Assessment skills - children & families
Understand the purpose and value of assessments and develop your confidence and skills in making effective, child focused assessments.
This is a 1 day in-house course (we come to you).
Recognising errors and pitfalls and exploring self-awareness, personal and cultural bias this course develops participant’s confidence, understanding and skills in making effective assessments in children & family services.
Currently only available as an in-house course (we come to you).
Course aims
To develop confidence, understanding and skills in making effective assessments
Course objectives
By the end of the course, you will have had opportunities to:
- Explore the purpose and value of assessments
- Recognise the components and qualities of a good, effective, child focused assessment
- Consider pitfalls and errors to avoid
- Ensure assessments remain child focused
- Consider analysing information and making clear plans
Venue info:
In-house courses (we come to you)
We would ask you to arrange a suitable venue and refreshments for the training. Contact us for more information.
Trainer: Susan Lawrence
"Seeing the creative tools and being shown how to use them. Very enjoyable and I would like to build on these skills further."
"It’s a good refresher really for those using the assessment process. Very useful and informative. Interacting with other agencies who work with children & young people."
"Assessment tools, genogram, practice, reflection! I really enjoyed the training. It will give me much more confidence next assessment. Thank you."
"I’ve taken lots of good advice and feel more confident to complete assessments. Really good, lots of helpful information. Very useful."
"Very relatable to my practice. Very useful, provided me with lots of knowledge and new assessment tools. "
"Identifying the need to have a clear aim before you start an assessment."
"Remembering to use alternative tools to enable discussions with families and not rely on the assessment team."