All practitioners listed in this directory are members of the British Association of Social Workers. BASW is not liable for the conduct and/or services rendered by those listed.
Type of work and clients:
Complaints, Coaching / mentoring of parents (families), Coaching / mentoring of social workers, Compliance, Court assessments, Direct work with families and carers, Direct work with service users, Expert witness, Family assessment, Inter-agency working, Local authority departments, Practice assessment, Practice teaching, Private / independent sector, Quality assurance, Research, Review and evaluation, Solicitors, Strategy, Supervision, Therapeutic work, Training and tutoring, Universities / learning & training bodies, Voluntary sector
Professional registrations:
Social Work England
Skills include:
Completing parenting, risk, kinship and sibling assessments for the Courts and Local Authorities in public and private law proceedings as well as PLO.
Type of work and clients:
Complaints, Advocacy, Coaching / mentoring of parents (families), Coaching / mentoring of social workers, Court assessments, Direct work with families and carers, Direct work with service users, Expert witness, Family assessment, Private / independent sector, Quality assurance, Supervision, Training and tutoring
Professional registrations:
Social Work England
Skills include:
Independent Social Worker specialising in Form F, fostering, connected persons, PAMS/ParentAssess, CUBAS, parenting and risk assessments, plus QA, audits, reviews and investigations, delivering clear, robust analysis.
Type of work and clients:
Advocacy, Coaching / mentoring of parents (families), Coaching / mentoring of social workers, Compliance, Court assessments, Direct work with families and carers, Direct work with service users, Government offices, Inspection, Inter-agency working, Local authority departments, NHS organisations, Placements, Post placement contract, Private / independent sector, Quality assurance, Regulatory bodies, Research, Review and evaluation, Solicitors, Strategy, Supervision, Training and tutoring, Universities / learning & training bodies, Voluntary sector
Professional registrations:
Social Work England
Skills include:
Direct work with service users, carers and organisations
Type of work and clients:
Coaching / mentoring of parents (families), Coaching / mentoring of social workers, Court assessments, Direct work with families and carers, Direct work with service users, Expert witness, Family assessment, Government offices, Inspection, Inter-agency working, Local authority departments, Placements, Private / independent sector, Quality assurance, Supervision
Professional registrations:
Social Work England
Skills include:
Dedicated social care leader skilled in safeguarding, complex assessments, court work and QA. Proven in risk management, multi-agency partnership and driving high-quality, child-focused outcomes.
Type of work and clients:
Complaints, Advocacy, Coaching / mentoring of parents (families), Coaching / mentoring of social workers, Compliance, Court assessments, Direct work with families and carers, Direct work with service users, Expert witness, Family assessment, Government offices, Inspection, Inter-agency working, Local authority departments, NHS organisations, Placements, Post placement contract, Practice assessment, Practice teaching, Private / independent sector, Quality assurance, Regulatory bodies, Research, Review and evaluation, Solicitors, Strategy, Supervision, Therapeutic work, Training and tutoring, Universities / learning & training bodies, Voluntary sector
Professional registrations:
Social Work England
Skills include:
Experienced ISW. Expertise in diverse cultures, religion, disabilities, ParentAssess, parenting assessments, SGO, DV, FGM, SW consultant, child-centred expert witness and International Assessments.
Type of work and clients:
Advocacy, Direct work with families and carers, Direct work with service users, Inter-agency working, Local authority departments, NHS organisations, Private / independent sector, Quality assurance, Review and evaluation, Solicitors, Therapeutic work, Voluntary sector
Professional registrations:
Social Work England
Skills include:
Complex Mental Capacity Assessment, BIA, DoLS Signatory, groups, communication with nonverbal people, Autism, Brain Injury, neurological diseases, alcohol/substance misuse, difficult to engage people.
Type of work and clients:
Complaints, Advocacy, Coaching / mentoring of parents (families), Compliance, Court assessments, Direct work with families and carers, Direct work with service users, Expert witness, Inspection, Inter-agency working, Local authority departments, NHS organisations, Private / independent sector, Quality assurance, Review and evaluation, Solicitors, Strategy, Supervision, Therapeutic work, Voluntary sector
Professional registrations:
Social Work England
Skills include:
A skilled communicator, advocator and negotiator with experience of working with adult and children service users and professionals from a range of settings.
Type of work and clients:
Coaching / mentoring of social workers, Court assessments, Direct work with families and carers, Direct work with service users, Inter-agency working, Local authority departments, Private / independent sector, Solicitors
Professional registrations:
Scottish Social Services Council
Skills include:
As a an experienced children and families social worker with almost 30 years experience in local authority social work, I have a wide range of experience specialising in immigration, trafficking and human rights social work.
Type of work and clients:
Complaints, Advocacy, Coaching / mentoring of parents (families), Coaching / mentoring of social workers, Compliance, Court assessments, Direct work with families and carers, Direct work with service users, Expert witness, Family assessment, Inter-agency working, Local authority departments, NHS organisations, Placements, Post placement contract, Practice assessment, Practice teaching, Private / independent sector, Quality assurance, Regulatory bodies, Review and evaluation, Solicitors, Supervision, Therapeutic work, Training and tutoring, Universities / learning & training bodies, Voluntary sector
Professional registrations:
Scottish Social Services Council
Skills include:
Personal and Professional skills in making complaints and protected disclosures. Skills in assessing children, young people and adults who have been harmed or are at risk of harm.
Type of work and clients:
Complaints, Coaching / mentoring of parents (families), Coaching / mentoring of social workers, Court assessments, Direct work with families and carers, Direct work with service users, Expert witness, Family assessment, Inter-agency working, Placements, Practice assessment, Practice teaching, Private / independent sector, Quality assurance, Review and evaluation, Supervision, Therapeutic work, Voluntary sector
Professional registrations:
Social Work England
Skills include:
Experienced social work practitioner and leader with expertise in harmful sexual behaviour, safeguarding, adoption, complex assessments, court and family work, supervision, quality assurance and service improvement.
Type of work and clients:
Coaching / mentoring of parents (families), Coaching / mentoring of social workers, Court assessments, Direct work with families and carers, Direct work with service users, Family assessment, Inter-agency working, Placements, Post placement contract, Private / independent sector, Supervision, Therapeutic work, Training and tutoring
Professional registrations:
Social Work England
Skills include:
Trauma responsive, therapeutic approaches, relational working, parenting support, working with overwhelm and burnout, compassionate, creative, child and family focused, approachable.
Type of work and clients:
Advocacy, Coaching / mentoring of parents (families), Coaching / mentoring of social workers, Court assessments, Direct work with families and carers, Direct work with service users, Expert witness, Family assessment, Private / independent sector, Supervision, Therapeutic work
Type of work and clients:
Direct work with service users, Expert witness, Inter-agency working, Local authority departments, NHS organisations, Private / independent sector, Research, Solicitors, Strategy, Supervision, Training and tutoring, Universities / learning & training bodies, Voluntary sector
Professional registrations:
Social Work England
Skills include:
I have extensive experience in adult mental health, learning disability, and forensic social work. As an independent social worker, I regularly undertake complex independent social work reports / assessments and I am an expert witness.
Type of work and clients:
Complaints, Advocacy, Coaching / mentoring of parents (families), Coaching / mentoring of social workers, Compliance, Direct work with families and carers, Direct work with service users, Family assessment, Placements, Post placement contract, Practice assessment, Practice teaching, Private / independent sector, Quality assurance, Supervision, Therapeutic work, Training and tutoring, Universities / learning & training bodies, Voluntary sector
Professional registrations:
Social Work England
Skills include:
Direct work | Placement stability support | Therapeutic Parenting Support | Advocacy | Assessment skills |