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The child's world: assessing children in need

Training and development pack

Our training resource for professionals involved in the assessment of children in need and their families.

The child's world has been designed for use with staff involved in the assessment of children in need and their families under The Children Act 1989.

The pack is relevant to those who work in a wide range of sectors, particularly member agencies of Local Safeguarding Children Boards (LSCBs).

The child's world can be used as part of a continuing programme of staff development and read alongside the social work Post-Qualifying Child Care programme.

The resource contains:

Trainer: four modules (45 exercises)

• Foundation
• Assessment process
• Assessing children's needs
• Assessing parental capability

Reader:

An overview of research, theory and best practice relating to the assessment of children in need and their families, provided by expert contributors and grounded in theory and practice that have stood the test of time.

DVD

• Part 1: Six trigger scenarios address different aspects of parenting stress or difficulty.
• Part 2: My experience of assessment. The words of children who have had experience of assessments are spoken by volunteers, including disabled young people.

Watch a clip from the DVD:

Video guide

Provides structured advice on using the DVD.

Trainer guide

Advice for trainers on using the pack and how to link it to post-qualifying social work programmes. 

The child's world was originally developed by the NSPCC and the University of Sheffield following the publication of the Framework for the assessment of children in need and their families (DoH, 2000).

For further information about this training pack please contactus@nspcc.org.uk .

Buy The child's world from NSPCC Publications

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