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Goals (towards safety/away from danger + vice versa)

Exceptionsto DangerExceptionsto Danger

Coping

Scaling Danger + SafetyScaling Danger + Safety

Feedback

Resources noticing safe behaviours (even in a different context) -utilising existing [safe] parenting behaviour

establishing a collaborative approach

listening fully for examples of safe / dangerous behaviour

exploring

clarifyingamplifying

where dangerous behaviour could happen but

doesnt (opportunity for exploration)

where safe behaviour (or partial signs of safety) has

already started or has been previously present [ BE

SPECIFIC + if it does not directly contribute to

SAFETY, assume it contributes to DANGER ]

identifying milestones/objectives

measuring danger/safety

goal-setting for

safe behaviours

survival strategies / ensuring safety (child/carer)

transferable skills

EVIDENCEEVIDENCE

identifying success/change

acknowledging skills/qualities

confirming

potential

SolutionFocusedPractice

Social

Work

Danger + Safety Focused Practice

m. fletcher 2004

Networking Opportunities for observing progress/stasis/regressionBalanced range of views across professional contexts

Look for

evidence -

check with

networks

Look for

evidence -

check with

networks

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*If 10 is that everything is OK as possible and 0

is that you are as concerned as you can be - what

is your level of concern about this child now?

*What is happening for the child that is making you concerned?

(it can be useful to ask this question - even if asked previously in the information-gathering

process)

*Has the score ever been higher when things were better?

(if the answer is YES) How high?

*What was happening then that made it higher? What were the parents/family doing that made it

higher for the child?(these questions are eliciting information about parenting capacity)

What were they doing that made it higher for them (the parents)?

*What score would tell you things were OK

enough for Social Workers not to have to be

involved?

*What would be happening then for the child?

*What will the child be able to do that will tell you things are good enough?

*What would be happening then for the family?

*What will the parents be doing that will tell you things are good enough?(these questions give some hints about the objectives of the referrer for the child and

family)

*What will have to happen for the concerns in this case to reduce - for the family to meet the

childs needs more effectively?

(search for DETAIL of what will make the concerns reduce)

*What will the parents be doing differently that will tell you things are better?

*What will others (family members/agencies etc.) be doing differently that will tell you

things are better?

*What will the first sign of improvement be that you will see that will tell you things are

getting better for the child?

*What will the first sign of improvement be that you will see that will tell you things are

getting better for the family?

(more objective setting questions - the answers give hints about possible useful directions

for assessment and intervention)

Question for professionals/people with good knowledge of the family - DETAIL needed

*What are the parents strengths?(in any area)

(useful information which may help the process of developing a strength-based approachto the family to help them to meet the needs of the child)

FOCUSED QUESTIONS FOR CHILDREN + FAMILIES WORK

FOCUSED

QUESTIONS

0 5 10AllOK

VeryConcerned

0 5 10All

OKVery

Concerned