Community Care Inform
Community Care Inform is a fantastic resource available to DBC staff working with adults and children & families in Darlington. It provides a wealth of online resources created by sector experts enabling professionals to make robust, evidence based decisions and to keep on top of their CPD. It includes:
- learning tools - podcasts, videos, webinars, group learning tools and case studies to support different learning styles
- practice guidance - in-depth guides on a huge range and variety of topics as well as at a glance summaries and top tips
- legal - summaries of the most significant cases with key points for practice plus comprehensive and accessible legislative guidance
- research - the latest and most relevant social care research summarised, with key practice points highlighted.
You can also log each learning event you complete on the website in your own CPD log. You can also record training accessed via other sources & you can easily download all of the information so you have an easily accessible record of your CPD.
- Community Care Inform Adults [external link]
- Community Care Inform Children [external link]
Learning Landscape Survey
Share your views on the impact of learning for social work professionals. The Community Care Learning Landscapes research investigates how social work practitioners learn and what impact learning has on both the development of professionals and the communities they support. The survey looks at key issues such as:
- learning & career development
- barriers to learning
- employer support for learning
- the impact of learning on practice
Share your view, please complete the survey today. Participants will be given the option to be entered into a draw to receive a £50 gift voucher from One4All. To take the survey please click on the following link: CC Inform [external website]
Working with Young People who Self-Harm Webinar
In this session, you will gain a greater understanding of self-harm and how this affects young people. We will discuss why young people self-harm including triggers and functions, as well as myths about self-harm and how to improve language when working with young people. This session aims to reduce stigma and build knowledge and confidence to help practitioners better support young people.
Satveer Nijjar is the founder of 'Attention Seekers' - offering bespoke, CPD-accredited mental health training to professionals across healthcare, education, corporate and public sectors. In 2024, Satveer's training reached over 25,000 people. Satveer has worked with NHS trusts, police forces, schools and national organisations. Through her engaging sessions, she continues to create safer, more understanding environments for individuals and communities.
It will be held on Tuesday 6 May 2025 from 11.30-12.30pm. To register click on the following link & follow the instructions below: Eventbrite [external website]
When you arrive on the event booking page you will see the tickets marked as £35. As a Community Care Inform Children subscriber you are eligible to attend for free. To register your free place simply follow the online instructions and enter the following promo code when prompted: Inform060525
After registering you will receive a booking confirmation from Eventbrite, and also one from WorkCast with the link to join the event on the day. All attendees who attend this live webinar will be given the option to download a personalised CPD certificate. A link will be provided on completion of the feedback survey at the end of the live webinar. Please note this certificate will not be available for anyone that watches a recording of the webinar at a later time.
In the Spotlight
Deprivation of Liberty Orders & Care Orders: West Sussex County Council v AB & Anor [2025] EWCA Civ 132
This Court of Appeal ruling by Sir Andrew MacFarlane, President of the Family Division, addressed the legal complexities of making a child subject to a care order and a deprivation of liberty order at the same time. It concerned a 17-year-old girl who had multiple complex mental health diagnoses and needs, and a mild learning disability.
The local authority had applied for the care order on the basis that the girl was “beyond parental control”. She was accommodated in her mother’s home because no alternative placement could be found, and she needed round the clock care from at least two professional carers. She had been subject to a series of deprivation of liberty orders for the past two years.
The Court of Appeal considered in what circumstances a local authority already authorised to deliver care in a particular manner under a DoL order would also need the power to control a parent’s exercise of parental responsibility via a care order.
To read more click on the following link: CC Inform [external website]
Webinar: What Makes for Positive & Effective Parent-Social Worker Relationships in Child Protection?
In this one-hour recorded webinar, Alice Loving shares the practice messages from her research with parents whose children are on child protection plans, about their relationship with their child’s social worker. Themes and tips include managing challenges around transparency and parental confusion over your role, building trust, uncomfortable conversations, demonstrating empathy, and using trauma-responsive, attachment-informed, relationship-based practice tools, including when parents become dysregulated. To listen please click on the following link: CC Inform [external website]
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More from Inform Children:
- Learn on the go: Season 1 Episode 2 – Domestic Abuse in Young People’s Relationships [external website]
- New Country Information! Cultural Profiles Hub [external website]
- Children's Social Care Reforms [external website]
More from Inform Adults:
- Mental Capacity & ‘Insight’ [external website]
- Working with Adults who are Deaf [external website]