Why wouldn’t families want to work with us? Working with Resistance and ‘Disguised Compliance’

Virtual via ZOOM- joining details will be emailed, Please ensure your organisation supports access to ZOOM to enable you to access this session.

Aims

• To increase understanding of reasons why families may not, initially, want to engage with services and the forms that this can take
• To consider lessons from practice, research and Serious Case Reviews/Child Practice Reviews regarding the implications for work to safeguard children in these families
• To facilitate discussion and address concerns about working with families who are resistant, partially compliant or deliberately mislead agencies
• To gain further understanding of patterns of behaviour that indicate deception and risk
• To increase ability to assess risk to children living in families where they may be hidden from professional view
• To develop skills to identify and challenge deliberate avoidance and misrepresentation

This training is either delivered full day or over two half days - please book the most suitable for your availbility as agreed with your line manager.

scsp_training@sandwell.gov.uk

Ruth Pearson

Virtual via ZOOM- joining details will be emailed, Please ensure your organisation supports access to ZOOM to enable you to access this session.