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Signs of Safety
Welcome to the Signs of Safety and Resolutions Consultancy Website
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This website describes solution-focused, safety-organised child protection practice and the work of Andrew Turnell who collaborates with practitioners and agencies from all over the world in developing, implementing and describing these ideas.
Andrew is an independent social worker, family therapist and child protection consultant from Perth, Western Australia. While the child protection field is over-organised by anxiety and failure, Andrew’s work focuses on fostering, amplifying and describing, constructive on-the-ground child protection practice that creates meaningful safety for children in high-risk cases.
Andrew is the co-author and co-creator of the Signs of Safety approach to child protection casework and co-author of the Resolutions approach to ‘denied’ child abuse. Andrew teaches regularly around the world and acts as an ongoing practice and organizational consultant to child protection systems in Australasia, Europe, Japan and North America.
Malmo, Sweden
9 to 13 March 2009
This 5-day residency offers in-depth, comprehensive Signs of Safety training in a small group. Book early! More information at www.sikt.nu
Copenhagen, Denmark
16 to 19 March 2009
Two days Signs of Safety training specifically looking at safety planning and involving children followed by two days advanced training for professionals who are using the approach. Details at www.solutionfocus.dk
Chaska, Minnesota
6 and 7 April 2009
Two day all new workshop: Signs of Safety, Mapping and Safety Planning. This participative, skills-focused workshop will cover using
the Signs of Safety assessment and planning framework and look at the skills
and tools of
on-the-ground safety planning that makes children safe in their everyday lives. More information: Bill Schulenberg,
bschulenberg@connectedfamilies.com
Quicklink: Parents and Children's Research
On this site we maintain an up to date, as comprehensive as possible list of all the studies we are aware of that have researched the direct views and experience of child protection service recipients.
Quicklink: Strengths-based, safety-organised child protection references
On this site we also maintain an up to date, as comprehensive as possible
list of all the written material we are aware of that articulates
strengths-based, solution-focused and safety-organised ideas and practice
within the child protection context.
Words and Pictures DVD
Informing and Involving Children in Child Abuse Cases
The ‘Words and Pictures’ DVD introduces a concrete, tried and tested method, professionals can use to give children and young people age-appropriate, clear information about actual or alleged maltreatment and involve them in what will be done about the issue.
Working With Denied Child Abuse
The Resolutions Approach
Professor Harry Ferguson says: This important book provides a rare blend of new theoretical insights, practice wisdom, and a clear model for intervention into some of the most complex child abuse cases imaginable. It is essential reading for all those concerned with teaching, researching, managing and doing child protection.
The Kiwis are Publishing!
Megan Chapman and Jo Field have written about creating ‘practice depth’ in safety-organised child protection practice. Click Here
Cherie Appleton and Nicki Weld have just published Walking in Peoples Worlds offering therein their ideas about strengths-based child protection practice. Visit: www.cnzn.co.nz
Nicki Weld has also published a book chapter on the Three Houses work with children in a book entitled, Contemporary Risk Assessment in Safeguarding Children.
Visit: www.russellhouse.co.uk