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Responding to Concerns About Domestic Violence and Abuse

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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

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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 […]

Is There a Growing Mental Health Crisis Amongst Children and Young People?

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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.

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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 […]

Intrafamilial Sexual Abuse

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Webinar Three in the Understanding and Responding to Complex Safeguarding: Issues and Dilemmas series 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 […]

Use of Self: The Ethical Use of Authority in the Supervisory Relationship

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Use of Self: The Ethical Use of Authority in the Supervisory Relationship Managing and Leading Your Team in a Period of Hybrid Working: A Course for Managers in Children’s and Adult Services (Webinar Five) The last 4 ½ years have seen working practice in social work change significantly. At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, […]

Understanding the Evolving Needs of the Workforce: A Webinar for Those in Workforce and Staff Development

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A webinar which explores the evolving needs of the workforce for those working in workforce and staff development. We are continuing to live in, and work through, unprecedented times. The Coronavirus public health crisis is continuing to exert huge pressures on families, communities and the services that seek to support them. It is a crisis […]

Reuniting Children and Young People with Their Birth Families

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This webinar will explore the messages from research into what can promote positive outcomes for children returning home. Wherever it is possible, the primary objective in terms of permanence for children in the care system is to reunite them with their birth families. However, research has consistently found that this is a particularly difficult and […]