Identity and life story: What they are and what they mean for your work with children and young people, including those who are in local authority care (LAC).

This training will look at:

• Psychological and social definitions and theories of identity and how a child’s sense of themselves develops.
• How this impacts on the stories they tell about themselves and the stories others tell about them and how this links to the concept of life story.
• The different ways in which life story and identity impact on all of us and how we use concepts of identity and story across many different areas of work.

 The objective of this training is to:

• Provide workers across different sectors with an understanding of identity development and life story and develop skills in meeting the needs of children and young people in relation to this.

Oxfordshire’s programme aims to support UASCs to thrive, integrate within their local community as well as manage the impact upon service pressures for the resident community and prevent community tension. Currently this programme includes Identity and life story, Increasing awareness and understanding of trauma and complex trauma and lost identities. This training programme will offer Oxfordshire’s workforce an opportunity to increase their understanding and awareness of a range of issues which affect UASC, as well as other children in the resident community’.