CYP Now - The dos and don’ts of case recording

Care records can help make sense of difficult childhood experiences but vary widely in quality. Drawing on her own experiences, Rebekah Pierre provides key pointers on sensitive case recording.

Social workers must be mindful that the reports they fill out may be read one day by the children in care they are writing about. Picture: Krakenimages.com/Adobe Stock

Rebekah Pierre, care-experienced author, social worker, and campaigner

How easily could you access records of your childhood? If you are in the vast majority, you probably have stacks of albums in a family attic somewhere, photos taken by someone intent on capturing your special moments. Or you may have a memory box containing precious mementos from your early days – swimming certificates, school reports, even a letter from your first love. No matter how mundane they may appear at first glance, these artefacts are priceless. They contain clues to who you were and who you would later become.

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