Minnesota 5 Day Residency

Registration full, places no longer available.

Andrew and Resolutions Consultancy are excited to announce the first intensive Signs of Safety training to be offered in North America.

The five-day advanced training will suit professionals involved in all aspects of the child protection/child welfare task. It will be equally targeted at enabling professionals to use the approach in direct practice as well equipping senior practitioners, supervisors and managers to take the lead in implementing the approach within their agency.

Focus

The training will particularly focus on:

• Collaborative, safety-organised risk assessment using the signs of safety assessment framework
• ‘Mapping’ and supervising cases using the signs of safety framework.
• Building rigorous, sustainable safety plans that involve the family and their own naturally occurring networks
• Methods for talking openly to the children about child protection concerns and involving them in assessment and safety planning work.
• Building a culture of appreciative inquiry around practice and practitioners in the workplace.
• Interviewing and questioning skills that facilitate these practices.
• Organisational implementation strategies, structures and processes.

All of the training will be grounded in actual US and international case material, including video footage of practitioner and parents describing their experience of the practice. Andrew will demonstrate all of the skills and involve participants in many participative learning exercises to provide plenty of opportunity to practice.
Participants are encouraged to bring cases they would like to consult on and plenty of time will be available to discuss implementing this approach in their context.
All participants will be sent advanced reading and an extensive handout package will be provided at the training.