Name: Credible Witness CPD Event
Start: 2024-10-10T17:30:00+01:00
End: 2024-10-10T19:30:00+01:00
Location: Oldham Library (Performance Space)

Listening to young people differently: a free event for teachers, social workers and youth professionals.
About this Event

Credible Witness CPD Event

Date: 10th October 2024

Time: 5.30pm - 7.30pm

Location: Oldham Library (Performance Space)

This event has developed out of research undertaken with social workers, youth workers, criminologists, safeguarding experts and from dialogue with young people from Oldham and London.

In the complex landscape of work with young people, understanding their perspectives and lived experiences is essential for effective support and intervention. Young people told us they felt routinely disbelieved by the professionals around them, so we want to find ways to listen differently

.Join us for a free CPD afternoon to hear young people’s experiences of the impact of being disbelieved, and deepen your ability to listen, validate and respond to the voices of the young people you work with.

This research-led event will include watching Credible Witnesses, by award winning playwright Farah Najib, which has been Oldham and London secondary schools, and has been developed in response to workshops in schools.

We’ll then cover topics such as:- The impact of being disbelieved on young people’s mental health and willingness to communicate,

How to ask the right questions to validate young people’s experiences,

How to foster an environment where young people feel safe to share their experiences without fear of judgement.

We invite youth workers, teachers, social workers, counsellors, criminal justice professionals and any other practitioners committed to enhancing outcomes for young people to take part.

Young people who have participated in our project will co-deliver some of the discussion activities.

This event has been developed by the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama in partnership with Little Fish Theatre and Oldham Theatre Workshop, two industry leading theatre companies who specialise in work with young people.The event is part of the Credible Witnesses AHRC funded research project led by Dr Amanda Stuart Fisher.