Back to Basics: What Do You Mean, “Doing Signs of Safety?”
Katrina Etherington is Team Leader of a Child-Centred Family Support Team in the Armadale District of the Department for Child Protection and an enthusiastic practitioner of the Signs of Safety Approach to Child Protection Casework. Katrina started applying the approach upon graduating from Social Work at Curtin University and after hearing Andrew Turnell deliver a presentation on the topic. Katrina is a Practice Leader Facilitator who contributes to the implementation of Signs of Safety in DCP.
Presentation Description:
This presentation will look at how talking about ‘doing’ Signs of Safety can be counter-productive. The presentation will revisit the basics of what it means to use the Signs of Safety approach to child protection practice, offering a perhaps different way of conceptualising the ‘solution and safety orientated approach to child protection casework’. Examples of how this is working in practice in the Child-Centred Family Support team in the Armadale District.
The Department for Child Protection in West Australia has chosen November 12, 13 and 14, 2012 for its second Signs of Safety Gathering. All 17 districts from around the state will present as well as three international presentations. This Gathering will provide an end-to-end picture of a comprehensive system-wide Signs of Safety implementation. Participants from overseas and elsewhere in Australia are welcome though places will be limited.
