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The Flying Dream: Storybook about parental dual diagnosis
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The Flying Dream: Storybook about parental dual diagnosis

This beautifully illustrated storybook assists children aged 8 – 12 with parental dual diagnosis (mental illness/substance abuse) and transition towards understanding and acceptance. The storybook portrays a boy named Casey…

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TF-CBT Triangle of Life – Mobile game app

This free app, which is based on Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, has been designed to support traumatised children (aged 8-12) to heal by helping them better understand their thoughts, feelings…

Keeping Children Safe: Information to help you keep your child safe from sexual abuse (booklet for parents)
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Keeping Children Safe: Information to help you keep your child safe from sexual abuse (booklet for parents)

This guidance provides information to help adults protect children from sexual abuse and exploitation. It explains what sexual abuse is, including online, and that most abusers are known to the…

The Multidimensional Assessment of Caring Activities (MACA-YC18) The Positive and Negative Outcomes of Caring (PANOC-YC20)
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Young carers – assessment tools

The Manual below contains two instruments for the assessment of caring: The Multidimensional Assessment of Caring Activities (MACA-YC18) is a questionnaire (an 18-item self-report measure) that can be used to…

Let's Be Friends Again - Storybook (sibling conflict)
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Let’s Be Friends Again – Storybook (sibling conflict)

“Let’s Be Friends Again” by Hans Wilhelm is a charming and insightful children’s picture book that explores the valuable lessons of friendship, forgiveness, and understanding. Through delightful illustrations and relatable…

Ecomap Activity template
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Ecomaps: Guide For Social Workers, Examples and Templates

(You can download the guidance below in a PDF document here and a Word Ecomap Template here.) Ecomap Overview An ecomap is a key visual aid in social work, aimed at…

Healthy Relationships Workbook (for people with learning difficulties)
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Healthy Relationships Workbook (for people with learning difficulties)

The “Healthy Relationship Workbook” is a valuable resource designed to support individuals with intellectual or developmental disabilities in understanding and navigating healthy relationships. This workbook, written in plain English and…

Managing Depression – A Facilitator’s Guide for Women Living with Depression During Pregnancy, After Delivery and Beyond – Facilitator’s Guide
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Managing Depression – A Facilitator’s Guide for Women Living with Depression During Pregnancy, After Delivery and Beyond – Facilitator’s Guide

The Managing Depression Facilitator’s Guide provides instructions and materials for delivering five 2-hour group sessions to support women experiencing perinatal depression. Sessions cover understanding depression, reactivating life, thinking realistically, solving…

Baby Wants... (Booklet)
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Baby Wants… (Booklet)

This illustrated booklet highlights how infants’ basic needs shape early development and parent-child bonding. It explains how meeting needs through comfort, play, reading, singing, and conversation fosters security and readiness…

My body is mine - A coloring & read-with-me book for safety smart kids
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My body is mine – A coloring & read-with-me book for safety smart kids

This illustrated book teaches pre-schoolers body safety and abuse prevention in simple terms. It introduces private body parts, rules around touching, and consent. Scenarios explain appropriate touching by caregivers or…

Sexual behaviours traffic light tool
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Sexual behaviours traffic light tool

This traffic light tool helps professionals categorise children’s sexual behaviors as green (healthy), amber (concerning), or red (harmful) across four age bands. It includes extensive examples of behaviors in each…

Budget (debts) sheet
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Budget (debts) sheet

This budget sheet from Citizens Advice Bureau helps people in financial difficulty organise income, outgoings, debts, and repayment offers. Users enter income sources and list weekly/monthly expenditure on essentials like…

Cycle of Violence Explanation Tool
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Cycle of Violence Explanation Tool

The Cycle of Violence Explanation Tool is a valuable resource that helps individuals understand the complex dynamics of domestic abuse. This tool provides a clear explanation of the cycle of…

Children’s Domestic Violence Wheel (Tool)
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Children’s Domestic Violence Wheel (Tool)

The Children’s Domestic Violence Wheel is a valuable tool used by social workers to illustrate how domestic abuse impacts children. It serves as a visual aid to facilitate conversations with…

ASQ:SE-2 Social-Emotional Development Guide (Sheets for parents)
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ASQ:SE-2 Social-Emotional Development Guide (Sheets for parents)

The ‘ASQ:SE-2 Social-Emotional Development Guide (Sheets for parents)’ is a visually engaging resource designed to assist parents and social workers in understanding and monitoring the social-emotional development of children aged…

Ages & Stages Questionnaires: Social-Emotional Development Screening Tool (ASQ:SE-2)
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Ages & Stages Questionnaires: Social-Emotional Development Screening Tool (ASQ:SE-2)

ASQ:SE-2 is a set of questionnaires about children’s social-emotional development from 6 to 60 months which can be self-administered by parents/caregivers. Doing this screening provides a quick look at how…

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Keep Safe: A guide to personal safety

This illustrated guide teaches people with learning disabilities how to stay safe at home, out and about, on public transport, at cash machines, and on the phone. Tips cover planning…

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Going to court: A booklet for children and young people who are going to be witnesses at Crown, magistrates’ or youth court

Going to court: A booklet for children and young people who are going to be witnesses at Crown, magistrates’ or youth court (UK) A colourful booklet which tells children What…

This is me and I have rights: An activity book for young children in care
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This is me and I have rights: An activity book for young children in care

This colourful activity book aims to teach young children in foster care, ages 3-8, about their rights in an engaging, supportive way. It covers the right to be safe, healthy,…

Sexual Health, Relationships & Parenthood: workbook for people with learning disability
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Sexual Health, Relationships & Parenthood: workbook for people with learning disability

The “Sexual Health, Relationships, and Parenthood: A Workbook Resource for One-to-One Support” is a valuable tool tailored for educators, parents, and caregivers to provide comprehensive Relationships, Sexual Health, and Parenthood…

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ReMoved (Video for foster carers)

ReMoved follows the emotional journey of a nine-year old girl who is taken from her abusive birth home and placed in the tumultuous foster care system. This short film will…

FREE DOWNLOAD OF KINDERGARTEN HERE I COME - ACTIVITIES TO DO WITH YOUR PRESCHOOLER (PDF GUIDE)
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Kindergarten here I come – Activities to do with your preschooler

The resource is an activity book for parents and children to use together in the year before the child starts kindergarten/nursery. It contains monthly activities organized into 4 weeks per…

Let’s learn together - A guide for parents and teachers of adopted children in primary school
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Let’s learn together – A guide for parents and teachers of adopted children in primary school

This booklet, made with help from parents and experts, delves into how early trauma affects adopted children’s school experiences. Addressing vulnerability, it aids both parents and educators in improving schooling….

Every Day I Learn Through Play! Activities to do with your infant and toddler
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Every Day I Learn Through Play! Activities to do with your infant and toddler

The guide provides parents and caregivers with activities, songs, books, and developmental milestones to promote learning in infants and toddlers ages 0-3 years. It covers 8 key learning areas including…

The Pregnancy Book - Guide
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The Pregnancy Book – Guide

This book provides information on many aspects of pregnancy, labour and childbirth and the first weeks after child’s birth. Click here to view/download CONTENTS: Introduction Introduction Your Pregnancy at a…

Keeping Teens Safe from Online Sexual Exploitation (Guide for parents)
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Keeping Teens Safe from Online Sexual Exploitation (Guide for parents)

The resource is a 20-page guide from the Canadian Centre for Child Protection about keeping teens safe from online sexual exploitation. It covers topics like the risks of online chat,…

Your Plans, Your Placement, Your Reviews & Short Breaks - Young person's guide to the care planning, placement and case review regulations 2010
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Your Plans, Your Placement, Your Reviews & Short Breaks – Young person’s guide to the care planning, placement and case review regulations 2010

The resource is a useful guide explaining England’s 2010 Care Planning, Placement and Case Review (England) Regulations to young people in care. It was created with input from young people…

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A children’s guide to foster care

These three nicely illustrated guides to foster care explain in a child friendly way who foster carers are, the role of a social worker and answers common questions a child…

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Children’s Guide to Adoption (Booklet)

Below are two different booklets which help children understand what adoption is and answer some of the questions children may have. The booklets have similar content but different design and are…

Positive Adoption Conversations - Guide for Adoptive Families
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Positive Adoption Conversations – Guide for Adoptive Families

This guide from Adoptive Families helps parents have open, honest conversations about adoption with their children. It provides sample dialogues tailored to different ages, tips for explaining difficult details, and…