Introduction To Systemic Ideas For Network Partners In A Safeguarding Context
Dates: 13th July 2026 & 14th September 2026
Time: 09:30am-12:30pm
Location: Microsoft Teams
What is a systemic approach?
Cybernetics – how do we understand how systems operate and why is it helpful to do so?
Homeostasis – why do systems (families) resist change when professionals need it to happen? What might we need to do differently once we understand this
Theory of change – how do we decide what intervention to offer and what theory is this based on? How might understanding this change some of the interventions we choose?
How can we find ways to work with resistance and reluctance? What logic might drive this behaviour?
Introduction to the Social Graces and ideas of how to use this in direct practice
Questions as interventions that lead to change
Safe Uncertainty as a framework to manage risk in a safeguarding context