Working with Uncertainty, Complexity and Curiosity

The resources in this section focus less on what we do and more on how we can apply the emerging evidence we have in relation to child exploitation and extra-familial harm to positively disrupt approaches not designed to meet the challenges of extra-familial harm.

This is a growing body of knowledge and the resources available in these sections will expand as our learning from delivery grows.

Our Working with Uncertainty, Complexity and Curiosity resources acknowledge what a challenging, constantly-moving and strategic context working in child exploitation and extra-familial harm is.

We want to explore how we best approach work in areas where we don’t always know enough to feel comfortable and confident.

Can we hold space for what we don’t know?

Where we don’t ‘know’, is there learning we could draw on or apply to a new context?

What behaviours make complexity feel more manageable?

Is there an opportunity to do something differently?

These resources focus on supporting local areas to critically assess and apply evidence, and to reflect on how this relates to strategic decision-making.