Course: Building Effective Relationships with Families (Virtual)
Date: 22 October 2024 — 9.30am-4pm
Trainer: Mike Smith, Safeguarding Trainer
Location: Virtual — Zoom
Course Description:
Many families have some concerns and reservations, at least initially, to being worked with by children’s professionals. Parents who are worked with in a safeguarding process will often have histories that include disadvantage and discrimination, and may experience professional contact as a further sign that they have ‘failed’ in their parenting. The aim of this one-day programme is to support you in developing your skills in building effective relationships with parents and offer some practical techniques to improve the likelihood of engaging constructively with them.
Course Objectives:
By the end of the programme you will have:
— Developed your awareness of the signs a parent may need greater effort to build a positive relationship with, and some of the possible reasons why this might be needed
— Looked at the key role professionals have in building positive collaborative relationships with families, while understanding the appropriate use of professional authority when there are child protection concerns
— Considered signs that can indicate a parent’s degree of commitment to, and confidence in, making changes
— Been introduced to frameworks for making sense of the change process, and
— Identified actions that professionals can take to motivate, support and encourage parents to engage with plans to safeguard and promote their children’s welfare.
Target Audience:
This event is suitable for professionals in all Working Together Groups.
The CSCP will be delivering both face-to-face and virtual safeguarding training during the autumn term. Please ensure that you have read the course description, so you are clear on the delivery method for the course you have booked. Further details will be shared with you closer to the course date.
— Delegates need to register for a CSCP training account.
— Apply to join the course.
— An automated confirmation email will be received if your application is successful.
— Further details will be shared before the course date including the location of the course.
— Complete the three-stage evaluation which delegates will receive by email.
If the session you are attending is virtual:
— Please make sure you can access Microsoft Teams or Zoom.
— There is an expectation that all delegates engage and fully participate in the sessions and always have their camera on.
— Keep questions general, and avoid giving any information that could be used to identify a child or family.
— Use headphones or a headset and always keep your speaker on mute if you’re not speaking.
— Don’t record any of the online conversation.
— Make sure other people you live with, especially children, are not in the room and cannot overhear sensitive information.
— Don’t use any other devices while you’re taking part.
— Join on laptop or PC for a better experience.
Failure of any of the above will result in the delegate not receiving their certificate of accreditation.
