NSPCC Learning Podcast

30: Children’s services, social distancing and COVID-19


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Social distancing measures and lockdown has made it difficult for practitioners to provide direct contact to children and families. Other than occasional doorstep visits, check-ins are no longer face-to-face but take place through video and telephone calls. How are practitioners ensuring that children and families’ needs are still being met?

You'll hear from a children’s services practitioner about:

  • the pressures of lockdown and the long-term impact, including looking out for concerning signs of abuse and neglect
  • how they’re working with multiple agencies to meet different children and families’ needs and distributing resources for parents and carers
  • potential child protection issues that may emerge as we transition back to pre-lockdown life
  • how children are being supported to understand current issues in a child-friendly way
  • next steps for delivering services virtually, such as group work programmes.
  • Read the podcast transcript on the NSPCC Learning website.

    💬 About the speaker

    Dannie Adcock-Habib is a Children’s Services Practitioner at the NSPCC’s Grimsby Service Centre and a qualified social worker who is involved in undertaking Family Focus assessments. She delivers the NSPCC’s Building Blocks service and Young SMILES service (Simplifying Mental Illness plus Life Enhancement Skills).

    📚 Related resources

    > See our resources for children and families at risk

    > Find out more about the Together for Childhood programme

    > Learn about the effects of toxic stress on child development


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