Theme
Sibling assessments are complex and emotive for many. This course will offer a comprehensive approach to undertaking these important assessments. It will explore how assessing social workers can plan the assessment, identify the key contributors and ensure you can engage these contributors in the process. Most importantly it will explore how to gain the views of the children, observe sibling interactions, draw conclusions on the quality of sibling relationships as well as focusing on the individual needs of each child and of the sibling group..
Learning outcomes
By the end of the course, participants will have:
• Considered sibling relationships and the impact of sibling separation, in the context of the individual needs of each child, contact, permanency planning and family relationships.
• Confidence and be equipped with the key knowledge and skills to assess siblings and present robust, evidence-based and child-focused recommendations.
• An overview of the CoramBAAF SAR report and the model of assessment set out in Beyond Together or Apart.
Who should attend?
• Children's social workers completing sibling assessments and writing care plans for children
• Fostering, adoption and kinship social workers who contribute to sibling assessments and plans for children
• Managers with responsibility for quality assuring and agreeing assessments and care plans
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“I found this training very helpful and relevant to my post. I have never had previous sibling assessment training and this will support my practice moving forward. The two key learning points that I found most useful are to consider the trauma history of the siblings and the longer term impact this can have upon their relationship and home life stability.”