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Empowering voices: Parental advocacy and experts-by-experience in child protection and child welfare

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Date & Time

Tue, 13 Oct 2026

12:30 - 13:45

Venue

Seminar Room B

15 Norham Gardens Oxford, OX2 6PY

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About this event

Join a vital conversation on parental advocacy in child welfare with leading experts.

Why you should come

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• Learn how Dr Clive Diaz's research enhances parental participation in child protection

• Discover Tanja Koskinen's findings on legitimizing lived experience in social work

Event Highlights

  • Exploration of parental advocacy services across England, Wales, and Ireland
  • Insights from experts-by-experience activities in Finnish child welfare
  • Comparative analysis of advocacy models and their effectiveness

Speakers

Dr Clive Diaz

Rees Centre, University of Oxford

Tanja Koskinen

Social Worker and PhD Student, University of Helsinki, Finland

Programme

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Parental Advocacy in the UK and Ireland: Empowering Voices in Child Protection Social Work

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Epistemic Injustice Challenged and Reproduced in Experts-by-Experience Activities in Social Work and Child Welfare

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