TRAINING AND INTERVENTIONS

Children’s Social Workers work in partnership with others to protect children at risk of harm. Yet we know from experience that ‘Working Together to Safeguard Children’ can be challenging. To get things right, we must truly protect them and provide effective support for families. This is the only way to make a difference. Using our knowledge of the difficulties that Child Protection Social Workers and their safeguarding partners face, we developed training courses, tools, services and resources to navigate these challenges. What we do simply works. Our training courses and toolkits have been tested and approved through multiagency training involving staff from:

  • Children Services
  • Police
  • Early Help or Intervention
  • Health
  • Education
  • Youth Services
  • Child and Adolescence Mental Health Service (CAMHS)
  • Housing
  • Voluntary Sector

All of our trainers have occupied a safeguarding role in at least one of the above services. This means that when you attend our courses, you can be certain the material is relevant to your role, that the trainer understands your needs and that the course itself aligns with your professional standards and values. You will receive training that is underpinned by evidence and that is CPD-certified. We will continue to innovate and find solutions that help address the problems faced by those with a formal role in safeguarding children. Our approach emphasises sharing knowledge and skills, and we welcome feedback from colleagues who feel they can help us elevate the sector.

Our Offer

  • Child and Family Assessments, A Trauma-Informed Approach
  • Case Management in Children’s Services
  • Complex Co-Parenting
  • Co-parenting Without Conflict
  • Domestic Abuse, Child Protection Focus
  • Safeguarding Children and Promoting their Rights
  • Interviewing Skills for Social Workers
  • Motivational Interview (Safeguarding Model)
  • Reducing Parental Conflict
  • Working with Fathers

Co-parenting Without Conflict (Towards Reducing Parental Conflict)

Leveraging our expertise in safeguarding and supporting children and families, we have prepared a one-day programme that delves into the causes of parental conflict. Our initiative lets you acquire valuable knowledge, skills, and techniques to support families effectively. This trauma-informed programme appreciates the child’s voice, considers diversity, and embraces difference.… [ Read More ]

Empowering Safeguarding Professionals: Domestic Abuse Training Programme

Are you a professional dedicated to safeguarding children? Or perhaps you are a domestic abuse practitioner or a member of an agency obligated to report safeguarding concerns? Our comprehensive Domestic Abuse Training Programme, composed of four in-depth modules, is your key to a profound understanding and actionable knowledge of domestic… [ Read More ]

Motivational Interview for Children’s Services Practitioners: Elevate Your Skills and Drive Meaningful Change

In social work, Motivational Interviewing (MI) shines as a framework that is not just complementary but powerfully transformative. Much like the core values of social work, MI fosters an approach marked by compassion, collaboration, and a positive mindset. Through it, we cultivate an atmosphere of care that leaves a lasting… [ Read More ]

Trauma-Informed Complex Co-parenting: A One-Day Intensive Workshop

In a world where parents often grapple with complex and challenging behaviour, possibly tied to their own adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), the need for confident, skilled, and understanding practitioners has never been greater. Our one-day workshop addresses this need by equipping professionals with tools and insights to support parents in… [ Read More ]

Engaging with Fathers: A Vital Online Workshop for Better Outcomes

The role of fathers in child protection often goes unnoticed, and this oversight can be detrimental to the child’s development and emotional well-being. Distorted narratives driven by media and misconceptions such as fathers “don’t care” contribute to poor outcomes for children. Supporting only one parent in an ongoing unresolved parental… [ Read More ]

A Trauma-Informed Approach to Child and Family Assessments

Our programme, based on trauma-informed (TI) principles, enriches the process of child and family assessments by adding perspective – needs, risks to children, parental capacity, and capacity for change. We highlight identifying adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) that may hinder a child’s ability to rely on their families for the comfort,… [ Read More ]

Enhancing Social Work Through Cultural Humility and Ethnographic Interviewing

Tackling the challenges of cultural diversity is integral to effective social work. It requires understanding, sensitivity, and the right skills to connect with families whose backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives differ vastly from ours. That’s why we’ve carefully curated this programme, focusing on cultural humility and ethnographic interviewing. Our goal is… [ Read More ]

Reduce Parental Conflict Using Motivational Interviewing Techniques: A Two-Day Masterclass

The ripple effect of parental conflict is far-reaching and undoubtedly impacts children profoundly. If left unchecked, these situations can escalate rapidly, creating an environment of tension and distress. Harnessing our expertise in motivational interviewing, family trauma, and the family safeguarding model, we present a well-curated, immersive, evidence-based masterclass. This programme… [ Read More ]