Understanding pre-birth assessments | NSPCC Learning Podcast

Pre-birth assessments help social work professionals to identify strengths, needs, risks and protective factors in the lives of expectant families. They play an important role in safeguarding babies; effective pre-birth assessments can ensure that families get the support they need before issues escalate.

In this podcast episode, In this podcast episode, Sophie Bell, Associate Head of Development at the NSPCC, talks to Anna Squirrell and Nina Bell, social work practitioners working in children’s social care in Blackburn with Darwen. The two experts discuss the practicalities of conducting effective pre-birth assessments, including what good practice looks like, what challenges might arise, and how tools such as Graded Care Profile 2 Antenatal can help with assessments.

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Related resources:

Find out more about the Graded Care Profile 2 Antenatal (GCP2A) assessment tool: https://learning.nspcc.org.uk/service...

Read our Learning from case reviews briefing on assessments: https://learning.nspcc.org.uk/researc...

Learn more about attachment and child development: https://learning.nspcc.org.uk/child-h...

Read our Learning from case reviews briefing on the early years sector: https://learning.nspcc.org.uk/researc...

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