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:
Advocacy, Compliance, Direct work with service users, Inter-agency working, Local authority departments, NHS organisations, Placements, Private / independent sector
Professional registrations:
Social Work England
Skills include:
Approved Mental Health Professional, Best Interests Assessor.
Type of work and clients:
Supervision, Training and tutoring, Universities / learning & training bodies, Voluntary sector
Skills include:
I provide training in the following areas:
Motivational Interviewing
Safeguarding Supervision
Safeguarding Children
Toxic Trio
Designated Safeguarding Leads
Safer Recruitment
Type of work and clients:
Coaching / mentoring of social workers, Court assessments, Family assessment, Local authority departments, Practice assessment, Practice teaching, Universities / learning & training bodies
Professional registrations:
Social Work England
Skills include:
Qualified to PEPS 2 level; co-facilitated on training courses around attachment; certification in Dyadic Developmental Practice to Level 2.
Type of work and clients:
Coaching / mentoring of social workers, Inspection, Inter-agency working, Local authority departments, Private / independent sector, Quality assurance, Review and evaluation, Strategy
Type of work and clients:
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, Quality assurance, Solicitors, Supervision, Therapeutic work, Universities / learning & training bodies
Professional registrations:
Social Work England
Skills include:
(Family Group Conferences), working with neurodiverse parents , pre-birth assessments and interventions, parent assess, age assessor including court reports (Section 7, 37), age assessor.
Type of work and clients:
Complaints, Advocacy, Court assessments, Direct work with families and carers, Direct work with service users, Expert witness, Family assessment, Inspection, Inter-agency working, Local authority departments, NHS organisations, Private / independent sector, Solicitors
Professional registrations:
Scottish Social Services Council
Skills include:
Associate University Lecturer K102 Introduction to Health and Social Care
Type of work and clients:
Coaching / mentoring of parents (families), Coaching / mentoring of social workers, Direct work with families and carers, Direct work with service users, Placements, Private / independent sector, Therapeutic work
Professional registrations:
Social Work England
Skills include:
Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy Level 1 & 2; my practice is DDP informed.
Facilitates Foundations for Attachment programme; for those parenting children who have experienced developmental trauma.
Type of work and clients:
Complaints, Expert witness, Inspection, Inter-agency working, Local authority departments, Quality assurance, Review and evaluation, Strategy
Professional registrations:
Social Work England
Skills include:
I have advanced skills in; leadership, written and verbal communication with internal and external partners; analysis of case files and performance information.
Type of work and clients:
Coaching / mentoring of parents (families), Coaching / mentoring of social workers, Direct work with families and carers, Family assessment, Research, Supervision, Training and tutoring
Professional registrations:
Social Work England
Skills include:
Writing and research Teaching coaching supervision