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’.
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Restorative Practice: What is it and why is it important to us in Dudley?
Restorative practice is a value-based relational way of being, that is needs-led and strengths focused. It embodies a set of core beliefs, principles and behaviors that promote a way of being with people that actively and explicitly promotes change by working WITH people on a high challenge, high support basis.
Restorative practice is important to us in Dudley and lies at the heart of our ambition to be ‘Child Friendly Dudley’ providing us with an overarching framework for practice and basis for our organisational culture.