Supporting children and families during the pandemic: A conversation with NSPCC

Susannah Bowyer, Assistant Director at Research in Practice, talks to colleagues from the NSPCC about what they’ve learned from supporting children and families during the pandemic.

They share their experiences of responding to the immediate needs of children and families when the first national lockdown was announced, and what they’ve learned since, from providing their services using virtual and digital methods alongside face-to-face work where possible.

Talking points

This podcast looks at:

• Research the NSPCC has undertaken to understand the impact of the pandemic on the children and families they support, and their frontline practitioners.
• How the NSPCC responded to meet the immediate needs of children and families at the start of the pandemic, and what they’ve done to adapt the support they provide in the face of constantly changing circumstances.
• What the NSPCC has learned from delivering services both virtually and using a blended model of virtual and face-to-face support.

Resources mentioned in this podcast

• Child protection and social distancing
• NSPCC COVID-19: Safeguarding and child protection hub
• NSPCC reflections and learning from local services' response to families during COVID-19
• NSPCC response to COVID-19: Still here for children

Related resources

• Child protection and social distancing: Improving the capacity of social workers to keep children safe during the pandemic
• How social work and child protection are being creative and helping children and families during COVID-19 and can do so beyond it
• Learning from adapting the Baby Steps programme in response to COVID-19
• Learning from lockdown: Social work and child protection during COVID-19: Recorded Webinar
• NSPCC learning podcast - What have we learnt during COVID-19?
• Social care practice in the time of COVID-19
• Social work from home: Creating thinking spaces