Understanding and supporting children's identities
Understanding and supporting children's identities
Understanding and supporting children's identities
Drawing on Research in Practice resources, this workshop aims to support practitioners to think about the challenges they face in exploring and writing about children's identity in their work.
The workshop will allow time to reflect on the challenges of this area and the opportunity to practice using tools that can be taken into their work with children and families.
Learning outcomes
As a result of taking part in this workshop, participants will be able to:
- Explain what identity is and its importance in practice.
- Give examples of ways to support identity development for children and young people, and know where to find further guidance about this.
- Have greater understanding of how to consider intersectionality for children and young people.
- Reflect on the importance of recording accurate information about identity, led by the child or young person.
- Have a toolbox of different ways to talk to children and young people about their identity.
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Audience Types
Practitioners
Residential / care home workers
Senior practitioners
Workforce development teams
Professional Standards
PQS:KSS - Relationships and effective direct work | Communication | Child development | Child and family assessment | Promote and govern excellent practice | Purposeful and effective social work | Developing excellent practitioners
PCF - Values and ethics | Diversity and equality | Intervention and skills
Understanding, exploring and supporting children’s identity development: Practice Tool (2023)
This practice tool provides guidance about how practitioners can explore and write about identity with children and young people. It includes tips and practical tools, drawn from practice experience and research evidence.
Expressions of self: supporting minoritised children’s identity
Open access resources to support child and family social care practitioners to understand and support the identities of minoritised children and young people in care.
Using genograms in practice: Practice Tool (2024)
This practice tool supports practitioners to use genograms in their work with children and families, both as a tool for direct work and understanding of the family and to inform assessment and intervention.