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 Waltham Forest – Reflective Supervision
Read MoreWe developed a reflective supervision course for the London Borough of Waltham Forest w to further develop and enhance the skills of those already working in a supervisory role.
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Connexus - Effective Support Worker Training
Read MoreWe were delighted to have another opportunity to continue our training with Connexus, working with a group of colleagues, the majority of whom were relatively new to their roles.
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ATHE Working with children, families and individuals Level 4 – Workpath, LB Tower Hamlets
Following a successful delivery of 4 Level 4 accredited programs to multi agency staff in the LB Tower Hamlets we were approached by Workpath to deliver a bespoke program to meet the needs of their workforce.Read More -
Stockton on Tees - Family Group Conferencing
Read MoreIt was a delight to join the newly expanded Family Group Conference team to deliver the CPD accredited 3 day FGC coordinator skills based training programme.
Cancellation Policy
Please see our cancellation terms / fees.