Learn from the lived experience of childhood trauma

Hearing directly from people with lived experience of social care is one of the most powerful and effective ways to learn and reflect on social work practice.

Author, motivational speaker and care leaver Jenny Molloy, in partnership with Community Care Inform, will be sharing her experience of childhood neglect, parental addiction and domestic abuse, in a session at Social Work England’s Social Work Week 2025.

She will discuss the opportunities missed by professionals to help her and how practitioners can intervene more effectively with children today. She will also share the complex trauma arising from her childhood that has lasted long into adulthood.

The session takes place on Wednesday, 19 March 2025, from 1.30pm-2:30pm and you can book your free place now.

About Jenny Molloy and CC Inform

Jenny, writing under the penname Hope Daniels, is the bestselling author of Hackney Child, Tainted Love, Neglected and This Isn’t Love, which was reviewed recently in Community Care.

She is also a practice improvement consultant, who works with several organisations to support positive change in social work, in which capacity she has worked for many years with Community Care Inform, providing learning on topics including neglect, child sexual exploitation and trauma.

Community Care Inform delivers expert-produced practice guidance, in a quick and accessible format, to help social work professionals make and evidence their decisions, through our subscription-based Inform Adults and Inform Children sites.

For information on how we can help you and your team, contact us at ccinformhelpdesk@markallengroup.com or on 020 3915 9444.

Social Work Week

Social Work Week, which runs from 17 to 21 March 2025, is a free programme of events on social work, with other sessions this year covering topics including the future of the profession, artificial intelligence, retention, fitness to practise and social work’s public image.

You can book tickets for individual sessions now.