Creative Ideas For Assessing Vulnerable Children And Families

Author : Katie Wrench
Publisher : Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Page : 223 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2018-06-21
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781784502256

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Creative Ideas for Assessing Vulnerable Children and Families by Katie Wrench Pdf

For the busy frontline practitioner with little time to plan ahead, this hands-on guide presents imaginative and unique methods to engage families and caregivers throughout the process of assessing vulnerable children. Setting the context for each area of assessment, including strengths and resilience, risk and needs and the child's lived experience, the book then describes a series of activities or creative techniques to engage young people and their caregivers within this area. It outlines the materials required, aims of the exercise and method. It includes 'handy hints' based upon practical experience, making it a quick go-to guide for every day practice. It encourages practitioners to focus on building safety into relationships and to adapt their approach to take into account the impact of trauma and abuse on an individual's capacity to engage and to communicate verbally.

Author : Katie Wrench
Publisher : Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2016-08-18
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781784501839

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Helping Vulnerable Children and Adolescents to Stay Safe by Katie Wrench Pdf

Helping vulnerable children and young people to build protective behaviours is the key to keeping them safe. Full of creative ideas and activities, this guide provides the tools to help children develop these key skills. Topics include work around: building resilience and problem solving skills; identifying a 'safety network'; developing emotional literacy; awareness of grooming strategies and safe/unsafe touch; and cyber safety. The range of tried and tested techniques will be sure to engage any child in thinking about their personal safety, allowing adult carers to have confidence that their child will be empowered to better identify and avoid harmful situations and behaviours. Practical and easy to use, this is a valuable resource for professionals working with vulnerable children and young people, such as adopted or fostered children and those in residential care, as well as the parents and carers of these children.

Author : Jan Horwath,Dendy Platt
Publisher : Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Page : 608 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2018-12-06
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781784503826

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The Child's World, Third Edition by Jan Horwath,Dendy Platt Pdf

This definitive textbook provides accessible information on best practice for assessing the needs and strengths of vulnerable children and their families. It explores the challenges that practitioners face routinely - with suggestions as to how to address them - as well as the established areas for assessment, of children's developmental needs, parenting ability and motivation, and socio-economic factors. This new edition has been extended substantially to include recent practice, policy and theoretical developments, such as understanding the lived experience of children, young people, and family members. It also considers children's neurological development, assessing parental capacity to change, early help assessments, emerging areas of practice such as child sexual exploitation, and working with asylum-seeking and trafficked children. Crucially, this updated edition takes a broader approach in offering relevant information to a range of professionals working with vulnerable children. The importance of inter-professional working is emphasised throughout.

Author : Katie Wrench,Lesley Naylor
Publisher : Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2013-03-28
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9780857006745

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Life Story Work with Children Who are Fostered or Adopted by Katie Wrench,Lesley Naylor Pdf

Life story work is one of the key therapeutic approaches to working with adopted or fostered children. While it sounds simple, there is much more to this work than producing photo albums or memory boxes for children. This accessible book is full of tried and tested activities and creative ideas for professionals, parents and carers who may have little time and few resources, but who need to carry out life story work that works for children. The authors describe the optimum conditions in which to carry out life story work and feature activities to accompany each of the necessary stages: creating a sense of safety, emotional literacy, building resilience, exploring identity, sharing information and looking to the future. This book will be a vital tool for social workers, foster carers, adopters, students and any frontline practitioners involved in working with traumatised children.

Author : Campbell Killick,Brian J. Taylor
Publisher : Learning Matters
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2024-04-04
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781529679021

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Assessment, Risk and Decision Making in Social Work by Campbell Killick,Brian J. Taylor Pdf

As a practising social worker, you will need to be able to make sound judgments in complex contexts and when you are under pressure. This book covers the essential knowledge you will need to understand and develop skills in relation to professional judgement and decision making processes, including: - the use of assessment tools; - engagement in assessment and decision processes; - the context of risk, complexity and uncertainty in practice; - communication and management of risk within social care processes.

Author : Dr. Wendy Bunston,Sarah Jones
Publisher : Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2019-09-19
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781784507145

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Supporting Vulnerable Babies and Young Children by Dr. Wendy Bunston,Sarah Jones Pdf

The diverse challenges that clinicians and children's workers tasked with safeguarding babies and young children face are complex, and this unique book looks at effective, practice-based and evidence-informed approaches to working across a wide range of issues. It outlines relevant theory and good practice, gathering case examples from around the world to illustrate what interventions look like in direct practice. Leading contributors address a wide range of challenges, including babies and very young children who have a serious illness, have complex diagnoses, or have been exposed to violence or adversity in early childhood. This is an essential guide for those who work to support and safeguard the welfare of babies and very young children, including professionals in health care, social work, mental health and child protection settings, as well as paediatricians, child psychologists and child psychiatrists.

Author : Joanna Foster
Publisher : Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2019-10-21
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781784509293

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Children and Teenagers Who Set Fires by Joanna Foster Pdf

This book helps adults to understand firesetting behaviour in children and teens and provides strategies to work with them to address the behaviour. Drawing upon the latest juvenile firesetting research and utilising child development theory to underpin its safety messages, the book explores why young people might set fires in the first place and contextualises firesetting in terms of communication and gaining the attention of carers and other adults. The chapters lay out practical, tried-and-tested steps that professionals and carers can take to address firesetting behaviour, and suggests how to further support any child or teen who sets fires. This includes summaries of the latest evidence-based support strategies and a range of creative activities that can be used in direct work with children and teenagers who set fires, tailored to specific age ranges. Combining expert advice on firesetting behaviour with straightforward practices, this comprehensive book can be used by anyone working with young people to help them intervene and prevent it.

Author : Katie Wrench
Publisher : Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2024-06-21
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781839976179

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Skills and Knowledge for Life Story Work with Children and Adolescents by Katie Wrench Pdf

Life story work allows care-experienced and adopted young people to understand their histories and come to terms with their feelings about the past. This accessible guide helps therapists and social care professionals to develop their skills to support children and families through their life story journey. It builds on the fundamental 6-step model for practice to incorporate elements from a variety of therapeutic approaches, from DDP to creative therapies. Theoretical explanations, case vignettes, and practical suggestions provide guidance on practice-based issues in life story work, such as working with parent/carer-child dyads, incorporating a birth family perspective, talking about traumatic stories, managing endings and constructing the life story book. Essential reading for anyone undertaking life story work, this guide enhances a time-tested model with up-to-date research and new ideas for overcoming the most common challenges practitioners face when delivering life story work.

Author : Brigid Daniel,Sally Wassell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1843100452

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Assessing and Promoting Resilience in Vulnerable Children by Brigid Daniel,Sally Wassell Pdf

Author : Sally Wassell,Brigid Daniel
Publisher : Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2002-07-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1846423554

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The Early Years by Sally Wassell,Brigid Daniel Pdf

This clear and practical workbook shows the importance of encouraging resilience in pre-school children who live in challenging circumstances. Focusing on assessment of need, Brigid Daniel and Sally Wassell show how to evaluate resilience using checklists and background information. They explain that children in their early years gain resilience from a range of experiences, including attachment relationships, opportunities to develop self-esteem and learning to understand others and behaving in a positive way towards them. With this in mind, they set out ways of encouraging pro-social behaviour in young children: involving them in the process of evaluation, giving support to the parent or carer of the child, and using activities to nurture the child's `theory of mind'. Including guidance on ongoing monitoring and supported by case studies from practice, this book is an essential guide to nurturing resilience for all those who work with young children and their families. The workbook stands alone but also forms part of a set along with two other resilience resources on The School Years and Adolescence. The complete set can be bought together at a reduced price.

Author : Brigid Daniel,Sally Wassell,Iain Campbell
Publisher : Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781843100188

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Assessing and Promoting Resilience in Vulnerable Children: The school years by Brigid Daniel,Sally Wassell,Iain Campbell Pdf

Helping practitioners in their work with vulnerable children of a school-going age, this workbook explores ways of nurturing resilience in different aspects of everyday life. Focusing on specific areas such as home life, talents and interests, the authors show how to make thorough assessments and intervene in constructive ways.

Author : Jan Horwath,Stevie Wilkinson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2023-12-21
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1787757943

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Making Connections with Vulnerable Children and Families by Jan Horwath,Stevie Wilkinson Pdf

Making Connections with Vulnerable Children and Families is the practical go-to resource for practitioners looking to build effective relationships and engage meaningfully with vulnerable children and their families. Compiled by Jan Horwath, lead editor of the bestselling child protection handbook The Child's World, the text features a wealth of clear, user-friendly, creative materials. The tools draw on evidence-based research and have been developed and tested by frontline practitioners from a range of disciplines working in Rochdale. Each tool includes a practice example as well as detail about aims, method, things to think about and possible adaptations. The tools can be used in a variety of work settings and the downloadable, versatile resources are all designed to support a relational approach to practice. These tools will help you establish relationships with both children and their primary carers, understand their lived experience and the impact of this on the health and well-being of the child or adolescent. Additional tools are included for use with parents and primary carers to explore parenting capacity and the socio-economic factors that influence family life.

Author : Helen Buckley,Janet Anne Basarab-Horwath,Sadhbh Whelan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Child abuse
ISBN : 1902230299

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Framework for the Assessment of Vulnerable Children and Their Families by Helen Buckley,Janet Anne Basarab-Horwath,Sadhbh Whelan Pdf

Author : Duncan Helm
Publisher : Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781843109235

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Making Sense of Child and Family Assessment by Duncan Helm Pdf

Analysing children's needs is a crucial part of assessment in child protection, yet support for practitioners carrying it out is lacking. Making Sense of Child and Family Assessment provides best practice guidance on how to analyse the information gathered during the assessment of the needs of children and young people and their families. The application of assessment frameworks hinges on human qualities and skills which are naturally prone to bias and inconsistency. This book provides practical, accessible guidance on how to apply assessment frameworks successfully, how to increase accuracy and empathy and how to analyse and represent children's needs faithfully in order to improve outcomes. The author provides an overview of key elements of theory, research and practice, and covers issues such as how information is gathered and analysed by different professionals in different sectors, and how this information is shared; how to form accurate hypotheses about cases; how to develop professional intuition; and how to improve analytical skills. Professionals working in child welfare and protection roles, such as social workers, health visitors, midwives and teachers, will find this practical guide to analysis invaluable in interpreting needs and outcomes. The titles in the Best Practice in Working with Children series are written for the multi-agency professionals working to promote children's welfare and protect them from harm. Each book in the series draws on current research into what works best for children, providing practical, realistic suggestions as to how practitioners in social work, health and education can work together to promote the resilience and safety of the children in their care. Brigid Daniel is Professor of Social Work in the Department of Applied Social Science at the University of Stirling. She is co-author of several textbooks and practice resources on child care and protection. She was a member of the multi-disciplinary team that carried out a national ministerial review of child protection practice in Scotland.

Author : Janet Anne Basarab-Horwath
Publisher : Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2001-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781853029578

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The Child's World by Janet Anne Basarab-Horwath Pdf

Written for professionals involved in the assessment of children in need, this book is a comprehensive guide to recent developments in research and practice. It looks at the policy framework for assessment, the actual process of assessment, how to assess the developmental needs of children and how to assess their parents' and family's capacity to meet those needs. The contributors are experts from a range of fields and the guide, which was developed by the NSPCC and is published in association with them, is designed to facilitate productive joint agency work. Key topics covered include: * ecological perspectives on the child and the family * attachment theory and child development * assessing families where the parents have a learning disability * working with children and families from minority ethnic groups * the effect of sexual abuse within the family on the assessment process * assessment prior to birth. Originally commissioned by the Department of Health, and outlining the developments and theory underpinning their Framework for the Assessment of Children in Need and their Families this book will be essential reading for qualified and trainee social workers and those completing the Post Qualifying Award in Child Care. It will also be an indispensable guide for psychologists, teachers, health visitors, and any other professionals and qualifying professionals involved in the assessment of children in need.