The toolkit is a resource to help practitioners work with families to remove negative impacts on a child’s wellbeing and life.
This toolkit should be used in conjunction with the County Durham Family Outcome Framework.
Aim of the toolkit
The aim of this toolkit is to provide practitioners with practice guidance on a range of significant issues which are known to have a negative impact on a child’s wellbeing and life chances and ensures:
- children, young people and families receive consistent high quality help and support
- a strength based solution focused approach in our team work with families
- an open, honest and transparent approach to supporting children and their families
- direct help and support is offered to children and parents/carers
- both children and adults needs are addressed, using a ‘whole family’ approach to assessment and intervention
- where appropriate will require a collaborative ‘Team Around the Family’ using a single multi-agency Child and Family Plan
- a broad view of protection is taken acknowledging the broad determinates of health and well-being are addressed
- the use of evidence based best practice
- a child-centred approach within whole family focussed practice
- improved outcomes for children and young people
Training calendar
Families Information Service: Stronger Families in County Durham provides free training with a range of face to face and online courses for all partners working with children and families living in County Durham.