Specialism: Adult Services, Children and families, Mental Health
Location: England: East, England: East Midlands, England: London, England: North East, England: North West, England: South East, England: South West, England: West Midlands, England: Yorkshire and the Humber
Profile: Established nearly 20 years ago by myself, a former clinical negligence lawyer, my team and I now provide social work services across England. We are a comprehensive social work practice and work with people from 'cradle to grave' offering both therapeutic support and expert witness services. We routinely work with legal teams, providing a range of social work services from undertaking providing social care management for those injured through Personal Injury or clinical negligence, supporting older clients to co-ordinate and supervise care, through to comprehensive social work assessments for Children with Additional Needs, in the preparation for First Tier SEND Tribunals.
I work with: Advocacy, Coaching/ mentoring of parents (families), Coaching/ mentoring of social workers, Complaints, 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, Practice assessment, Practice teaching, Private/ independent sector, Quality assurance, Regulatory bodies, Research, Review and evaluation, Solicitors, Supervision, Therapeutic work, Training and tutoring, Universities / learning & training bodies, Voluntary sector
Qualifications: BSc (Hons) 1st Class, DipSW, PQSW, Practice Teaching Award, Diploma in Coaching
Professional registrations: Social Work England
Extra skills: I employ a team of professionals primarily from social work, but also from education and medicine to offer a holistic service. This includes a qualified counsellor, who specialises in PTSD.