A storybook helping children differentiate between positive secrets (birthday party) and negative secrets (physical abuse, stealing). Read the story and talk with a child about other scenarios and their own experience of being told to keep a secret.
Feelings Board Game
A printable board game. The game enables social workers and other practitioners to gain good insight into a child’s feelings and life while having a lot of fun playing the game. Click here to view/download
My Family’s Changing Activity Book for Teens (Dealing with divorce)
This pdf activity book is colourfully illustrated and offers older kids and teens activities to complete in addition to answering questions they might have about their parents’ divorce. This pamphlet offers very basic information to educate and help older kids and teens dealing with these…
My Family’s Changing Activity Book for Children (Dealing with divorce)
This pdf activity book on divorce is colorfully illustrated and offers kids activities to complete in addition to answering basic questions they might have about their parents’ divorce. This pamphlet offers very basic information to educate and help kids dealing with these difficult circumstances.
The Power and Control Wheel (The Duluth Model)
The Power and Control Wheel is a tool that helps explain the different ways an abusive partner can use power and control to manipulate a relationship. Social workers can use it to help a victim recognise any of the warning signs in their own relationship.
Barnardo’s Domestic Violence Risk Identification Matrix – Assessing the risks to children from male to female domestic violence
The tool enables practitioners to assess the level of risks to children from male and female domestic abuse. The sheet contains a list of risk factors, vulnerabilities and protective factors which helps practitioners recognise whether a child is at moderate, serious or severe risk.
Careageous Kids: Keeping your Body Safe; Colouring Workbook
This 20-sheet learning guide helps to teach children how to protect their body and keep it safe from sexual abuse. It explains ‘good touches’ and ‘bad touches’ as well as private parts and encourages children to disclose any potential abuse.
The Equality Wheel (The Duluth Model)
The Equality Wheel describes the qualities involved in healthy relationships. The Equality Wheel shows the changes needed for men who batter to move from being abusive to non-violent partnership. It is best used with the Duluth Power and Control Wheel.
Something Small: A Story about Remembering (for young children)
A story helping young children cope with grief; about Elmo’s cousin who discovers simple everyday ways to remember her father through familiar routines, favourite songs, stories, and special comfort items. Talk together about the different things that she does. Some might be just right for a child you work with.
Little Children Big Challenges: Incarceration (Story Book)
A story book which explains to children that it is OK to miss their parent who is currently in prison and which points out that there are other people who love them and who they can be cared for by. In addition, Sesame Street created a Guide for Parents and Caregivers…
Two-hug Day (Storybook about Divorce)
Two-hug day is a storybook about Niko. His parents are divorced, and on two-hug day, Niko changes from living at his daddy’s house to living at his mommy’s house. The book enables a social worker to explore ways how a child they work with can cope with the changes…
The Underwear Rule : Guides for Children and Parents
PANTS GUIDES These simple and colourful guides for children and parents help children keep safe from sexual abuse. The Underwear Rule teaches children that their body belongs to them, they have a right to say no, and that they should tell an adult if they’re…
Severity of Alcohol Dependence Questionnaire (SADQ)
Used where alcohol dependence has been identified, the SADQ is a short, self-administered, 20-item questionnaire designed by the World Health Organisation to measure severity of dependence on alcohol.
Drugs & Alcohol Workbook
Excellent workbook enabling practitioners to assist their service user to understand their addiction cycle, introduce tools which can be used during their recovery and teach them various coping strategies for life. Click here to view/download CONTENTS: Introduction How to use this workbook Introduction to substance use…
AUDIT: Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test & Guidelines
Used to identify whether there is a problem with alcohol dependency, the AUDIT is a simple questionnaire method developed by the World Health Organization (WHO) assessing alcohol consumption, drinking behaviours, and alcohol-related problems.
Alcohol Use Questionnaire
The Alcohol Use Questionnaire recommended by the Department of Health has been found to be effective in detecting adults with alcohol disorders and those with hazardous drinking.
Person Posing A Risk To Children Assessment Framework
This tool is designed to provide a framework for assessing the risk posed by such individuals, who may or may not be convicted. It is intended for use as a framework for discussion with the PPR and other members of the household, (not a form…
CRAFFT Substance-related risks and problems Screening Questionnaire for Adolescents
The CRAFFT Screening Test is a short clinical assessment tool designed to screen for substance-related risks and problems in adolescents. CRAFFT stands for the key words of the 6 items in the second section of the assessment – CRAFFT = Car, Relax, Alone, Forget, Friends,…
Drug Abuse Screening Test for Adolescents (DAST-A)
Used for assessing drug use and related problems in adolescents, the Drug Abuse Screening Test for Adolescents (DAST-A) is a 28-item questionnaire.
All About Me Worksheets: Gaining wishes & feelings of children; 16 pages
A very nice colourful 16-page “All About Me” booklet which enables social workers to gain inormation about a child’s family, likes and dislikes, life events, wishes and feelings and needs. WORKSHEETS INCLUDED: About me About my family Helping my family My journey My life Things that make…
The Graded Care Profile: Neglect Assessment Tool
The Graded Care Profile is a widely used assessment tool designed to help social workers identify when a child is at risk of neglect. The Graded Care Profile assists social workers to measure the quality of care being given to a child in respect of…
Nude Selfies- What Parents and Carers Need to Know (Video for parents; online safety)
Film 1 helps parents and carers understand the reasons why young people create and share nude or nearly nude images. Film 2 helps parents and carers learn about effective strategies for talking to their child about nude or nearly nude images. Film 3 helps parents…
Play Like Share (Video for 8-10yrs – online safety)
Play Like Share aims to help 8-10 year olds learn how to stay safe online. This 3-episode series follows the adventures of Sam, Ellie and Alfie as they form a band and enter their school’s Battle of the Bands contest, taking on the mean but…
The Story of Jay (CSE video for teens)
This animated video – about a minute and a half long – tells the hypothetical story of a young person’s sexual exploitation by a man named “Jay,” describing the grooming and progression of exploitation. It is a fantastic tool to facilitate a conversation with young…
Lucy and the Boy (Video – danger about online sharing)
An educational video (1 minute long) which depicts the dangers of kids sharing on social media. It is aimed at parents of children aged 8- to 12-years-old to emphasise the importance of them having conversation with their children about who they are talking to and…
‘I saw your willy’ (Video – danger about online sharing)
An educational video (1 minute long) which depicts the dangers of kids sharing on social media. It is aimed at parents of children aged 8- to 12-years-old to emphasise the importance of them having conversation with their children about who they are talking to and…
Positive Coping with Health Condition: A Self-Care Workbook (adult)
The aim of this workbook is to teach Positive Coping Skills and show how service users can get more control over stress. Reducing stress helps people with health conditions feel better and be better. When they feel better, they’re more likely to practice self-care for…