A recording of Community Care's 2025 World Social Work Day webinar on restorative and relational approaches to support families and communities
Dr Alice Loving shares findings from her research with parents whose children were the subject of child protection plans, about their relationships with their child's social worker, and practical tools to support your relationships and work with parents, safeguard children and support their wellbeing
Jenifer Lamadrid discusses domestic abuse in young people's relationships including how to assess risks and challenge harmful behaviour.
Recording of a webinar discussing the different ways family group conferencing can be used in children's social care, at different stages of concern, to support children to remain with their families or communities
A practice-based video explaining the importance of rethinking the term 'disguised compliance'.
A guide to planning and carrying out life story work with children and young people.
Recording of a webinar where practitioner and researcher Laura Hanbury shared what makes for effective approaches to life story work for children in care
New and updated directory of direct work tools.
In this recording of a Nov 2023 webinar, leading children's social work practice researcher Gillian Ruch shares advice and ideas on effective direct work resources to support discussing emotions and children's outcomes
"Sometimes you need that one person to thrive in life". Lizzie, a young adult care leaver, and Janet, her former social worker, discuss building an ongoing relationship and how Janet has been a 'mother figure' for Lizzie.