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Delivery Programme

2018-2019 Overview

The Delivery Programme details our annual calendar of learning resources and events. The programme is informed by consultation with our membership network and this year focuses on five key themes:

Trauma
Neglect
Mental health
Complex exploitation
Strengths-based approaches

Our Tailored Support services also form part of the Delivery Programme for Research in Practice Partners.

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*All Tailored Support for 2018-19 MUST be booked and confirmed by 30 November 2018.

Activity by month

April
Date	Location	Title	Type
April		Technology in Children's Services: Research and Policy Update 205 April 2018	Research and Policy Update: Learning Resource
13 April		Deadline for Partners’ Tailored Support requests for delivery between April - June 2018*.	Tailored Support

May
Date	Location	Title	Type
May		Recruitment and retention in children’s social care: Research and Policy Update 206 May 2018	Research and Policy Update: Learning Resource
16 May	London	Understanding complex safeguarding and responding to different forms of exploitation What have we learnt from the practice, policy and research focus on child sexual exploitation and how can we apply this learning in responding to issues such as criminal exploitation, 'county lines', modern slavery and radicalisation? This workshop shares innovative multi-agency approaches to complex safeguarding. It explores the challenges that current processes present and examines how we can design more effective and cohesive safeguarding responses. Aimed at: Strategic and practice leads, service managers, heads of service, team managers in children's and youth services and specialist services focused on exploitation.	Research Messages Workshop: Learning Event
May		Transitional safeguarding from adolescence to adulthood While increased focus on transitions is evident in SEND services, mental health provision and care-leavers’ support, safeguarding remains an area where Children’s and Adults’ Services operate separately. Drawing on research and innovative practice, this Strategic Briefing examines integrated and multi-agency approaches to safeguarding young people into adulthood, and considers how we can design an effective, fluid and transitional safeguarding response for adolescents and younger adults. Aimed at: Senior leaders and managers involved in safeguarding children and/or adults, in particular those with responsibility for designing and developing services and leading practice.	Strategic Briefing: Publication

June
Date	Location	Title	Type
June		Early childhood development: Research and Policy Update 207 June 2018	Research and Policy Update: Learning Resource
8 June	Online	Trauma-informed responses in relationship-based practice A practical understanding of developmental trauma can enable workers to move beyond reactive responses to people's presenting behaviour. In this webinar, Danny Taggart introduces his Frontline Briefing and explains how recognition of adolescents' past experience can play a critical role in supporting the safety, permanency and wellbeing of adolescents and young adults. Aimed at: Social workers, family support workers and team managers in direct practice with children and families	Webinar: Learning Event
14 June	Newcastle	Understanding complex safeguarding and responding to different forms of exploitation What have we learnt from the practice, policy and research focus on child sexual exploitation and how can we apply this learning in responding to issues such as criminal exploitation, 'county lines', modern slavery and radicalisation? This workshop shares innovative multi-agency approaches to complex safeguarding. It explores the challenges that current processes present and examines how we can design more effective and cohesive safeguarding responses. Aimed at: Strategic and practice leads, service managers, heads of service, team managers in children's and youth services and specialist services focused on exploitation.	Research Messages Workshop: Learning Event
14 - 15 June	Leamington Spa	Risks, rights and the role of the state: Leaders’ Forum Children’s and Adults’ Services are concerned not only with addressing risk and harm, but also promoting rights and social justice. Leaders seeking to achieve this balancing act may face policy tensions, both within and between Children’s and Adults’ Services and across multi-disciplinary partnerships. Exploring the evidence regarding risk and rights highlights leadership implications for creating a coherent system and raises questions about the role of the state in people’s lives. Run jointly by Research in Practice and Research in Practice for Adults, Leaders’ Forum will bring together colleagues from statutory and voluntary sector organisations, policy and academia to discuss the balance between risk-responsiveness and rights-enablement and to explore the role of leaders in creating the conditions required for practitioners to navigate this complex terrain. Aimed at: Directors, Assistant Directors and strategic managers from Partner organisations across the Research in Practice/Research in Practice for Adults networks.	Leaders' Forum: Network Event
15 June		Deadline for Partners’ Tailored Support requests for delivery between July - September 2018*	Tailored Support
28 June	London	Trauma-informed practice This workshop provides an introduction to the language and theory of trauma-informed practice with practical knowledge and skills development for direct work. It will develop structures for thinking and working with parents, children and young people. The workshop will also consider how presenting behaviours may obscure trauma and how trauma experiences effect engagement between practitioners and families, including vicarious trauma experienced by practitioners. It will provide practical means to develop working approaches in this context. Aimed at: Social workers, family support workers and team managers in direct practice with children, young people and families.	Research Messages Workshop: Learning Event

July
Date	Location	Title	Type
July		Commissioning Care: Research and Policy Update 208 July 2018	Research and Policy Update: Learning Resource
6 July	Bristol	Building practice through Appreciative Inquiry Developing strengths-based practice requires us to learn from positive practice and feedback, within a systemic culture that is often more geared to reacting to crisis or 'failure'. This workshop will explore the principles of Appreciative Inquiry, consider how the approach may be applied to direct work and explore models for case discussion and supervision which enable strengths-based reflective practice. Aimed at: Social workers, family support workers and team managers in direct practice with children, young people and families.	Research Messages Workshop: Learning Event
July		Trauma-informed responses in relationship-based practice Understanding developmental trauma can support us to build practice beyond reactive responses. This briefing introduces theory and research on developmental trauma. It includes practical suggestions on understanding adolescents' past experience and sets out how recognition of these issues can play a critical role in meeting goals for the safety, permanency and wellbeing of adolescents and young adults. Aimed at: Social workers, family support workers and team managers in direct practice with children, young people and families.	Frontline Briefing: Publication
July		Developing and leading trauma-informed practice systems Building trauma-informed practice systems requires leaders to shape local policy and organisational culture in order to enable workers’ practice approaches. This briefing presents evidence on leading systems development, with particular attention to protecting children, young people and families from re-traumatising experiences and workers from ‘vicarious trauma’ in the course of their work. Aimed at: Leaders of child and family services including Lead Members; Chief Executives; local authority Directors; Safeguarding Board leads.	Leaders' Briefing: Publication
July		System redesign: a child-centred strategy for mental health Early access to flexible and effective mental health support will help secure better outcomes for children and young people. Effective commissioning of services in this area requires good local data and meaningful involvement of children and young people while building on existing good practice. This Strategic Briefing provides an overview of the key issues in improving mental health provision. Aimed at: Senior leaders, Clinical Commissioning Group members, commissioners, and Assistant Directors.	Strategic Briefing: Publication

August
Date	Location	Title	Type
August		Topic TBC: Research and Policy Update 209 August 2018	Research and Policy Update: Learning Resource
14 August		Deadline for Partners’ Tailored Support requests for delivery between October - December 2018*	Tailored Support

September
Date	Location	Title	Type
September		Exploitation and vulnerability: Research and Policy Update 210 September 2018	Research and Policy Update: Learning Resource
11 September	Birmingham	Coaching skills for managers and leaders This workshop will explore how coaching skills can be used by practice supervisors to support strengths-based practice. It will share evidence from research and practice on the value of coaching approaches in management and supervision, and offer practical skills and tools to use when coaching staff. It will also identify ways in which these skills can be adopted by practitioners in their work with children and families. Aimed at: Strategic and practice leads, service managers, heads of service, and team managers in child and family and youth services.	Research Messages Workshop: Learning Event
12 September	London	Working with children and young people to support positive mental health and wellbeing This workshop aims to help those working with children and young people in developing the skills required to identify mental health needs and provide support through direct work. Early recognition and support can prevent mental health difficulties escalating and can improve children’s outcomes. The workshop will also explore strategies for making ‘every contact count’ for mental wellbeing. Aimed at: Social workers, family support workers and team managers in direct practice with children, young people and families.	Research Messages Workshop: Learning Event
19 September	Bristol	Poverty, inequality, neglect: building strategic thinking Ground-breaking research led by Paul Bywaters is providing clear evidence of systemic inequities - in the scale of funding cuts to Children's Services, in child protection intervention rates and the relationship between poverty, inequality and child neglect. This workshop, led by two of the core research team, will support strategic thinking, practical learning and action planning informed by this research. Aimed at: Strategic and practice leads, service managers, heads of service, team managers in child and family services.	Research Messages Workshop: Learning Event
20 September	Manchester	Poverty, inequality, neglect: building strategic thinking Ground-breaking research led by Paul Bywaters is providing clear evidence of systemic inequities - in the scale of funding cuts to Children's Services, in child protection intervention rates and the relationship between poverty, inequality and child neglect. This workshop, led by two of the core research team, will support strategic thinking, practical learning and action planning informed by this research. Aimed at: Strategic and practice leads, service managers, heads of service, team managers in child and family services.	Research Messages Workshop: Learning Event
26 September	London	Building practice through Appreciative Inquiry Developing strengths-based practice requires us to learn from positive practice and feedback, within a systemic culture that is often more geared to reacting to crisis or 'failure'. This workshop will explore the principles of Appreciative Inquiry, consider how the approach may be applied to direct work and explore models for case discussion and supervision which enable strengths-based reflective practice. Aimed at: Social workers, family support workers and team managers in direct practice with children, young people and families.	Research Messages Workshop: Learning Event

October
Date	Location	Title	Type
October		Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND): Research and Policy Update 211 October 2018	Research and Policy Update: Learning Resource
3 October	London	Coaching skills for managers and leaders This workshop will explore how coaching skills can be used by practice supervisors to support strengths-based practice. It will share evidence from research and practice on the value of coaching approaches in management and supervision, and offer practical skills and tools to use when coaching staff. It will also identify ways in which these skills can be adopted by practitioners in their work with children and families. Aimed at: Strategic and practice leads, service managers, heads of service, and team managers in child and family and youth services.	Research Messages Workshop: Learning Event
9 October	York	Trauma-informed practice This workshop provides an introduction to the language and theory of trauma-informed practice with practical knowledge and skills development for direct work. It will develop structures for thinking and working with parents, children and young people. The workshop will also consider how presenting behaviours may obscure trauma and how trauma experiences effect engagement between practitioners and families, including vicarious trauma experienced by practitioners. It will provide practical means to develop working approaches in this context. Aimed at: Social workers, family support workers and team managers in direct practice with children, young people and families.	Research Messages Workshop: Learning Event
11 October	Birmingham	Working with children and young people to support positive mental health and wellbeing This workshop aims to help those working with children and young people in developing the skills required to identify mental health needs and provide support through direct work. Early recognition and support can prevent mental health difficulties escalating and can improve children’s outcomes. The workshop will also explore strategies for making ‘every contact count’ for mental wellbeing. Aimed at: Social workers, family support workers and team managers in direct practice with children, young people and families.	Research Messages Workshop: Learning Event
25 October	Online	Complex safeguarding: understanding and responding to different forms of exploitation of children and adolescents What have we learnt from the practice, policy and research focus on child sexual exploitation and how can we apply this learning in responding to issues such as criminal exploitation, 'county lines', modern slavery and radicalisation? This webinar presents key messages on innovative multi-agency approaches to complex safeguarding. Aimed at: Strategic and practice leads, service managers, heads of service, team managers in children's and youth services and specialist services focused on exploitation.	Webinar: Learning Event

November
Date	Location	Title	Type
November		Youth Justice and secure settings: Research and Policy Update 212 November 2018	Research and Policy Update: Learning Resource
6 November	London	Poverty, inequality, neglect: building strategic thinking Ground-breaking research led by Paul Bywaters is providing clear evidence of systemic inequities - in the scale of funding cuts to Children's Services, in child protection intervention rates and the relationship between poverty, inequality and child neglect. This workshop, led by two of the core research team, will support strategic thinking, practical learning and action planning informed by this research. Aimed at: Strategic and practice leads, service managers, heads of service, team managers in child and family services.	Research Messages Workshop: Learning Event
7 November	York	Poverty, inequality, neglect: building strategic thinking Ground-breaking research led by Paul Bywaters is providing clear evidence of systemic inequities - in the scale of funding cuts to Children's Services, in child protection intervention rates and the relationship between poverty, inequality and child neglect. This workshop, led by two of the core research team, will support strategic thinking, practical learning and action planning informed by this research. Aimed at: Strategic and practice leads, service managers, heads of service, team managers in child and family services.	Research Messages Workshop: Learning Event
8 November	Bristol	Working with children and young people to support positive mental health and wellbeing This workshop aims to help those working with children and young people in developing the skills required to identify mental health needs and provide support through direct work. Early recognition and support can prevent mental health difficulties escalating and can improve children’s outcomes. The workshop will also explore strategies for making ‘every contact count’ for mental wellbeing. Aimed at: Social workers, family support workers and team managers in direct practice with children, young people and families.	Research Messages Workshop: Learning Event
8 November	Leamington Spa	Link Officers' Annual Meeting Join us at this year’s Link Officers’ Annual Meeting (LOAM). This popular event is a unique opportunity for Partners to share practice, discuss emerging sector issues and learn from one another. The theme for LOAM this year is models of practice. In recent years the sector has focused increasing attention to the cultures, frameworks and systems in which social work takes place. What is (and what is not) a model of practice? What difference does it make to implement a shared framework across an organisation of locality? We will explore the evidence and share experiences in designing, implementing and working with a range of current models. If you would like to showcase the development or implementation of a practice model in your organisation, please speak to your Account Manager. There will also be opportunities to: Attend a support session for new Link Officers, an invaluable session if you have recently taken on the role. Account Managers will recommend how best to promote Research in Practice within your organisation and give advice on the Link Officer role. Hear the latest developments from Research in Practice. Network with other Link Officers from across the Partnership network. Aimed at: All Link Officers across the Research in Practice network.	Link Officers' Annual Meeting: Network Event
15 November	Preston	Understanding complex safeguarding and responding to different forms of exploitation What lessons have we learnt from responding to child sexual exploitation and how can we apply these in our response to criminal exploitation, modern slavery and radicalisation? Exploring what complex safeguarding is, this workshop is for strategic leads, service managers, team managers and practice leads. It examines multi-agency approaches to various forms of exploitation, what challenges exist within our current processes and how we can design a more effective and cohesive response for children and families. Aimed at: Strategic leads, service managers/heads of service, team managers and practice leads.	Research Messages Workshop: Learning Event
21 November	Bristol	Trauma-informed practice This workshop provides an introduction to the language and theory of trauma-informed practice with practical knowledge and skills development for direct work. It will develop structures for thinking and working with parents, children and young people. The workshop will also consider how presenting behaviours may obscure trauma and how trauma experiences effect engagement between practitioners and families, including vicarious trauma experienced by practitioners. It will provide practical means to develop working approaches in this context. Aimed at: Social workers, family support workers and team managers in direct practice with children, young people and families.	Research Messages Workshop: Learning Event
28 November	Peterborough	Understanding complex safeguarding and responding to different forms of exploitation What lessons have we learnt from responding to child sexual exploitation and how can we apply these in our response to criminal exploitation, modern slavery and radicalisation? Exploring what complex safeguarding is, this workshop is for strategic leads, service managers, team managers and practice leads. It examines multi-agency approaches to various forms of exploitation, what challenges exist within our current processes and how we can design a more effective and cohesive response for children and families. Aimed at: Strategic leads, service managers/heads of service, team managers and practice leads.	Research Messages Workshop: Learning Event
30 November		Deadline for Partners’ Tailored Support requests for delivery between January - March 2019*	Tailored Support

December
Date	Location	Title	Type
December		Most read RiP summaries: Research and Policy Update 213 December 2018	Research and Policy Update: Learning Resource
5 December	Online	Working with neglect and deprivation Informed by a commitment to ethical child and family practice, this webinar introduces the Frontline Briefing on working with neglect and deprivation. Polly Baynes highlights key messages from the briefing and explores practical strategies for applying this knowledge in direct work with children, young people and families. Aimed at: Social workers, family support workers and team managers in direct practice with children, young people and families.	Webinar: Learning Event
TBC	Online	Young people’s views of mental health support As local areas develop strategies to improve mental health support for children and young people, it is essential that their experiences, views and wishes guide the design and delivery of services. This Podcast explores the experiences of young people from different backgrounds as they make decisions on accessing help and support. Aimed at: Corporate parents, Assistant Directors, commissioners, and future virtual mental health leads.	Podcast
TBC	TBC	Working with children and young people to support positive mental health and wellbeing: making every visit count This workshop aims to help those working with children and young people in developing the skills required to identify mental health needs and provide support through direct work. Early recognition and support can prevent mental health difficulties escalating and can improve children’s outcomes. The workshop will also explore strategies for making ‘every contact count’ for mental wellbeing. Aimed at: Social workers, family support workers and team managers in direct practice with children, young people and families.	Research Messages Workshop: Learning Event
TBC	TBC	Working with children and young people to support positive mental health and wellbeing: making every visit count This workshop aims to help those working with children and young people in developing the skills required to identify mental health needs and provide support through direct work. Early recognition and support can prevent mental health difficulties escalating and can improve children’s outcomes. The workshop will also explore strategies for making ‘every contact count’ for mental wellbeing. Aimed at: Social workers, family support workers and team managers in direct practice with children, young people and families.	Research Messages Workshop: Learning Event
December		Working with neglect and deprivation Informed by a commitment to ethical child and family practice, this Frontline Briefing builds knowledge and skills for direct practice where neglect is a concern. It summarises evidence on impacts of neglect experienced at different developmental stages in a child or young person's life, and the relationship between socio-economic deprivation and neglect in the context of austerity. Aimed at: Social workers, family support workers and team managers in direct practice with children, young people and families.	Frontline Briefing: Publication
December		Supporting children and young people’s emotional health Developing emotional health and wellbeing can provide a preventative bedrock to support children and young people's mental health. This tool offers practical, research-based strategies for practitioners working in universal and targeted services as well as those working with children involved with statutory services. Aimed at: Social workers, family support workers and team managers in direct practice with children, young people and families.	Practice Tool: Publication
December		Implementing strengths-based approaches in practice systems and across organisations This Strategic Briefing sets out evidence to support the development of organisational leadership of strengths-based practice. The briefing explores how approaches to management and supervision, local processes andorganisational contexts affect practitioners' ability to work with families’ strengths, and how to promote a strengths-based culture for practice. Aimed at: Strategic and practice leads, service managers, heads of service, team managers in child and family and youth services.	Strategic Briefing: Publication

January
Date	Location	Title	Type
January		Topic TBC: Research and Policy Update 214 January 2019	Research and Policy Update: Learning Resource
January	Online	Complex safeguarding: understanding and responding to different forms of exploitation of children and adolescents In this Podcast, Alice and Damian draw upon their experience delivering the Research Messages Workshop on this topic to discuss what complex safeguarding is and what practitioners need to know about working in this multi-agency environment. Aimed at: All those working within Children's Services.	Podcast
January	Online	Transitions – supporting young people in transition to reach positive outcomes in adulthood The differing legal frameworks governing children and adult services combined with the range of services involved in supporting young people in transition can create challenges for practitioners in providing joined up support for young people. Drawing on innovative practice funded by the Department for Education from the Preparing for Adulthood demonstration sites, this webinar examines the challenges and opportunities in supporting young people to develop the skills they need to be successful in adult life.	Webinar: Learning Event
16 January	Manchester	Building practice through Appreciative Inquiry Developing strengths-based practice requires us to learn from positive practice and feedback, within a systemic culture that is often more geared to reacting to crisis or 'failure'. This workshop will explore the principles of Appreciative Inquiry, consider how the approach may be applied to direct work and explore models for case discussion and supervision which enable strengths-based reflective practice. Aimed at: Social workers, family support workers and team managers in direct practice with children, young people and families.	Research Messages Workshop: Learning Event
22 January	Birmingham	Trauma-informed practice This workshop provides an introduction to the language and theory of trauma-informed practice with practical knowledge and skills development for direct work. It will develop structures for thinking and working with parents, children and young people. The workshop will also consider how presenting behaviours may obscure trauma and how trauma experiences effect engagement between practitioners and families, including vicarious trauma experienced by practitioners. It will provide practical means to develop working approaches in this context. Aimed at: Social workers, family support workers and team managers in direct practice with children, young people and families.	Research Messages Workshop: Learning Event
24 January	Manchester	Coaching skills for managers and leaders This workshop will explore how coaching skills can be used by practice supervisors to support strengths-based practice. It will share evidence from research and practice on the value of coaching approaches in management and supervision, and offer practical skills and tools to use when coaching staff. It will also identify ways in which these skills can be adopted by practitioners in their work with children and families. Aimed at: Strategic and practice leads, service managers, heads of service, team managers in child and family and youth services.	Research Messages Workshop: Learning Event
30 January	York	Coaching skills for managers and leaders This workshop will explore how coaching skills can be used by practice supervisors to support strengths-based practice. It will share evidence from research and practice on the value of coaching approaches in management and supervision, and offer practical skills and tools to use when coaching staff. It will also identify ways in which these skills can be adopted by practitioners in their work with children and families. Aimed at: Strategic and practice leads, service managers, heads of service, team managers in child and family and youth services.	Research Messages Workshop: Learning Event

February

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February

Topic TBC: Research and Policy Update 215 February 2019

Research and Policy Update: Learning Resource

5 February

Birmingham

Building practice through Appreciative Inquiry

Developing strengths-based practice requires us to learn from positive practice and feedback, within a systemic culture that is often more geared to reacting to crisis or 'failure'. This workshop will explore the principles of Appreciative Inquiry, consider how the approach may be applied to direct work and explore models for case discussion and supervision which enable strengths-based reflective practice.

Aimed at: Social workers, family support workers and team managers in direct practice with children, young people and families.

Research Messages Workshop: Learning Event

March
Date	Location	Title	Type
March		Topic TBC: Research and Policy Update 216 March 2019	Research and Policy Update: Learning Resource
March		Complex and contextual safeguarding in response to exploitation of children and adolescents There are arguably commonalities between the different forms of exploitation that young people can face. Whilst a targeted focus on issues such as child sexual exploitation (CSE) or gangs has been important in raising awareness and targeting support, exploring the interplay between these harms might allow local services to better respond to the complexities of these issues. Exploring current research around what has been termed ‘complex safeguarding’, this Strategic Briefing considers how we can design more effective, cohesive multi-agency approaches to various forms of exploitation. Aimed at: Strategic and practice leads, service managers, heads of service, team managers in children's and youth services and specialist services focused on exploitation.	Strategic Briefing: Publication
TBC	TBC	Working with children and young people to support positive mental health and wellbeing: making every visit count This workshop aims to help those working with children and young people in developing the skills required to identify mental health needs and provide support through direct work. Early recognition and support can prevent mental health difficulties escalating and can improve children’s outcomes. The workshop will also explore strategies for making ‘every contact count’ for mental wellbeing. Aimed at: Social workers, family support workers and team managers in direct practice with children, young people and families.	Research Messages Workshop: Learning Event
TBC	TBC	Working with children and young people to support positive mental health and wellbeing: making every visit count This workshop aims to help those working with children and young people in developing the skills required to identify mental health needs and provide support through direct work. Early recognition and support can prevent mental health difficulties escalating and can improve children’s outcomes. The workshop will also explore strategies for making ‘every contact count’ for mental wellbeing. Aimed at: Social workers, family support workers and team managers in direct practice with children, young people and families.	Research Messages Workshop: Learning Event

Further series of workshops and network events to be determined, pending emerging sector priorities.

* All Tailored Support for 2018-19 MUST be booked and confirmed by 30 November 2018.

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