What's included

The conference aims to highlight the critical role of integrating counselling into the comprehensive system that supports children's well-being. The agenda will explore the multifaceted influences on children's development and mental health, emphasising the need for diverse interventions and collaborative ways of working. Practitioners will have the opportunity to enhance their expertise and skills to achieve a holistic approach that connects the counselling process to the wider psychological wellbeing agenda of the child. Workshops will examine how children can be empowered through collaboration and how counselling can be seamlessly combined with education, healthcare, family support, safeguarding and community services.

The aims of the conference are to: 

  • To consider the role the counsellor plays in the wider context of the child’s everyday life and explore how counselling best fits with the multiple systems around the child.
  • To build upon the understanding that counselling with children and young people is not an isolated intervention but is part of a larger system of support around the child.
  • To truly explore confidentiality, without compromising it in any way, by considering what the child wants to share with chosen adults, resulting in the best child-centred outcomes.

Learning outcomes: 

Delegates will have a greater knowledge base and understanding of

  • How children, young people and family counsellors fit into the wider systems around the child
  • The challenges around partnership working and the benefits of collaborative approaches
  • How counselling connects to the various strands in the system around the child (home, school, support services)
  • How to contribute to the broader psychological wellbeing agenda of the child [outside of the counselling room]
  • How age, stage and ability influence/inform the collaborative arrangement/agreement
  • How to include adults in the therapeutic process without compromising privacy and confidentiality
  • the role of safeguarding in statutory and non-statutory settings
  • How to support the adults to strengthen the ‘system’ around the child.

Included in your booking:

  • approximately 6 hours of CPD presentations
  • an on-demand service so you can catch up on the event recordings. View the content an unlimited number of times, 24 hours a day for 3 months.
  • a CPD certificate download
  • selected presentation slides
  • morning and afternoon refreshments as well as lunch
  • opportunity to network with peers and colleagues and through the event app

Programme

Children, Young People and Families Conference 2025 programme.

Key information

Join us on Saturday 15 March 2025.

This event will take place in London, Convene 133 Houndsditch, 133 Houndsditch, London, EC3A 7BX. 

Also included in your booking, catch up on the recordings from the event from Monday 17 March 2025 to Monday 16 June 2025.

Important information

The on-demand service will be human transcribed through a reviewed process to ensure accuracy.

Sponsorship opportunities

To find out about sponsorship opportunities, please contact Josh Reed at josh.reed@bacp.co.uk.

Please see our sponsorship and exhibitions page for more details.