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‘The first initial bit was trying to get her to speak to me’: trauma informed relationship-based practice with female offenders in care.              This article reports on findings from a research project that explored how youth offending practitioners applied a trauma-informed approach to relationship-based practice when working with girls who were in both State care and contact with the Criminal Justice System in England.        

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Resources include what questions to ask children and how - click on the pictures to access free resources.

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Our focus

"We intend to provide advice and support for all young people who desire, or are in need of it. Together we have created a website, variety of short films and augmented reality, to highlight these issues. We strongly feel that this project will be extremely beneficial and successful. Moreover, whether any of these issues relate to you or not, we want you to know overcoming these obstacles is 'NOT just a thought'..."

Our process

What we did first

We watched GW Theatre's Play "Somebody's Sister, Somebody's daughter" and discussed the issues that it raised with children, young people, parents, and practitioners.

We held consultation events in Manchester and Dorset, with multidisciplinary practitioners and examined the strength and weaknesses of 100's of current tool which aim to identify those at risk of child sexual exploitation.

We consulted with young people who had survived child sexual abuse and exploitation. We examined how they would design a new mode of communication and engagement if given a blank piece of paper.

What we did next

Workshop consultations with young people having equal status to the adults to develop the concept of the project with out project artist Beci Ward capturing their ideas onto paper. Ideas were a plenty and the young people created the project name.

Young people lead the development of the project. They are a talented group and their knowledge is invaluable. They engaged with practitioners to develop core questions, web designers, arts and media specialists and computer engineers.

Young people then led consultations with multidisciplinary practitioners to introduce them to the great ideas they had for the best ways to talk with children and young people.

What we produced

Core Questions

Website

Films

Augmented Reality Application

About us

This 'Not Just a Thought...' communication model has been co-produced with an inspirational group of 75 children and young people who worked with lots of professionals from the NHS, Social Care, Education, Police and the Charitable Sector. We created the model to support practitioners, children and young people to work together, to share their thoughts that will help reduce child abuse. In the spirit of keeping the conversation going, the website is open to all and the language used will be child and young person friendly.

Our Team

Members of the Project Team

Our partners

The Not Just a Thought Project was developed in conjunction with experts from

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Not just a thought - Centre for Applied Health Research

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Our focus "We intend to provide advice and support for all young people who desire, or are in need of it. Together we have created a website, variety of short films and augmented reality, to highlight these issues. We strongly feel that this project will be extremely beneficial and successful.

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Share your experience of good practice

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THE MID & WEST WALES SAFEGUARDING BOARD Annual Plan 2024-2025

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CYSUR’s dashboard for useful resources for everyone in Mid and West Wales interested in safeguarding.

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How confident do you think colleagues are in their intersectional practice?

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Lifting the lid on Pandora’s box: Putting professional curiosity into practice

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Professional Curiosity: A Video Guide CYSUR: Mid and West Wales Safeguarding Board

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Professional Curiosity: A Video Guide - Bing video

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🎒 Career Breaks, Gap Years, and Sabbaticals: How to Plan, Save, and Make the Most of Time Away! 🌞

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Professional Curiosity in Mid and West Wales

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A wealth of resources on professional curiosity for safeguarding professionals in Mid and West Wales.

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How can teams develop a proactive approach to escalation and enquiry to address 'disguised compliance' when there may be inconsistencies or blind spots within or between agencies?

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What role does inadequate communication across agencies play in evaluating the authenticity of a family's compliance and effective practice?

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How can practitioners and managers critically examine their own practice and inter-agency communication to avoid becoming overly sceptical or overly trusting in assessments?

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What role should multi-agency communication play in assessing a parent's compliance? How can practitioners and managers ensure relevant information is being shared effectively to support the family?

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Balancing Judgement with Inquiry: How can professionals avoid becoming overly sceptical or trusting? What specific questions or techniques could be used to assess the authenticity of a parent's compliance?

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What are the challenges of engaging children and families and how can unsuccessful attempts affect our practice?

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What are the enablers and barriers to professional curiosity?

How effective are we at hearing and responding to the voice of the child?

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Detached Professionalism: Acts professionally but without relational depth or emotional engagement, which, compliant but impersonal.

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Superficial Engagement:  Technically present in the role but remains emotionally and professionally detached

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Procedural Compliance: Follows policies rigidly, focusing on procedures without investing in the quality or impact of their actions

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Box Ticking: Completes tasks but with no genuine focus on the persons needs.

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Tokenistic Participation: Participates in services or meetings only to meet the social worker’s requirements, showing little to no active commitment to change.

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Passive Cooperation: They may comply without resistance, but their participation is passive, and they show little motivation to improve.

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Manipulative Compliance: Selectively shares information or uses charm to deflect questions, making themselves appear cooperative while withholding key details.

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Intentional Deception: Actively misleads, giving false information or staging interactions to create a misleading impression of care or safety.