We recognise the most important influence in a child’s life is family. Children who grow up with safe, stable and nurturing relationships form stronger friendships, develop greater resilience, achieve more in school and are more likely to build positive relationships throughout their lives.
We are child focussed in our intent but recognise that the most effective way to help and protect children is to work alongside the whole family. Therefore strengthening families is central to our aims as we know that families have greater capacity for change when we work with them as partners. This is part of an evidence based approach known as Restorative Practice.
We aim to embed a culture across our workforce where dignity and respect is the basis for our interventions. Every member of staff will understand the principles of Restorative Practice and its ethos will underpin all of our work and align to the borough vision of ‘Forging a Future for all’.
About us
The vision and ethos for the Centre for Professional Practice is to impact positively on social care interventions and outcomes for children, young people and their families.
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The Centre for Professional Practice aims to achieve this by improving practice through auditing, coaching, system development and training to inspire positive change and achieve quality outcomes.
Quality Assurance Framework and auditing
The Centre will aim to achieve this developing practice standards and a robust quality assurance framework. It will also carry out auditing in partnership with practitioners, managers and leaders. The focus of audit will always be to inspire positive change through coaching and mentoring in order to achieve quality outcomes.
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Training and Development
The Centre is responsible for developing a comprehensive learning and development offer for staff ensure continuous professional development.