Specialist profile

Ms Christina Pinto
Contact details
Business name: Think Social Work
Limited company registered in: England and Wales
Company's registered number:

12232574

Address: Think Social Work Ltd
24 Spillmans Road
City: Stroud
County: Gloucestershire
Postal Code: GL5 3NB
Telephone: 07783317077
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Professional information
Specialism: Children and families
Location: England: South West, England: West Midlands
Profile:

I am an independent social worker with 11 years’ safeguarding experience. I am a proficient assessor with excellent report writing skills. I am CUBAS, PAMS and Parent Assess trained. I have had consistently good feedback regarding the quality of my assessments as well as my ability to give clear evidence in court. I complete parenting assessments, connected person, special guardianship assessments, together/apart assessments, CPRs, risk assessments and direct work with families. I offer contact supervision, welfare visits and parenting support. I help local authorities with reunification. I offer supervision and practice education. I sit on on a county council Fostering panel.

I work with: Coaching/ mentoring of social workers, Court assessments, Direct work with families and carers, Direct work with service users, Expert witness, Family assessment, Local authority departments, Placements, Practice assessment, Practice teaching, Private/ independent sector, Solicitors, Supervision, Training and tutoring, Universities / learning & training bodies, Voluntary sector
Qualifications:

BSc(Hons) Social Work, First Class, Post Qualifying Award in Practice Education, BA(Hons) English Literature

Professional registrations: Social Work England
Extra skills:

I have an interest in assessing the parenting capacity of adults with cognitive needs and complete evidence based assessments with clear recommendations of how to elicit change with this client group.