Social distancing measures and lockdown has made it difficult for practitioners to provide direct contact to children and families. Other than occasional doorstep visits, check-ins are no longer face-to-face but take place through video and telephone calls. How are practitioners ensuring that children and families’ needs are still being met?
You'll hear from a children’s services practitioner about:
- the pressures of lockdown and the long-term impact, including looking out for concerning signs of abuse and neglect
- how they’re working with multiple agencies to meet different children and families’ needs and distributing resources for parents and carers
- potential child protection issues that may emerge as we transition back to pre-lockdown life
- how children are being supported to understand current issues in a child-friendly way
- next steps for delivering services virtually, such as group work programmes.
