Lead Worker Practice Essentials, Oct 2026. “Steven is a fantastic at training and very motivated.”
Greetings one and all,
I’ve been a tad lax with my blog posts, due to the fact that I have been very, VERY busy. New courses, (more on them later…) new clients and blimey, just a lovely time with some truly fantastic people.
So, what do I have for you today? First of all, I delivered my course, ‘Empowering Practice: Lead Worker Practice Essentials’ for Staffordshire Safeguarding Children Partnership. This course has been VERY popular with professionals across the entirety of Staffordshire.
What’s the course all about? Well, let me enlighten you:
Aim: The aim of this session is to equip learners with the skills required to become an effective lead worker, benefitting, and improving the lives of families across Staffordshire.
Objectives: By the end of the day’s training:
1. A clear understanding of the principles of being a leading worker.
2. Understanding how to coordinate a multi-agency team around the family.
3. How to build strong multi-agency relationships and a shared response- acting as the trusted professional for the family and ensuring professionals work collaboratively towards shared, sustainable outcomes.
4. How to promote participation of family members- voice and inclusion of all family members and those who are involved the child’s life e.g. fathers not living with the child but shared care, grandparents who look after the child.
5. Identifying with families about non-engagement, such as missed appointments, concerns, whilst maintaining positive working relationships.
6. Managing non-engagements and resistance to change, understanding that often it could be fear or feeling vulnerable that results in non-engagement behaviours.
7. Recognising strengths, not only worries and how to build on these.
8. Problem solving skills to teach families.
9. How to develop and review outcome-focused plans WITH families ensuring actions are clear, proportionate and recognise successes.
10. Understanding what a successful closure looks like. To look at the root causes and reduce the revolving door of families returning to services.
11. Explain how to connect with others using Emotional Intelligence.
And what did folk have to say about it their enjoyment of the course?
“It was absolutely fantastic!”
“Steven is a fantastic at training and very motivated.”
“I thought it was brilliant so please don’t change anything!”
“It was very interactive.”
“What made it great? The interaction and way of training.”
“Very Interactive. Steven was bubbly and engaging.”
“What did I enjoy most about it? How interactive it was.”
"Interaction with others.”
“Useful & practical ways of working"
“The engagement, Steven himself absolutely pleasure to listen too, and kept a us all engaged.”
“The Interaction, Groupwork, scenarios – excellent.”
"Meeting others in similar yet different positions.”
“Expanding my knowledge with a good informative training leader, Steve."
“Having examples and working through practice in the small group or breakout rooms.”
“The interaction with others.”
“I would have loved the face-to-face course, but my timings didn’t match. But great session on Zoom.”