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Direct Work Kit Bag

Direct Work Kit Bag

The Family Early Help Direct Work Kit Bag contains a wealth of ideas for sessions and visits with families, whether to understand their world, hear the voice of the child, or to help them move towards their goals.

All of the resources, tools and activities in the Direct Work Kit Bag can be used remotely or face to face.

Some might need to be ordered and sent to you, or sent direct to the family with their permission. If you would like to order any materials or activities, please let your line manager know.

The Kit Bag is a knowledge exchange, and many of the resources have been sent in by family workers. Why not share your favourite direct work idea? Send your example to Becca so it can go in the Kit Bag to share with others

Remember there are lots of other tools and worksheets in the Resilient Families pack to help every stage of your work with a family. You can find the pack here https://ascpractice.camden.gov.uk/early-help-guide/resilient-families-practice/

What do we mean when we say 'Direct Work'?

The two images below are from the Remote Direct Work webinars with David and Yvonne Shemmings we held in June 2020. 

They provide a useful frame for how we think about direct work, and thinking about us 'using ourselves' to help the child to speak, to help us to understand their perception of themselves, others, and their emotional and physical world. The same goes for our direct work with parents.

The materials and activities we use in direct work support us in 'using ourselves in relationship with the child or parent'.

In other words, you and your relationship with the child and parent are the most important thing in helpful and purposeful direct work! 

 

 

This is another helpful image from the webinar to help us reflect on the direct work we want to do, and some questions we can ask ourselves before we do it:

Last updated: 01 November 2020