Collaborative practice in child and family welfare: Building practitioners’ competence

Child Family Community Australia & Emerging Minds, Australia, March 2020

Related to Child and family, Child protection, Family and social relationships

This webinar, co-produced by CFCA and Emerging Minds, explored strategies for improving cross-sectoral relationships between child protection and government and non-government partners.

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Parental mental health and child welfare

Social Care Institute for Excellence

This is a UK-based national network is for social care and health workers who work with parents who experience mental health conditions or their children.
Report

SCIE Guide 30: Think child, think parent, think family – a guide to parental mental health and child welfare

SCIE (Social Care Institute for Excellence) UK

SCIE has published a revised version of their Parental mental health and child welfare guide (first published in July 2009). The guide, which is about working with parents who have mental health problems and their children, has been updated to include 'Putting it into practice'.
Short article

How can the Australian child protection system better help children who experience cumulative harm?

Rosemary Sheehan

This short article has been adapted from a paper recently published in Child and Family Social Work: ‘Cumulative harm in the child protection system: The Australian context’ (https://doi.org/10.1111/cfs.12621). The paper was based on a systematic literature review of how ‘cumulative harm’ is understood and operationalised within current Australian child protection legislation, policy and practice.
Research summary

Highlights in child mental health research: October 2024

Prepared by AIFS

This October 2024 research summary provides a selection of recently released papers, systematic reviews, and meta-analyses related to infant and child mental health. Each summary includes an introductory overview of the content for the month, followed by a list of selected articles. Each article is accompanied by a brief synopsis which presents the key messages and highlights. Links to abstracts, full-text articles and related resources, where available, are provided.
Research summary

Highlights in child mental health research: September 2024

Prepared by AIFS

This September 2024 research summary provides a selection of recently released papers, systematic reviews, and meta-analyses related to infant and child mental health. Each summary includes an introductory overview of the content for the month, followed by a list of selected articles. Each article is accompanied by a brief synopsis which presents the key messages and highlights. Links to abstracts, full-text articles and related resources, where available, are provided.
Practice paper

Strategies for supporting the mental health of infants and children after a disaster: Child–adult relationships

Emerging Minds

Following a disaster it's common for children to experience increased separation anxiety. This resources explores how parents can help children to develop safe relationships with other caring adults.
Practice paper

Strategies for supporting the mental health of infants and children after a disaster: Communication and meaning-making

Emerging Minds

This resource offers strategies to support children in making sense of their experiences and process their feelings to help reduce distress, and prevent trauma and mental health difficulties.
Practice paper

Strategies for supporting the mental health of infants and children after a disaster: Routines and predictability

Emerging Minds

Re-establishing routines and setting boundaries and expectations are important for restoring children's sense of stability and safety after a disaster, especially when they have to spend time away from their parents or home.
Practice paper

Strategies for supporting the mental health of infants and children after a disaster: Support networks

Emerging Minds

In addition to the support of extended family, friends and the learning community, responses from governments and specialist mental health services plus digital resources are important to the successful recovery of children and families after a disaster.
Webinar

Working therapeutically with children who have experienced trauma from physical or sexual abuse

Emerging Minds and Mental Health Professionals' Network (MHPN)

Co-produced with the Mental Health Professionals’ Network (MHPN), this webinar discusses how practitioners can respond to the challenges of working therapeutically with families when children have experienced physical or sexual abuse.
Webinar

Supporting fathers and fathers-to-be: Insights from research and practice

Child Family Community Australia & Emerging Minds

This webinar with Child Family Community Australia (CFCA) discuss ways to support fathers and fathers-to-be to promote child and family wellbeing.
Research summary

Highlights in child mental health research: August 2024

Prepared by AIFS

This August 2024 research summary provides a selection of recently released papers, systematic reviews, and meta-analyses related to infant and child mental health. Each summary includes an introductory overview of the content for the month, followed by a list of selected articles. Each article is accompanied by a brief synopsis which presents the key messages and highlights. Links to abstracts, full-text articles and related resources, where available, are provided.

Collaborative practice in child and family welfare: Building practitioners’ competence

Child Family Community Australia & Emerging Minds, Australia, March 2020

Discover more resources

Parental mental health and child welfare

SCIE Guide 30: Think child, think parent, think family – a guide to parental mental health and child welfare

How can the Australian child protection system better help children who experience cumulative harm?

Highlights in child mental health research: October 2024

Highlights in child mental health research: September 2024

Strategies for supporting the mental health of infants and children after a disaster: Child–adult relationships

Strategies for supporting the mental health of infants and children after a disaster: Communication and meaning-making

Strategies for supporting the mental health of infants and children after a disaster: Routines and predictability

Strategies for supporting the mental health of infants and children after a disaster: Support networks

Working therapeutically with children who have experienced trauma from physical or sexual abuse

Supporting fathers and fathers-to-be: Insights from research and practice

Highlights in child mental health research: August 2024

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