Direct Work with Children (and Voice of a Child)
Overview
A Research and Evidence Based approach to look at what good looks like in working directly with children and young people
How Long is the Course?
1 Day
Who is the Course Aimed At?
Social Workers
Learning Outcomes
- Understand how we engage with children at the 5 different levels and how to achieve the most effective outcomes in our direct work with the children and young people
- Have an understanding of why direct work with children and young people is important to our roles as social workers and how this influences the interventions that we undertake
- Know what a “good” looks like in terms of engagement with a child and how to engage them in our work
- Have better understanding of how the needs of the child will affect the work that you will be undertaking and what tools you may use
- Making sure that we safeguard and promote the wellbeing of children and young people in the direct work we undertake with them
- Be aware of tools, resources and exercises that you can undertake with a child/young person to encourage engagement
- Be confident in how to deal with a disclosure effectively; while taking into account the child’s needs and safeguarding issues
