Analytical Reporting and Recording

Overview

A course to demonstrate how analytical writing requires an assessment of the weight given to information gathered, drawing on knowledge from research, experience and practice, combined with the service users’ needs within the family or the context in which they live. The course aims to improve delegates’ confidence in understanding what is relevant and meaningful, and how to write it down in an effective way

Who is Analytical Reporting and Recording aimed at?

Family practitioners, social workers and anyone working within Children’s social care

Course Length

1 day

Learning Outcomes

By the end of the training session delegates will be able to:

• Understand the process of analysis
• Understand what a fact is, what an ‘issue’ is, and what a judgement is
• Give weight to the relevance of information
• Use chronologies
• Work out what information might be telling you
• Make sense of the information to form a clear plan of action
• How to write analytical reports specific to Children’s Social Care