Children’s Rights and the Current Context: What are they? Why do they matter? How do we embed them?

Children’s Rights and the Current Context: What are they? Why do they matter? How do we embed them?

Aims of session:

What?

To raise awareness and understanding of the United Nations Convention of the Rights of the Child (UNCRC)

Why?

To link rights-based practice to the Scottish legislation and policy context

To support individuals, establishments and organisations to begin to reflect on and self-evaluate their current practice in light of the UNCRC

How?

To enable the support of rights-based practice across schools and other organisations

To ensure we fully take the UNCRC into account in all our actions

This session is open to all practioners across Tayside who work with children and young people, and are looking to promote and embed Children’s Rights in their context. This session will take place on Tuesday 31^st May at 4pm to 5:30pm on Microsoft Teams. Please complete the following form to register for the session – https://forms.office.com/r/nXcauFnYc6. Registration for the event closes on Friday 27^th May at 5pm. Participants will be emailed the Teams meeting invite on Monday 30^th May.

If you are interested in the session but cannot make this date please complete the form and in the relevant section please indicate that you would like to attend a future session. The session on the 31^st May will not be recorded.