(You can download the guidance below in a PDF document here.) WHEN THERE IS NO ANSWER WHEN YOU KNOCK: If the family does not answer the door when you knock, listen to/observe any signs of people being present in the If you believe that somebody is…
Category: Assessment: Children
Parents, Pints & Pills: Booklet for young people who live with someone with a drug or alcohol problem
A booklet designed by young carers for young people who live with someone with a drug or alcohol problem. CONTENTS: Introduction Welcome What is substance misuse? Why do people start to use? Signs that someone needs help to stop Drugs and alcohol Cannabis Heroin Alcohol Mixing…
All about me: Direct work sheets & activities (booklet)
This colourful and interactive booklet developed by Socialworkerstoolbox.com is a collection of 40 sheets which practitioners can use to learn about children’s views, wishes, feelings and day-to-day lives. Click here to view/download CONTENTS: What makes me feel Feelings thermometer My worries What makes me safe Things…
Child and Youth Participation Toolkit (wishes/feelings direct work worksheets/activities)
This is a great resource (developed by Tusla Child and Family Agency) containing many ready-to-print out worksheets for children and young people as well as suggestions for various activities – all to enable workers to really get to know the children/young people’s wishes, feelings, needs…
30+ tools for 1:1 work with children (assessment, planning & intervention)
The Kids Central Toolkit aims to provide workers and services with information, resources and tools to use child-centred approaches in their work with children, young people and families. The Toolkit is based around six key principles that support child-centred practice, and each principle includes a…
Direct Work Resource Pack
A compilation of various tools for direct work with children and young people. Click here to view/download Contents SECTION 1 Initial visits and getting to know the child or YP SECTION 2 Completing the C&F assessment and basic tools to use (and any of these…
This is my World: Gathering child’s views on self, family, friendships, school, illness & the future
This workbook has been created as a psychotherapeutic tool for therapists to use in working with children and adolescents who have been diagnosed with a medical illness but can be utilised by any practitioners trying to establish children’s/young people’s views, wishes and feelings. The activities…
Female genital mutilation (FGM) risk assessment templates
The document contains four risk assessment templates assisting social worker to consider the following: Part One (a): PREGNANT WOMEN (OR HAS RECENTLY GIVEN BIRTH) This is to help social workers make a decision as to whether the unborn child (or other female children in the…
Observations Checklist: what to look for in assessing attachment and bonding (tool)
Attachment and Bonding Checklist outlines what behaviours in children and parent/carer an observer should look for when assessing a child’s attachment style. Click here to view/download
Children’s Participation Toolkit for Social Workers (activities & worksheets)
The booklet contains various activities, worksheets and templates assisting social workers and early help workers to involve children in the process of assessments, intervention planning as well as conducting reviews in a positive, supportive and enabling way. Click here to view/download Chapter 1 – Contents, acknowledgements…
‘Say it your own way’: 40+ worksheets facilitating children’s participation in assessment
A great compilation of 40+ engaging worksheets facilitating children’s participation in an assessment of them. The worksheets help workers to ascertain children’s daily routine, likes, dislikes, feelings, wishes as well as their views on their family, friends, helpers, home, neighbourhood, school etc. The booklet also…
Child Protection: Consultation with children toolkit
This beautifully illustrated guide describes various interactive techniques which social workers can use to engage children in a child protection process. The booklet not only provides various tips on activities which can be used but also contains a range of tools which professionals can print out. Contents: 1….
Getting to know a child’s routine activity tool
This tool supports social workers to gain an understanding of a child’s or young person’s daily routine in an engaging way. The document contains 40+ individual slips with various activities/feelings which a child is asked to sort out into three piles – every day, sometimes…
Sexual behaviours traffic light tool
Using the resource, professionals can learn to identify, assess and respond to sexual behaviour in children and young people in a confident and appropriate manner. It can be also used when explaining to parents/carers what constitutes healthy sexual behaviour and how to identify when their…
Ages & Stages Questionnaires: Social-Emotional Development Screening Tool (ASQ:SE-2)
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 children are doing in important areas, such as self-regulation, communication, autonomy, compliance, adaptive functioning, affect,…
How it looks to me (Assessing wishes & feelings worksheets)
‘How it looks to me’ is an interactive and colourful booklet developed by CAFCASS to help social workers assess a child’s wishes and feelings. The Child Impact Tool is a resource to help vulnerable children describe how any continuing significant harm they have experienced is affecting their life….
Solution-focused practice – A toolkit for children & young people (44 tools, games, activities, exercises)
The toolkit presents ideas for worksheets and activities developed by NSPCC practitioners to be used with children and young people aged 5-19 years old during solution-focused work. Solution-focused practice concentrates on helping people move towards the future that they want and to learn what can…
All about me booklet (21 pages)
This 21-page colourful booklet with various worksheets is great for direct work with children. It enables social workers to assess and discuss the following areas of a child’s life: How I Grow and Develop • Being healthy • Learning to be responsible • Learning and achieving…
Ages & Stages Questionnaires ASQ-3 (Child development screening tool)
ASQ-3 is a set of questionnaires about children’s development from 2 to 66 months which can be self-administered by parents/caregivers. Doing this screening provides a quick look at how children are doing in important areas, such as communication, physical ability, social skills, and problem-solving skills….
About Me Sentence Completion
The questions on this worksheet are intended to enable a social worker to gain an insight into whether a child can identify their own positive traits and accomplishments. If a child has difficulty to think of answers to some questions, a practitioner or parent can take the opportunity…
Children’s Wishes and Feelings Shield: To help children participate in social care and protection assessments
This worksheet assists social workers to gain a child’s views in regards to what is working well in their life and family, what is not working well, what their wishes are and what their suggestions to make things better for themselves are.
The Three Houses templates
The three houses template enables social workers to discuss a child’s likes/hobbies/strengths/protective factors, dislikes/worries & risks related to the child and dreams/hopes/wishes. A social worker can either ask a child to draw/write things to each house or assist them in doing so. TEMPLATES TO DOWNLOAD…
15-point Checklist for Resilience
This is a simple checklist of 15 items that have been reported by Grotberg (1997) to indicate resilience in children.
The Family Activity Scale
These scales give practitioners an opportunity to explore with carers the environment provided for their children through joint activities and support for independent activities. This includes information about the cultural and ideological environment in which children live, as well as how their carers respond to…
The Adolescent Wellbeing Scale
The questionnaire contains 18 questions, each relating to different aspects of a child or adolescent’s life, and how they feel about these. The scale is intended to enable practitioners to gain more insight and understanding into how an adolescent feels about their life.
Face Emotions Sheet
Social workers may use this sheet to identify various emotions a child may be feeling. They can also use it to ask a child when was the last time they felt a particular emotion or what usually makes them feel that way. This will give them a…
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…