Hearing Young People’s Voices – Reflective Questions for Strategic Leaders By Nicky Hill, July 20, 2021 This resource has been developed as part of the Tackling Child Exploitation (TCE) Support Programme in response to the increasing recognition by partners across local areas of the need for consideration by strategic leaders, how children, young people and families are engaged to inform and influence the services, support, and the responses they receive. Topics Covered: Equality Diversity & InclusionOrganisational CultureTrauma- InformedYoung person's voice
Approaches to Strategy By Janet Grauberg, May 1, 2021 This discussion piece reflects on some useful approaches to strategic planning, and some common pitfalls. Topics Covered: Organisational CulturePartnershipStrategyStrengths Based WorkingSystems Change
An Introduction to Action Learning for Partnerships Tackling Child Exploitation By Janet Grauberg, April 14, 2021 Action Learning is a group process of insightful questioning and reflective listening. It is a structured, strengths based conversation in which peers help their colleagues see different perspectives on a real work issue. Action Learning is particularly useful for novel and emerging issues, like child exploitation. This resource provides a comprehensive introduction to Action Learning and how it aligns with the TCE approach. Topics Covered: PartnershipPracticeRelational approachSystems Change
‘It’s not them, it’s us’: the making of a child exploitation strategy By Ben Byrne, March 22, 2021 Ben is a TCE Delivery Partner whose career has seen him work and lead across a range of children and young people’s services. He is strategic lead for improvement and innovation in children’s services at London Councils. In this blog, he reflects on his experiences of working with partnerships in local areas to develop a strategic approach to child exploitation. Topics Covered: Child ExploitationMulti-AgencyPartnership
Guide to strategy design, implementation and delivery By Tony Saggers, March 1, 2021 This guide to strategy design, implementation and delivery has been produced by Tony Saggers, Stratac Logical Director. Topics Covered: StrategySystems Change
The teenage brain – how the research can (and should?) inform practice By Alice Yeo, December 18, 2020 The second of our guided interviews is with esteemed clinical psychologist, Dr John Coleman. Topics Covered: AdolescentsAdverse Childhood Experiences (ACES)Evidence
Data for Intelligence By Ellie Mendez-Sayer, December 16, 2020 This series of resources is based on interviews with experts in the field of research, policy and practice with young people. The interviews were undertaken by Ellie Mendez-Sayers, Research in Practice associate, and focused on key issues and debates in the field of child exploitation and extra-familial harm. Through these discussions with researchers and practitioners, who come from different fields and have different areas of expertise, we hope to bring to the fore the complexities of child exploitation and extra-familial harm, and to contribute to an understanding of the different perspectives that exist. For some topics, there was a high level of agreement; in others, more differences were apparent. We have tried to ensure that these differences in perspective have been clearly attributed. We are very grateful to all those who participated in the interviews, all of whom were extremely generous with their time and expertise. Topics Covered: Child ExploitationData & IntelligencePractice
Igniting systems change from within By The Children’s Society, November 1, 2020 Charting the systems change journey of a national frontline charity: The Children’s Society learning from the Systems Changers 2018-19 programme (and beyond) about the role of large civic organisations in enabling systemic change to tackle multiple disadvantage. Topics Covered: ProfessionalsService ProvisionSystems ChangeYoung people
TCE Support Programme: Action Research on Covid-19 By TCE Programme Team, October 20, 2020 During April and May 2020 the Tackling Child Exploitation programme carried out some action research to explore the experience and impact of Covid-19 on professionals in leadership or direct work relating to child exploitation and extra-familial harm. Topics Covered: Action ResearchChild ExploitationCOVID-19PracticeResearch
What is action research and how do we do it? By Mark K. Smith, June 24, 2020 In this article we explore the development of some different traditions of action research and provide an introductory guide to the literature. Topics Covered: Action ResearchDefinitions
