restorative practice level 2

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Building Community and the Use of Circles

Level Two



What do you need to work at your best today?

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Reflection in Pairs



3

Tell me 40 things you do already to build relationships

in your place of work?



4

How effective is your organisation at building relationships and a sense

of community?


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To develop community, build relationships and connectionsAim of Restorative Practice is to

Manage conflict and tensions by repairing harm and rebuilding relationships

80%

20%



1. Values and Beliefs

Key Principles and PracticeAs Defined by the HCRP

6. Restorative Behaviours

2. Proactively build a positive community

3. Working WITH people - Social Discipline Window

4. Fair Process

5. Restorative language



RestorativeRestorativeCollaborationCollaboration

TOTO

NOTNOT FORFOR

SOCIAL DISCIPLINE WINDOW

WITH

WITHWITHRestorativeRestorativeCollaborationCollaboration



Fair process

Engage

Explain

Expect



What do you see as the main barriers to children and families participation?



• Go arounds• Check in /check outs• Problem solving• Dealing with conflict• Teaching and learning• Staff meetings• Decision making• Staff handovers• Just about anything!

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Types of Circles



1. Affective Statements

• Restorative Questions

1. Solution Focused

Restorative Language



Why Circles?

Equality

Safety and trust

Responsibility

Reminds you to facilitate

Builds connections

Ownership

Develop learningThrough utilising the social capital gained



Sequential

Specific question

Done in order

Participation expectedNon Sequential

Can be

Structured

Loosely Structured

No order

Participation voluntary Fishbowl

Sequential or non sequential

Empty chair

Feedback



Problem solving circles

Addressing ‘real time’ problems



Restorative Practice - from Informal to Formal

ImpromptuConference

AffectiveStatements

RestorativeQuestions

RestorativeConferences

Proactive andReactiveCircles



1. What can you do in your practices to be more restorative?

Implementation

2. What can you do to help your organisation to become restorative?

3. How can you develop a strong and sustainable collective approach to restorative practices?

4. What do you need from us?

restorative practice level 2

Education