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The ‘Coping with self-harm: A Guide for Parents and Carers’ is aimed at helping parents and carers cope when a young person is self-harming. It was developed by researchers at…

The ‘Getting to know a child’s routine activity tool’ supports social workers to gain an understanding of a child’s or young person’s daily routine in an engaging way. The document…

The ‘Living with a drug user’ is a comprehensive booklet from Adfam aimed at supporting parents/carers living with a child who is using drugs. It covers topics including: reasons for…

The ‘After a Loved One Dies – How children grieve & how they can be supported’ booklet is aimed at helping parents and caregivers support children who are grieving the…

The ‘Getting along: How anger works & Keeping cool – A group programme for aggression control’ booklet from the Centre for Clinical Interventions and YouthLink uses the metaphor of a…

The ‘Keeping your cool: Advice for parents on managing stress and anger’ booklet from the NSPCC is designed to help parents manage stress and anger in order to prevent harming…

This amazing resource “Learning how to parent by videos” is an online platform that offers a wide range of video guides to assist parents and caregivers in their parenting journey….

The “Parenting in Pictures guides” is a valuable online resource offering practical assistance for parents and caregivers across various age groups. These illustrated guides provide step-by-step instructions for daily care…

The ‘Duluth Using Children Post Separation Power and Control Wheel’ from the Domestic Abuse Intervention Programs illustrates tactics used by domestic abuse perpetrators to continue abuse post-separation, with a focus…

The Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support (MSPSS) is a self-report questionnaire designed to measure an individual’s perceptions of social support adequacy from three sources: family, friends, and a significant…

The ’50 Smart Discipline Tips for Your Child with ADHD’ is a booklet from ADDitude Magazine providing 50 tips for effectively disciplining children with ADHD. It covers setting clear expectations,…

The’ Me, my kids and my Ex: Forming a workable relationship for the benefit of your children’ booklet provides practical tips and advice for separated parents to help build a…

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…

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…

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 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” 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…

(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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…