Learning from Serious and Local Safeguarding Practice Reviews This webinar will look at research into the most recent reviews, as well as the overarching messages that have emerged in the last 20 years. Tragic child deaths, and the serious and local safeguarding practice reviews that follow, continue to shape much of the debate around child […]
This webinar explores the research in this area and identifies what practice can promote positive experiences of the care systems Stability and permanence for children and young people have been aspirations at the heart of the care system for the last thirty years. However, realising these aspirations has been consistently challenging. This webinar will focus […]
Critical Reflection and Analysis This webinar looks at the theoretical and research-based knowledge & tools linked to critical reflection, and their application in practice. In social work with children and families, the importance of the capacity for practitioners to exercise critical analysis and reflection is widely recognised. This is about managing complex casework, and therefore […]
MRC Webinar Series: Understanding and Responding to Complex Safeguarding: Issues and Dilemmas This series of four webinars explores some of the more complex areas of safeguarding practice with children and young people. Although there is a legitimate debate about the helpfulness of categories, it will nevertheless look at the particular challenges raised around neglect, emotional […]
There is already emerging evidence, internationally and domestically, that the recent pandemic led to a sustained increase in domestic violence and abuse. More generally, it is the most common reason why children and families come into contact with children services, and can pose a real challenge in terms of providing an ethical and effective response. […]
Responding to the Challenge of Loneliness in Social Care This webinar will attempt to identify and address the conditions of loneliness and social isolation. One million people aged 65 and over in the UK report they are often or always lonely. However, loneliness and social isolation are conditions that are difficult to identify, complex to […]
This webinar will consider the short and long-terms trends in the concerns about child and adolescent mental health. There is growing evidence of the impact of the pandemic on children and young people. This webinar scopes the emerging research in this area, particularly with regard to child and adolescent mental health. These current concerns, however, […]
Think you Know about Communication in Homelessness Settings? Think Again. Part of the HSCWRU Homelessness Webinar Series: www.kcl.ac.uk/events/series/homelessness-series Leigh Andrews, author of "You all f...ing talk too much": meeting communication needs in homelessness settings, speech and language therapist (SLT), and CEO of charity Change Communication, will talk about the widespread misunderstandings of communication in work with people […]
