Communicating with children is one of the hardest parts of social work. Identifying and sharing resources that have been successful can help us fill in the gaps and build positive relationships with the young people we work with.
Tools for communicating with young people
- Search the NSPCC Library for resources for communicating with young people
- View UNICEF’s Communicating with Children resources
- Look at top tips for communicating with young people
Seeking help
Keeping safe
- Talk PANTS to your children: The Underwear Rule
- It’s not okay: guidance for professionals for child sexual exploitation
Overcoming barriers
- Barriers to young people engaging in positive activities
- Safeguarding disabled children
- Domestic abuse within South Asian communities: the specific needs of women, children and young people
- The Hideout is for young people who have witnessed domestic violence
Please share any good resources you have used that others could benefit from in their work with young people by:
- E-mail lac@wirral.gov.uk