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The Signs of Safety model is a tool intended to help practitioners with risk assessment and safety planning in child protection cases. Created by Andrew Turnell and Steve Edwards in Western Australia during the 1990s, Signs of Safety is now used in at least 12 different countries across Australasia, North America and Europe.

AfC will be implementing Signs of Safety across the entire workforce and through the child's journey from the Single Point of Access through to adoption. The way in which Child Protection Conferences are conducted will change to embrace the ethos of Signs of Safety. Th ...

The term 'Toxic Trio' has been used to describe how the issues of domestic abuse, mental ill-health and substance misuse can negatively impact upon optimal developmental outcomes.

Research studies have shown that the environment in which a child lives is crucial to their health, safety and well-being. A recognition by Ofsted (2010) and many researchers (including Brandon et al 2010, Cleaver et al 2007, 2011 and Stanley et al 2010, 2011) that, whilst parents with single issues such as mental health problems can be effective parents presenting minimal risk of significant harm to their childr ...

This course is designed for supervisors who provide supervision to frontline staff. Providing the space and time to reflect on practice is a key driver for this provision, as stated in the Munro Review; ‘it is as though the confluence of the search for certainty in detecting and eradicating abuse and neglect, combined with the belief (and management oversight) that following rules will further reduce the risk of missing a case, has replaced the space of reflection on professional judgement which actually protect children and young people’ (Munro Review of Child, 2010).

This course will refr ...

‘Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) are traumatic events that affect children while growing up, such as suffering child maltreatment or living in a household affected by domestic violence, substance misuse or mental illness.’ (ACES, 2018)

The course is accredited by OCN Credit 4 Learning as a Level 2 CPD one-day course. Credit 4 Learning is a long established not for profit educational charity working to improve the quality of education across the UK.

The course is designed for delegates who are working with children, young people or adults in education, care, or custody settings, and ...

Sharing learning from Serious Case Reviews and Learning Lessons Reviews is key to improving safeguarding practice. Kingston & Richmond Safeguarding Children Board is committed to ensuring that this important learning is shared as widely as possible with professionals across all agencies.

Achieving for Children is implementing Signs of Safety from 19th June 2017. The Signs of Safety model promotes strong relationship building and enables practitioners across different disciplines to work in partnership with children and families to maintain a focus on building safety within the family.

These briefings are an introduction to Signs of Safety and will give staff and partners an opportunity to hear about Achieving for Children’s intended implementation plan, as we set off on our journey to roll out Signs of Safety over the next couple of years. The briefing sessions will be led ...

It is agreed amongst practitioners and academics that the cumulative nature of neglect can have a disastrous impact on all aspects of children’s health and development. Neglect causes great stress to children leading to poor health, educational and social outcomes and is potentially fatal. Kingston & Richmond LSCB believes that all children and young people in our boroughs should have professionals who are able to swiftly identify and respond effectively to child neglect.

The Neglect Toolkit has been developed to is to help practitioners with parents and carers look at and think about the q ...

The Signs of Safety model is a tool intended to help practitioners with risk assessment and safety planning in child protection cases. Created by Andrew Turnell and Steve Edwards in Western Australia during the 1990s, Signs of Safety is now used in at least 12 different countries across Australasia, North America and Europe.

AfC will be implementing Signs of Safety across the entire workforce and through the child's journey from the Single Point of Access through to adoption. The way in which Child Protection Conferences are conducted will change to embrace the ethos of Signs of Safety. Th ...

Stress and trauma are part and parcel of everyday life. When an individual is in control of their life, stress becomes and useful tool in promoting learning and development. However, when we become overwhelmed by stressful situations the impact becomes toxic, and trauma can have lifelong implications. Stress is now seen as one of the major conditions affecting the mental health of the nation.

Sadly, children in care experience substantially higher levels of psychological distress than children in the general population (Burns et al, 2004; Ford et al, 2007). The impact of the toxic stresses ...

Achieving for Children is implementing Signs of Safety from 19th June 2017. The Signs of Safety model promotes strong relationship building and enables practitioners across different disciplines to work in partnership with children and families to maintain a focus on building safety within the family.

These briefings are an introduction to Signs of Safety and will give staff and partners an opportunity to hear about Achieving for Children’s intended implementation plan, as we set off on our journey to roll out Signs of Safety over the next couple of years. The briefing sessions will be led ...