Assessment skills - critical analysis
An interactive session for all staff working day to day with children and families to build on their assessment and analysis skills.
We will offer professionals an opportunity to enhance skills they already have and focus on what we have learnt through research and good practice.
Have a clear understanding of:
- The principles underpinning assessments of children and their families
- The purpose of any assessment and their legal mandate
- How to analyse the information
Using research and learning from serious case reviews to understand the:
- Importance of multi-agency, holistic assessments, which capture the voice of the child and as far as possible, work in partnership with parents
- Need to utilise the families’ strengths as well identifying the risks posed to the child(ren), alongside any gaps in information,
- Necessity of a framework within which to analyse the information gathered
- Importance of translating assessment findings into a SMART plan to promote the welfare of the child/ren
Increase confidence in:
- Assessing the welfare of children at risk
- All courses are offered on a Face to Face or Virtual basis.
- Bespoke & Open Training Courses Available.
Case Studies
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Enfield Trauma Informed Practice Programme
We were delighted to be invited to create a virtual programme for Enfield Council which was delivered to a multi-agency group of learnersRead More -
Gwynedd Council, Baby, Child and Teenage Brain development and the Effects of Poverty, Neglect and Poor Parenting
Gwynedd commissioned Interface to deliver an in-house one day course to multi agency staffRead More -
Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council - ACE's training
Interface was commissioned by Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council to provide 2 separate days training on ACE's (Adverse Childhood Experiences) to Local Authority family support staff.Read More -
Stockton-on Tees: Insights work to support integrated wellbeing model 0-19
Interface was commissioned to gather insight from a range of stakeholders to support the process for re-commissioning the integrated 0-19 Wellbeing Model.
Cancellation Policy
We are very flexible and will do our utmost to rearrange training should the need arise, but our trainers obviously commit themselves to the training days agreed and so if you need to cancel at short notice we will need to charge a cancellation fee to cover their time.
Please see our cancellation terms / fees.