Tools and techniques for fostering respectful relationships

Posted: 18/11/2024

Over the past 30 years, Innovative Resources has created many card sets that explore the strengths, skills and personal qualities that build and foster healthy relationships. We’ve developed this 90-minute workshop as a deep-dive into some of these resources and how they can spark…

Strengths-based supervision: reflecting on practice

Posted: 18/11/2024

Join us in this workshop designed to re-energise your approach to supervision. It creates a space to explore supervision that values collaboration, mutual respect, careful reflection and constructive challenge.

Tools for supporting conversations within families

Posted: 09/09/2024

When it comes to communicating—whether as social workers, counsellors, mental health practitioners, educators, health workers or parents—some of the most challenging and life-altering conversations we face are the ones we have with families. When there’s so much at stake and so many relationships involved,…

Creating moments of self-care at work

Posted: 27/06/2024

overview  Self-care is essential for those in helping professionals to sustain themselves emotionally, physically, and mentally—if we don’t look after ourselves, we can’t effectively support others. By implementing regular self-care strategies, we can help prevent burnout, maintain physical and mental health, set boundaries, model…

Navigating transitions – tools and ideas for supporting children

Posted: 30/09/2022

Overview: Transitioning from one year to another, school to home, classroom to playground or within the playground, can be challenging. Children are expected to move from one activity to another, one setting to another and one relationship to another. For example, there can be…

Recognising and reframing anxiety

Posted: 30/09/2022

Overview: Everyone experiences anxiety at some time, even children. And helping clients understand their experience of anxiety can often provide an alternative way of engagement, and help clear the path to enable the other work to continue. Recognising and reframing anxiety is a core skills…