Specialism: Children and families
Location: England: East, England: East Midlands, England: Isle of Wight, England: London, England: North East, England: North West, England: South East, England: South West, England: West Midlands, England: Yorkshire and the Humber, Guernsey, Isle of Man, Jersey
Profile: Areas of expertise;
• Parenting assessments (including the use of the ParentAssess model of assessment and pre-birth)
• Connected persons
• Special Guardianship
• Private law applications relating to contact and residence
• Together or Apart sibling assessments
• Direct work with children and families within court proceedings including life story work
• Form F assessments (from August 2024)
• Merton compliant age assessments
Training
• ParentAssess training (March 2024)
• Kinship assessment practice – Coram BAAF (April 2024)
• Sibling assessments: beyond together or apart (April 2024)
• Merton Compliant Age assessments (July 2022)
• Form F training (August 2024)
I work with: Coaching/ mentoring of parents (families), Court assessments, Direct work with families and carers, Direct work with service users, Expert witness, Family assessment, Inter-agency working, Private/ independent sector
Qualifications: BA Social Work
Professional registrations: Social Work England
Extra skills: I am a highly skilled Social Worker, with over 12 years direct LA experience with Children and Families, ranging from CIN and CP work, to CWD and CLA, now working as an ISW.