‘Three islands’ is a fun direct work activity which enabels social workers and other practitioners to establish what and who children they work with like and what or who they don’t like or are worried about. The child is asked to draw a picture of…
Category: Wishes & Feelings
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…
Feelings faces: How do you feel today?
A poster with 60+ faces depicting a range of emotions which can be used during 1:1 direct work with children and young people. Click here to view/download
My Feelings Colouring Chart
My feelings colouring chart enables children to indicate how happy they are in the areas of friends, home, hobbies, school, family and all about you. Click here to view/download
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…
Voice of the Child: 20 sheets to gain child’s wishes, feelings & views
Click here to view/download Content: 01 ABOUT ME this enables the child to draw and express ‘their family’, their favourite things and support wanted. This is suitable for younger children. Includes about me, circle of support, how I feel and what I would like my…
My feelings workbook: naming & exploring emotions
The workbook enables workers to explain the meaning of various emotions/feelings and promotes a conversation with children about in which situations they experience the discussed emotion. Click here to view/download
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…
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…
‘Animal talk’ activity: Using animal pictures to get to know children and discuss their views and feelings
The tool contains 24 pictures of various animals and suggestions how they can be used to get to know children and discuss their views and feelings in an interactive and fun way. Click here to view/download the tool as a pdf file Click here to view/download…
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….
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….
Explore your emotions – coloring & activity book
This coloring book was designed to encourage children to share their feelings with an adult. The children are encouraged to talk/write about what makes them happy, upset and worried; about things they like to do by themselves or with their family and who they like…
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…
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…
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…