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Tools for Exploration and Assessments

Tools for Exploration and Assessments

In this section you will find some Resilient Families tools to help with starting out your relationship journey with a family, including assessments. Here you're in exploration phase, and you'll be doing a number of face-to-face and/or virtual visits. 

Remember that the Remote Direct Work Kit Bag also contains a wealth of resources to support your exploration phase and direct work with all the family members, so do check it out in the COVID Guidebook here https://ascpractice.camden.gov.uk/early-help-guide/family-early-help-covid-guidebook/fscf-procedures-during-covid/remote-direct-work-kit-bag/#main

This will help you explore the world of a child, parent or family  - friends, family, trusted people and community.

Remember to also think about doing:

  • a family genogram (to map out the people in the family system, past and present, and the quality of thse relationships)
  • a community genogram (to map out the places each family member goes to and how they feel in that place)
  • a play genogram with any younger children to explore how they view the people in their life, friends, family, trusted people etc

Doing these things will help you get a complete sense of the whole family system - their world inside the home and outside the home, and past and present. You can find more information and tools about genograms here (scroll about half way down the link) 

https://ascpractice.camden.gov.uk/early-help-guide/family-early-help-covid-guidebook/fscf-procedures-during-covid/remote-direct-work-kit-bag/

E2 - Family Map

If you prefer you could use this Relationship Map which maps out people who are very close to me and who I trust, people who I like to meet and spend time with, and people who I know and who might be important. Good for exploring relationships with a child or young person

Family Early Help Relationship Map

 

Last updated: 02 October 2020