About The Wakefield Risk and Resilience Framework
The Wakefield Risk and Resilience Framework helps practitioners support children and young people to build strong social and emotional skills. These skills act as protective factors, helping children and young people navigate life’s challenges, manage their feelings, and stay confident and hopeful about the future.
The framework includes helpful tools, such as printable questionnaires and a trauma-responsive conversation guide. These tools help identify strengths, strategies, and areas where extra support may be needed. Practitioners can also create a personalised questionnaire to support Early Help or Health Needs Assessments. The framework fits well alongside any existing assessment process or when developing a new project.
In addition to the framework, the website includes Resource and Education Support sections. These offer evidence-based schemes of work and short interventions designed to build practical skills and strengthen resilience in children and young people.
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Parents' Area
Supporting your child’s resilience starts with creating a nurturing space where they feel safe, heard, and understood.
The Wakefield Parent Education Hub supports parents and carers to help their child or young person build strong social and emotional skills. These skills are part of the Risk and Resilience Framework. It focuses on helping children develop positive strategies to navigate life’s challenges, manage their feelings, and stay confident and hopeful about the future.
On the website, you will find activities and resources for ages 0–19 that have been adapted for children or young people who are being educated at home. This free resource encourages you, the parent, to keep records (through the certificates and questionnaires) and track progress as you explore the topics you choose as relevant for your child. Plus, there’s easy-to-use advice, top tips, and information to guide you as your child grows and becomes more independent.
All you need to sign up is an email address. We do not require detailed personal information—only part of your postcode, which helps confirm that you live in the Wakefield District so you can access the website for free.
From the Children’s Public Health Team
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