Safety Organised Practice

The six practice elements

> Understand the position of each person

> Find exceptions

> Strengths and Resources

> Focus on Goals

> Scale Safety and Progress

> Willingness, Confidence and Capacity

PPT 1.2

Understand the position of each family member

What does s/he think about

> the concerns

> our intervention

> us

> the child or young person

> other family members

RATUG

Finding exceptions creates hope

Finding exceptions Practice activity

Family Strengths and Resources

Discover Family Strengths

... At the very least, the strengths perspective obliges workers to understand that, no matter however downtrodden and sick, individuals have survived and (in some cases) thrived. They have taken steps, summoned up resources and coped. We need to know what they have done, how they have done it, what they have learned from doing it, what resources, inner and outer were available in their struggle to surmount their troubles.

Saleeby, (1992) The Strengths Perspective in Social Work Practice

The light in the dark

3 Houses

Focus on Goals – What does the family want?

Practice Activity – questions to find out what the family wants.

Scale safety and progress

Different scales for different people and situations

Using scaling questions to assess safety

Using scaling questions with young people

Scaling as a summary tool and a practice activity

Using scaling questions to help vulnerable family members speak

Practice Activity – generating non - numerical scales.

Willingness, Confidence and Capacity

Safety Organised Practice

Understand position

Find exceptions

Discover strengths and resources

Focus on Goals

Scale safety and progress

Assess willingness, confidence and capacity