ACJRD 17 Annual Conference Youth Justice Transformation

Patron: THE HON. MR. JUSTICE MICHAEL MORIARTY
ACJRD 17th Annual Conference
Youth Justice Transformation
Friday 17th October, Camden Court Hotel, Dublin 2
09.00 – 09.35
Registration
09.35 – 09.40
Welcome Address
Maura Butler, Chairperson, ACJRD Ltd
09.40 – 10.05
Launch of Conference
Speaker to be confirmed
10.05 – 10.25
Prevention and Early Intervention (working title)
Peter Taylor, Coordinator, Community and Learning Development
Managers Scotland
10.25 – 10.45
Current Juvenile Justice Policy – Impact on DPP (working title)
Peter Mullan, Chief Prosecution Solicitor, Office of the DPP
10.45 – 11.05
Girls in the Criminal Justice System
Dr Elaine Arnull, Buckinghamshire New University
11.05 – 11.20
Questions & Answers
11.20 – 11.40
Coffee Break
11.40 – 12.40
Workshops – See details on next page
12.40 – 13.40
Lunch
13.40 – 14.00
Reducing Offending in Partnership
Mary Aughey, Director of Youth Justice Services, Youth Justice Agency N.I
& D.I Mark Dennison, Police Service of Northern Ireland
14.00 – 14.20
Promoting Compliance with Young People on Community Supervision
Dr. Mairead Seymour, Senior lecturer, School of Languages, Law &
Society, D.I.T.
14.20 – 14.40
Managing the transition from youth to adult in the CJS (working title)
Ursula Fernee, Regional Manager, Young Persons Probation
14.40 – 14.55
Questions & Answers
14.55 – 15.55
Workshops – See details on next page
15.55 – 16.10
Conference Outcomes and Closing
16.10 – 17.30 – Networking Reception / ACJRD AGM 16.10 – 17.00
Patron: THE HON. MR. JUSTICE MICHAEL MORIARTY
Conference Workshops:
Youth Justice Transformation
Delegates will attend one workshop in each session.
Please note the number of your 1st and 2nd choice workshops for each session,
these will be required to complete the conference booking form.
11.40 – 12.40
Workshops
1. Youth Justice in Practice: The Importance of Specialist Training in light of the Capacity
of the Child.
Sarah Jane Judge BL
2. Clinical Presentations of Young People in Detention
Eimear Ryan, Senior Speech and Language Therapist & Dr Margaret Mc Govern,
Senior Clinical Psychologist, Assessment Consultation and Therapy Service (ACTS)
3. Utilising Diversion in Youth Justice Transformation (working title)
Superintendent Colette Quinn, An Garda Síochána
4. Youth Justice in Transitions? Pre-Sanction Reports in Practice
Etain Quigley, PhD candidate, Sutherland School of Law, UCD
14.55 – 14.55
Workshops
5. Integrating Restorative Approaches in Probation Policy and Practice
Elaine Slattery, CEO, Ceim ar Cheim and John Brosnahan, SPO, Limerick Young Person’s
Probation
6. The new Oberstown landscape (working title)
Tony O’Donovan, Child Welfare Advisor, IYJS and Pat Bergin, Oberstown Campus Manager
7. Working with persistent young offenders’ (working title)
Anne Conroy, CEO, Le Cheile Mentoring and Youth justice Support Services
8. From the Youth Justice System to a positive future
Ciara O’Driscoll, Collinstown Community College