Advanced Assessment skills
Good quality assessments are fundamental to protecting children and supporting families. You need to be able to gather information, make sense of it and use it to create effective plans. This requires you to utilise a range of questioning and thinking skills for different purposes. It also requires you to use research and to analyse the information in a robust way to make sense of the story.
This course is for professionals working with children and families. We will explore, through presentations, discussions and case studies a range of advanced skills to enhance decision-making. Course content includes:
- Gathering information – the concept of the story
- The need for curiosity in relationship-based practice
- Recognising evidence, difference, grey areas and missing information in the assessment process
- Understanding colliding or nurturing biographies; cumulative and interacting risks and strengths
- Being aware of assumptions and error
- How to undertake thematic analysis of lived lives stories
- Analysing themes: strengths, risks; patterns, trends, time and impact
- Tools to guide a range of practice decisions
- All courses are offered on a Face to Face or Virtual basis.
- Bespoke & Open Training Courses Available.
Case Studies
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LB Barking and Dagenham – Support for Family Hubs
Read MoreWe have been supporting LB Barking and Dagenham for almost a year around their Early Help and Family Hub agenda.
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Shropshire Early Help – Staff Support and Supervision
We have a long-standing working relationship with Shropshire and recently delivered an updated 2 day supervision course for new and emerging managers.Read More -
Slough Children First - ATHE Level 4 certificate – Working with Children, individuals, and Families.
Read MoreWe are delighted to be working with Slough and their committed and passionate workers to complete our Level 4 accredited qualification.
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Advanced Team around the Family Training – Cheshire West and Chester
Cheshire West and Chester have a strong internal whole family working vision and agenda and were looking for a training organisation to support with further implementation and training for its wider partners.Read More
Cancellation Policy
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