One day public workshop by Professor Eileen Munro and Dr Andrew Turnell, Thinking Social Work: What we Know, What We Do and Who We Are. More information and flyer coming soon.
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. THIS WORKSHOP IS NOW FULLY BOOKED
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.
Andrew will lead two, two-day introductory Signs of Safety workshops, one in Copenhagen (8th and 9th) and one in Funen (15th and 16th) and a two day advanced workshop in Copenhagen (10th and 11th). Contact Henrik Petersen at www.solutionfocus.dk for more information.
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.
Five-day Residency in the Signs of Safety with Viv Hogg and Andrew Turnell. Park Farm Gateshead. We expect this advanced training to fill quickly as last year it was fully booked four months prior to the event. Book early, places are limited.
Andrew will lead a two day workshop focused on Signs of Safety and the Resolutions approaches for the Centre for Experiential Training in Singapore. Contact Ho Kiat Kiat: cetsing@singnet.com.sg
The 3rd International Signs of Safety Gathering on March 29 to 31 at Oak Ridge Hotel and Conference Center Minnesota is FULLY BOOKED. The Gathering will feature presentations from agencies using the approach in North America and around the world. While no more places are available video of all presentations will be on the site from mid April.
We are delighted to announce the completely new Introduction to Signs of Safety DVD including 32 page workbook is now available. This 65 minute DVD is subtitled in Danish, Dutch, English, Japanese, Swedish and Russian and comes in both PAL and NTSC formats.
As part of its system-wide implementation of the Signs of Safety, the Department for Child Protection in Western Australia is moving to use Signs of Safety meetings as a key mechanism for building and focusing professional and family collaboration on child safety. The promotional flyer for promoting these meetings is linked here. The first phase of using Signs of Safety meetings was focused on pre-birth planning with pregnant mothers facing high-risk situations.
Sonja is a Social Worker who has used the Signs of Safety approach in statutory, hospital and family preservation child protection contexts. Sonja’s work with Resolutions focuses on training and consultation, as well as direct practice with families.
The Gathering will feature presentations from agencies using the approach in North America and around the world. While no more places are available video of all presentations will be on the site from mid April.
