Making Connections with Vulnerable Children and Families: Creative Tools and Resources for Practice

Making Connections with Vulnerable Children and Families is a practical resource for practitioners to build effective relationships and engage meaningfully with vulnerable children and their families, featuring evidence-based research and tools developed and tested by frontline practitioners. It can be used in various work settings and supports a relational approach to practice, helping practitioners understand the lived experience and impact on health and well-being.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 256 pages
Publication date: 21 March 2025
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers

Making Connections with Vulnerable Children and Families is a comprehensive guide for practitioners seeking to build effective relationships and engage meaningfully with vulnerable children and their families. Edited by Jan Horwath, the lead editor of the bestselling child protection handbook The Child's World, the text offers a wealth of clear, user-friendly, and creative materials and downloadable content. The tools are based on evidence-based research and have been developed and tested by frontline practitioners from various disciplines working in Rochdale. Each tool includes a practice example, details about aims, methods, things to think about, and possible adaptations. The tools can be used in a variety of work settings and are designed to support a relational approach to practice. These tools will help practitioners establish relationships with children and their primary carers, understand their lived experience and the impact of this on the child's or adolescent's health and well-being. Additional tools are included for use with parents and primary carers to explore parenting capacity and the socio-economic factors that influence family life.

Weight: 674g
Dimension: 296 x 211 x 21 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781787757943