Simon
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Simon
@SocialWorkSimon
Head of Quality Assurance at @InnovateServic2. @FA Safeguarding Review Panel Member. NAAS Accredited.

Self harm in children and teenagers shows a very different pattern to adults with significantly less harm on the weekends and during holidays: greatest harm on school days. Holidays and weekends are good circuit breakers for distress #BDISummit @blackdoginst



It’s the things we do that mean the most. 🛹 #TheBeginner




We’re hiring a Practice Consultant to join our growing Quality Assurance Team 📢 This role will work in partnership with children’s services teams across the country to achieve better outcomes for children and young people. Find out more & apply: bit.ly/practice-consu…











Att: Children’s social workers in England! Please help us test an e-learning training module for supporting LGBTQ+ youth (CPD-accredited). You must be employed by a local authority. Managers and supervising social workers of foster carers also eligible. bham.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_29…



When parents talk to me about gaming and screens, it’s always about fear. ‘Will they get addicted?’ they ask me. ‘I can’t control my own use, how can a child do it?’. There’s so much fear that we have no time to talk about the benefits. So here are some of the things I see. 1/



