Strength in Relationships Practice Model
Strength in Relationships is the Practice Model used by North Yorkshire Children and Families Service. It is a model that creates positive change that continues after support services for children and families are no longer needed to be involved. The goal is to create conditions that enable and allow relationships to flourish.
Additional Resources and Guidance:
Signs of Safety is the ‘One Approach’ of the Strength in Relationships Practice Model. It is a strength based, solution focused approach. It is a questioning model that recognises a families’ own expertise in their situations and takes them on a safety planning journey to their own solutions.
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Additional information is available in the resources section of the Signs of Safety knowledge bank: Home – Signs of Safety Knowledge Bank. This includes:
What Is Signs of Safety? – Signs of Safety
Signs of Safety Assessment and Planning Framework – Signs of Safety Knowledge Bank
Signs of Safety – Information for Parents – Signs of Safety Knowledge Bank
Signs of Safety Terminology and Trademarks – Signs of Safety Knowledge Bank
Safety planning Roadmap
Appreciative enquiry is a way to engage people in change, it focuses on what is working rather than what is not working and helps people uncover strengths, advantages and opportunities.
Additional resources looking at appreciative enquiry and the use of questioning when supporting children and families include:
Questioning Approach: NYSCP (safeguardingchildren.co.uk)
Strength Based Questions: NYSCP (safeguardingchildren.co.uk)
Scaling Questions
Turning questions into conversations
Mind of My Own is an inclusive app that empowers young people to participate in their lives and communicate their views to a trusted adult. It is a safe digital space where young people can be confident that their information is private and secure. More information about the App can be found here: One app – Mind Of My OwnMind Of My Own
Podcast: Mind Of My Own speaks to … Jo Miles, North Yorkshire’s Principal Social Worker on Vimeo
The Family Finding model seeks to build or maintain the youth’s Lifetime Family Support network for all children and young people who are disconnected or at risk of disconnection through being provided housing outside of their home and community. The process identifies relatives and other supportive adults, estranged from or unknown to the child, especially those who are willing to become permanent connections for them.
www.familyfinding.org
Executive summary from the Evaluation of the Signs of Safety in ten pilots report – a comprehensive and rigorous independent
evaluation of Signs of Safety practice conducted in 10 pilot areas across England,
You Can’t Grow Roses in Concrete – Action Research Final Report – Signs of Safety
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