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Social workers have a key role in supporting families and,
where necessary, protecting their children. The current crisis
puts a particular pressure on parents in terms of psychological
and economic stress. This can both create and exacerbate
relational and practical difficulties that can impact on
the welfare of children and young people. Both of the tragic
cases of Star Hobson and Arthur Labinjo Hughes raised,
among many other issues, the particular challenges the
pandemic can present to agencies attempting to support
and families and protect children. This webinar will cover:
• The importance of ethical and humane social work practice
in a period of crisis;
• Concerns that arise for and about children, young
people and their families during the current crisis;
• How the crisis can exacerbate or lessen existing concerns
regarding children and young people;
• The messages from family support research literature
and how these can be applied in the current context;
• How social workers can work effectively with families
when there is limited face to face contact;
• The impact of stress and anxiety on children and young
people and the meaning of child-centred practice in such
a context;
• How statutory guidance such as “Working Together”
can be applied in social workers’ practice in the current
context.