Description
Attend and earn 0.5 PLD hour
Attend and earn 0.5 CPD hour
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Chair
Kate Slattery, Deputy Principal, Epsom Girls Grammar School
Learning Objectives:
- Recognise obligations for reporting child abuse and protecting students
Child Abuse and Neglect Awareness and Response: Understanding, Reporting and Protecting Children
- What is child abuse and neglect
- What to do when you observe signs of abuse or neglect, or a child discloses abuse or neglect
- Why is the child’s lawyer visiting me at school?
- Being asked to participate in Court proceedings: what to expect
- Handling sensitive situations where abuse or neglect is at issue
Presented by Aroha Fletcher, Senior Associate – Family Law, Stace Hammond Lawyers and Lena Wong, Director and Lawyer for Child, Complete Legal Limited
Presenters
Lena Wong, Director and Lawyer for Child, Complete Legal Limited
Lena is a Director of Complete Legal and has been practising In South Auckland for the past 9 years. Lena graduated from the University of Auckland with a Masters of Laws and Bachelor of Arts and was admitted to the bar in 2012. Lena specializes in Family Law and has a vast range of experience in COCA, Family Violence, Oranga Tamariki matters as well as PPPR, trusts, wills and estates. She is a court-appointed lawyer for child and is a member of the Family Law Section and the Pacific Lawyers Association.
Kate Slattery, Deputy Principal, Epsom Girls Grammar School
Kate Slattery is Deputy Principal at Epsom Girls Grammar School. She has been at Epsom Girls since 2016, having worked in large Auckland secondary schools and overseas prior to 7 years in tertiary education focusing on course development and lecturer education. She has a passion for working with people and her current role includes Human Resources and Personnel. As Deputy Principal, Kate works with students, staff and whānau with a focus on facilitating learning through often challenging circumstances. Her diverse role ranges from navigating conflict, challenging behaviours and competency to learning engagement and still enjoying being a teacher in Aotearoa New Zealand. Kate sings with Auckland’s Jubilation Choir and relishes the performance opportunities this has brought her, there’s always something new to look forward to.
Aroha Fletcher, Senior Associate – Family Law, Stace Hammond Lawyers
Aroha Fletcher is a Senior Associate at Stace Hammond. Aroha specializes in Family Law, helping clients navigate and resolve disputes, particularly in high-conflict cases involving children. She is a member of Te Hunga Rōia Māori o Aotearoa and the Family Law Section and has been involved in community initiatives to assist people’s access to family lawyers. Aroha currently assists various ethics committees in resolving disciplinary actions for different professional bodies. Aroha previously practiced on the North Shore and has been involved in the Royal Commission’s Inquiry into abuse of children, young people, and vulnerable adults in State and faith-based care in Aotearoa New Zealand between the years 1950-99.
