Effective communication with children 24/25

Target Group:

This training is targeted at:

• Professionals in direct contact with children who undertake or contribute to risk assessments and multi-agency meetings including social workers, family support workers, foster carers, health professionals, schools, police and others who work with children at risk of abuse, neglect and exploitation who work for the London Borough of Sutton. 

Competency level: 

• Group Level 2 (regular contact with children, young people and/or parent/carer) or Level 3 (predominantly working with children) or above (including strategic leads), and NHS Inter-Collegiate Standards 2 and above for health professionals.

Aims:

The aims of this session are:

• To understand some common difficulties in communication with children and young people;
• To understand the importance of working within an anti-racist/anti-discriminatory way when engaging people who use services and their families.

Learning Outcomes:

By the end of this course participants will have:

• An increased knowledge of the the importance of effective communication;
• An ability to list key skills, knowledge and characteristics of an effective communicator;
• An increased knowledge to Identify effective ways of communicating with children, young people and their families;
• An ability to identify the main barriers to communicating with children, young people and their families.