Many people would be surprised at the number of organisations that are actually required to be child safe but don’t realise it.

I’ve been fortunate enough to work in the UK and here in Australia in frontline child protection, and I lead a team of incredible social workers delivering child protection services in New Zealand. I’ve consulted with Japanese professors and lecturers in Social Work, teaching students from Japan about fostering and kinship care models, assessment, and training. Recently, I was reflecting on how similar child protection is, regardless of the location, the legislation, or the landscape.

Last week, a number of the Individual Placement Support (IPS) team attended the Resilient Kids Conference, hosted by Michelle Mitchell and Karen Young. It was a brilliant opportunity to hear and learn from four of the best researchers, authors and presenters in strengths-based, trauma-informed parenting.