Working with Challenging and Hard to Help Families

Target Group            Experienced or senior professionals who work with complex needs families, and who contribute to assessing, planning, intervening,

                                   and reviewing the needs of a child or young person. 

Trainer:                      TBA

Times:                        9:30am – 4:30pm

Date:                           TBA

Delegates:                20 places                               

Aims and Objectives:

• To develop confidence and competence in the interface with other safeguarding professionals.
• To unpick what “authoritative practice” looks like in action.
• To use techniques and develop skills that assist practitioners in using authority when working with families who are hard to help and who present challenging and evasive behaviour to professionals.
• To use team around the child meetings, conferences and core groups as meetings where challenge and critical thinking can be demonstrated.