Building safety, connection and trust with trauma-experienced parents: Practice Guide (2023)
Introduction
Trauma-experienced parents often find it hard to engage with safeguarding professionals given the inherent anxiety that can arise when Children and Family Services are involved. This guide summarises findings from interviews with trauma-experienced mothers about safeguarding involvement in relation to their children. It provides guidance about how practitioners can practice in a trauma-informed way to build connection, safety and trust with trauma-experienced parents.
Professional Standards
PQS:KSS - Relationships and effective direct work | Communication
PCF - Intervention and skills
RCOT - Understanding relationship | Communication
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Building safety, connection and trust with trauma-experienced parents: Report (2023)
This report shares findings from a thematic analysis of in-depth interviews with trauma-experienced mothers with experience of safeguarding involvement in relation to their children. It provides a unique opportunity for practice leaders to consider how services might become more trauma-responsive.
Working with trauma-experienced parents in children’s social care: Video Learning Resources
This learning programme has been developed to support children’s social care practitioners working with parents who have experienced complex and/or sustained trauma. The programme is made up of 11 film chapters – each exploring a different theme and designed to be worked through in order. As you work through each chapter you will learn more about how trauma affects the people you work with.