Netherlands
Growing Interest in the Signs of Safety in The Netherlands
There is considerable interest in the Signs of Safety in the Netherlands. To help grow practitioners and agencies interested in building their use of the approach Andrew Turnell and his business Resolutions Consultancy is working in partnership with Bureau Van Montfoort (BVM) to offer training and a structured process to assist agencies to implement the approach. For more information contact Adri Van Montfoort through www.vanmontfoort.nl
BVM and Resolutions Consultancy in conjunction with Bureau Jeugdzorg Drenthe and Zeeland will also organise the Fourth International Signs of Safety Gathering in Zeeland in September 5 to 7, 2011
Provinces Implementing Signs of Safety in the Netherlands
Two Dutch provinces, Drenthe in the north and Zeeland in the south are implementing the Signs of Safety and there is considerable interest and momentum to spread the approach more broadly in the Netherlands. For more information about the work in Drenthe contact Roelof Martens, roelof.martens@bjzdrenthe.nl for Zeeland contact Eric Sulkers, e.sulkers@bjz-zeeland.nl
(Above) Signs of Safety High-risk team, Bureau Jeugdzorg Drenthe
Back row, left to right; Ria de Lange, Roelof Martens,, Jenny, Theo Klooster, Liane Pol, Alette Oosterhuis, Marieke Vogel, Lydia Bos, Margreet Timmer, Fabienne Petit, Petra Rozeboom. Front row left to right; Manna van t Slot, Jacob Olthof , Rina Groen, Johanna Hommenga.
(Above) Signs of Safety Practitioners, Zeeland
Back row, left to right; Gert Hontelez, Heleen van Rooijen, Jose Wennekes, Anja Suijkerbuijk, Bruno Vanassche, Yvonne Heerschop, Kitty Reijman, Johan van Pelt, Peter Streefkerk, Corinne Reitsma Middle row: left to right; Frank van Boxtel, Andrew Turnell, Eric Sulkers, Piet Castel, Netty Rikhof, Marina Vreecke, Linda Vogtlander Front row: left to right; Cora Wagter, Margo Blaas, Ilse Bozovic
Magazine
Recently Bureau Jeugdzorg Drenthe published a volume of their magazine ‘Breedbeeld’ focused on the Signs of Safety work. The text and concept is the work of Titia Struiving. Even if you can’t read Dutch its fantastic quality and worth a look, the children’s Three Houses drawings are inspiring. PDF here.
Video
Practitioners from both Zeeland and Drenthe presented their work at the Gateshead Gathering in 2008 – you can view video’s of their presentations here:
Signs of Safety Trainers in The Netherlands
Two pairs of practitioners from Drenthe have established training partnerships focused on the Signs of Safety work. They are Margreet Timmer and Petra Rozeboom - Signs of Safety NL and Marieke Vogel and Theo Klooster through their business TheMa Veiligheid. Margreet and Petra, Theo and Marieke work within Bureau Jeugdzorg Drenthe and have been in the middle of the 5 year Drenthe Signs of Safety implementation. They use the approach in their everyday child protection practice and so have direct working experience to assist other practitioners and also have a direct understanding of the hard work it takes for an agency to truly implement this approach.
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Signs of Safety Book in Dutch
The original Signs of Safety book is available in Dutch translation. Huge thanks to Ferko Öry for his work to make this happen. Click here for more information and to order.
Working with 'Denied' Child Abuse Book in Dutch
Andrew and Susie Essex's book on working with 'denied' child abuse has just been released in Dutch translation. It's dutch title is Als er ‘niets aan de hand’. Again even more thanks to Ferko Öry for his work to make this happen. Go to: http://www.bsl.nl/shop/werken-met-ontkende-kindermishandeling-9789031379...
Other Signs of Safety Materials
The website of Dr Walter Oppenoorth offers numerous DVD’s from training Andrew has provided in The Netherlands, http://www.octir.nl/eng/o/index.html
A Signs of Safety workbook and an introduction to the approach translated into Dutch are available here.
