy Warwick

Head of Trauma Consulting, Alannah & Madeline Foundation

Bonnie Dukakis

CEO, Koorie Youth Council

Micaela Cronin

Commissioner, Domestic Family and Sexual Violence Commission

Tim Warwick

Founder, Education Equality Alliance, Former Principal and Educator

Yusuf Liban

Executive Director, Multicultural Youth Group

Jordan Wilson-Otto

Principal, elevenM

Professor Kathryn Backholer

Professor of Public Health Policy and Co-Director of the Global Centre for Preventive Health and Nutrition (GLOBE), Deakin University

Machar Machar

Youth Advisor, South Sudanese Australian Youth Justice EWG

Stephan Friedrich

Managing Director, Knightlamp Consulting

Agenda

8:30 am

Registration & Morning Coffee

8:50 am

DAY ONE OPENING

8:55 am

Welcome to Country

9:00 am

DAY ONE OPENING

Opening Remarks From the Chair

Emma Gierschick OAM, Children’s Advocate

9:10 am

The Importance of Engaging Young People at Risk: South Sudanese Australian Youth Justice EWG

Liana Buchanan, Principal Commissioner for Children and Young People, Advocate for Children & Young People, Deputy Chair, South Sudanese Australian Youth Justice EWG

Machar Machar, Youth Advisor, South Sudanese Australian Youth Justice EWG

9:40 am

KEYNOTE ADDRESS | The Human Rights of Children in Focus to Address the Barriers to Action

Anne Hollonds, National Children’s Commissioner, Australian Human Rights Commission

10:55 am

Networking Break & Morning Tea

11:25 am

SESSION SPOTLIGHT |

11:45 am

1:00 pm

Networking Lunch

2:00 pm

  • “Listen to Me” report – the journey, background and findings
  • The importance of mindfulness and the power of deep listening
  • Opening your heart and mind to young people’s truths – taking action and inspiring change

2:30 pm

  • What happens when children become disengaged from school?
  • The impact of early intervention and why tackling this early and effectively is so important
  • Effective programs, toolkits and services available
  • Balancing child safety, the rights of child & obligations to staff
  • Sustainability of funding for programs

3:15 pm

KEYNOTE ADDRESS | Promoting the Rights, Interests and Wellbeing of Australia’s First Nations Children

Bonnie Dukakis, CEO, Koorie Youth Council

3:45 pm

Afternoon Tea & Networking Break

5:40 pm

Closing Remarks from Chair

5:45 pm

Networking Drinks

8:30 am

Registration & Morning Coffee

9:00 am

Opening Remarks From the Chair

Neil Milton, General Manager, ChildSafe Australia, Founder, The Table Talk Project

9:10 am

WORLD CHILDREN’S DAY ACKNOWLEGDMENT

Yusuf Liban, Executive Director, Multicultural Youth Group

9:20 am

OPENING ADDRESS |

Neil Milton, General Manager, ChildSafe Australia, Founder, The Table Talk Project

9:40 am

KEYNOTE ADDRESS | Ensuring Young People are Safe and Supported

Chloe Shorten, National Advocate for the Rights of Children & Young People

10:10 am

Protecting Children & Youth: Trends, Cases, and Legal Changes

Bernadette Grandinetti, Program Manager, Family Law Services, Victoria Legal Aid

10:40 am

PRE-RECORDED ADDRESS | Ensuring Young People are Safe and Supported

The Hon. Justine Elliot MP, Assistant Minister for Social Services and Assistant Minister for the Prevention of Family Violence

10:45 am

Networking Break & Morning Tea

11:15 am

KEYNOTE ADDRESS | Children and Young People as Victims of Violence

Micaela Cronin, Commissioner, Domestic Family and Sexual Violence Commission

11:45 am

  • Structural disassociation and neuroception
  • Understanding complex trauma
  • Moral Injury: Parents/Caregivers/Educators/First Responders/Lawyers
  • How to have a trauma informed response
  • Rebuilding self-agency

1:00 pm

Networking Lunch

2:00 pm

  • How to write family reports?
  • Avoiding confirmation bias in clinic reports
  • Arriving at recommendations after evaluations

2:30 pm

  • Intersection of all sectors: mental health, homelessness, OOHC etc
  • Creating positive role models
  • Creating a sense of belonging

3:45 pm

Closing Remarks from Chair

3:50 pm

Conference Concludes

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19 - 20 Nov 2024

Rendezvous Hotel Melbourne
328 Flinders St
Melbourne VIC 3000

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