A strength-based approach in child protection shifts focus from risk to potential, fostering collaboration by identifying and leveraging existing strengths within families to build achievable solutions.
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a strength-based approach can be used in
many different situations or
settings in the context of Child
Protection work it provides the
opportunity to view children and their
families as having potential as opposed
to just being at risk [Music]
the aim is to take a collaborative
approach to understanding what we're
worried about based on information
observations feelings and
experiences what's going well and what
strengths assets or resources are
available around the child and family
including their personal or internal
resources Family Social organizational
or professional and Community Resources
once the strengths that have been
available in the past or are now have
been identified they can be used
replicated or developed to construct
Solutions and plans that are achievable and
realistic the approach assumes that the
person requiring support has expert
knowledge about their own circumstances
and strengths and uses open and strength
focused questions to help people reveal
their present options future
possibilities and exceptions to their current
current
difficulties using skills like
reflective listening affirming
statements and empathy help to keep the
conversation authentic and
collaborative this creates the
conditions for op optimism
self-awareness resilience and
motivation in the following film the
social worker and parent work together
to try to understand the nature of the family
family
situation so perhaps you could talk to
me a little bit about what you're
worried about at the
moment well it's everything really but I
think the biggest thing is the
house so perhaps you could talk to me
about when your housing was okay and
what that looks like and what that felt like
like
um I think I can
remember before coming to live with Mom
when when it was just was before before
the Twins were
born and it was just it was so nice cuz
I actually got to decide when to have
tea and you know I could choose what to
cook for the kids so like James and
Rosie was oh they were so happy
and the the best thing about it was just
feeling like it was me deciding these
things I mean I just felt so much more
like I was in control of bringing them
up and looking after them so you find it
a bit easier to cope is it is it fair to
say when you feel like you have a bit
more control about those daily tasks
those those things about when you do
them and and and how okay so what else
was it that made it um that made you
feel better before when you were
parenting and you were in your own house
and what what things contributed to that
well we had this um where we used to
live um we had this little park and it
was really close so we would go down
after school most days and it was just
it was really nice just to see them
playing and I get I would get to you
know I would be pushing Rosie on the
swing and then James would be on the
little roundabout and it was just it was
so lovely cuz it felt like they were
having a nice time and it was just good
to see them enjoying themselves and I
might see another Mom down there and
then we could have a little chat but I
just I don't feel like I could get out
of the moment so making the time to
enjoy being a parent to enjoy spending
time with your children is that fair
yeah okay I'd like
that so what what else about out um in
the community so let's think about what
Community Resources there are is there
anything that you had before that you
don't have now or or what was going well
for you in terms of your community before
before
um well I suppose the school have always
been good school really helped me I mean
when I was worried about Rosie I'm still
worried about Rosie a bit now but it's
good to have a school where they cuz the
teacher will actually make time to talk
to you and it's on the playground I mean
I don't go up anymore but when I used to
go up on the playground it's good to
talk to the other moms and we even had
like we had a coffee morning once at the
school and that was lovely so at the
moment because you're not managing to
get up there to to drop off or collect
Rosie then it's a bit trickier to
actually make that connection with them
yeah yeah I do miss that
actually okay so
think think to a time when things were
going really really well for you and
what was happening at that point in time
you know the the children were going to
school they you were managing to to cope
yeah what what was it about that time
that particularly stands out for you as helping
helping you
you
um it's it's hard I think I felt happy
and I I just don't feel happy at the
moment that's probably the biggest
thing but I mean what what sort of thing
I don't know well let's think about you
how I I I understand it's difficult cuz
you're not feeling particularly happy
right now but thinking about yourself
what was it about yourself then that
made it easier that made you feel
happier what what was it within yourself
that made it that made it that much
easier I suppose I thought I was thought
I was doing a good job I mean I think I
just I try and remind myself that I love
my kids and that's the most important
thing but with everything else going on
at the moment I
just I don't know I just feel helpless
so it feels a little bit to me like
perhaps a bit of self-confidence in
terms of recognizing that at times you
can be a good parent other times It's
Tricky and that's one of those times now
but that actually you can be a good
parent and also I think it comes back to
enjoying being a parent like you were
talking about a minute ago yeah okay so
I just want to think about the twins for
a minute and their development um
they've seen the pediatrician what did
the pediatrician say um well she was
saying that they're a bit behind but I
was trying to explain that it's not I
don't think they're behind I think
they're just it's a family thing with
you know like James and Rosie were both
like it
so so what was it that that made um
Rosie meet those Milestones because
obviously eventually she did she you're
saying she was a bit behind like Jade
and Charlie are but what was it that
made her meet
those I think it was I don't know I I
always got out more with those two CU I
had a more stable I suppose a more
stable home life cuz I wasn't with Mom
you know I was in the house I mean Dell
was around but yeah less said about him
the better but at least it
was I suppose it's well continuity like
it's always it was always the same so we
had a pattern and we had things that we
would do like going to the park like I
was saying and just it's just feels like
chaos at the moment I don't feel like
I've got that for the twins so it feels
like potentially with Rosie when she was
younger the things that might have been
going well might have been that you had a
a
routine yeah yeah and that you were
stimulating her so you were getting her
out you were taking her to places yeah
showing her things like you know cuz I
used to sort of cuddle up with her on
the sofa and we'd read together and that
sort of
thing and I just I don't know can't face
it at the
moment but those things helped Rosie
meet those Milestones that you were
worried about when she was little so now
we need to start thinking about how we
can replicate that so that Jade and
Charlie can start meeting their
Milestones as
well yeah okay [Music]
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okay scaling is an important tool in a
strength-based approach used correctly
scaling lishes four main
things it puts a boundary around the
issue so it feels less uncontrollable
and more
manageable this can allow optimism and
motivation to
establish it helps to engage the
problemsolving brain and loosens the
grip of the emotional brain this can
allow people to observe the issue more
objectively without becoming emotionally
overwhelmed it provides a way of
breaking down
expectations into bite-sized discrete
steps making planning more realistic and
achievable where there are very serious
concerns about a child scaling can
provide Clarity and balance around the
safety and risk levels it offers a clear
point from which to measure and recognize
recognize
change families report that scaling
feels clearer and fairer the more
traditional methods of planning and [Music]
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assessment scaling can be used very
effectively in many different
settings for the purposes of Devon's
strength-based approach to Child
Protection our scale will run from 0 to
10 with zero being complete safety and
10 being the most dangerous situation possible
possible
each individual worry is scaled taking
into account the seriousness of the risk
and the potential of the strengths to increase
increase
safety whilst the number is important as
a measurement of safety or risk the most
important feature of scaling going
forward is whether at subsequent points
of measurement such as core groups and
reviews the scale is moving in the right direction
