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Independent Social Workers
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, Compliance, Direct work with families and carers, Direct work with service users, Family assessment, Inter-agency working, Local authority departments, Private / independent sector, Quality assurance, Review and evaluation, Voluntary sector
Professional registrations:
Social Work England
Skills include:
Quality Assurance, Audit, Senior Management, Care Planning Review
Type of work and clients:
Complaints, Coaching / mentoring of social workers, Compliance, Court assessments, Direct work with service users, Expert witness, Inspection, Inter-agency working, Local authority departments, NHS organisations, Practice assessment, Practice teaching, Private / independent sector, Quality assurance, Regulatory bodies, Review and evaluation, Solicitors, Strategy, Supervision, Training and tutoring, Universities / learning & training bodies, Voluntary sector
Professional registrations:
Social Work England
Skills include:
Report writing, creating accessible training for non-professionals
Type of work and clients:
Advocacy, 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
Type of work and clients:
Court assessments, Direct work with families and carers, Direct work with service users, Family assessment, Inter-agency working, Placements, Practice assessment, Private / independent sector, Supervision, Therapeutic work, Training and tutoring, Voluntary sector
Professional registrations:
Social Care Wales
Skills include:
- DDP within my practice
-TheraPlay within my practice
- Child and Family
- Foster and Adoption assessor
Type of work and clients:
Advocacy, Direct work with families and carers, Direct work with service users, Local authority departments, Private / independent sector, Solicitors
Professional registrations:
Social Work England
Skills include:
Empowerment, Human Rights and Advocacy are balanced within ensuring management of Risk, Safeguarding and Legislation.
Type of work and clients:
Court assessments, Direct work with families and carers, Direct work with service users, Expert witness, Local authority departments, NHS organisations, Placements, Post placement contract, Private / independent sector, Regulatory bodies, Research, Review and evaluation, Solicitors, Therapeutic work, Voluntary sector
Professional registrations:
Social Care Wales, Social Work England
Skills include:
Learning Disabilities, physical, Older people Safeguarding social work. Mental health. Dementia and younger people with mental health issues.
AMHP working with people who have mental health issues.
Type of work and clients:
Advocacy, Coaching / mentoring of social workers, Compliance, Direct work with service users, Expert witness, Inspection, Inter-agency working, Placements, Private / independent sector, Quality assurance, Review and evaluation, Solicitors, Supervision, Voluntary sector
Professional registrations:
Social Work England
Skills include:
I have good working knowledge MCA & DoLS. I have management and supervisory experience. I have done training related to safeguarding, diversity and facilitated sessions on MCA for AYSE's.
Type of work and clients:
Complaints, Advocacy, Coaching / mentoring of social workers, Inspection, Inter-agency working, Local authority departments, NHS organisations, Private / independent sector, Quality assurance, Research, Review and evaluation, Supervision, Training and tutoring
Professional registrations:
Social Work England
Skills include:
Audit, Research, Supervision, Report writer/author Interpersonal/team facilitator Complex problem solver Compassionate communicator Family mediation, Parents - organisation mediation
Type of work and clients:
Court assessments, Expert witness, Government offices, Local authority departments, NHS organisations, Practice assessment, Private / independent sector, Regulatory bodies, Review and evaluation, Solicitors, Supervision, Training and tutoring, Universities / learning & training bodies, Voluntary sector
Professional registrations:
Social Work England
Skills include:
Best interests assessor, mental capacity assessments.
Type of work and clients:
Advocacy, Coaching / mentoring of parents (families), Court assessments, Direct work with families and carers, Direct work with service users, Expert witness, Family assessment, Government offices, Inter-agency working, Local authority departments, Private / independent sector, Research, Review and evaluation, Solicitors, Strategy, Training and tutoring
Type of work and clients:
Coaching / mentoring of social workers, Government offices, Inspection, Inter-agency working, Local authority departments, Private / independent sector, Quality assurance, Research, Strategy, Supervision, Training and tutoring, Universities / learning & training bodies, Voluntary sector
Professional registrations:
Social Work England
Skills include:
Coaching/mentoring
Strategic planning
Training in safeguarding children
Multi-agency partnership working
Report writing
Inspection preparation
Quality Assurance
CSPR experience
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:
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:
Complex Independent court reporting, age assessment- abuse investigations, CA (1989) Training Safeguarding Prevent, Equality & Diversity. Chairing, Auditing, Managing budgets & supervision of staff.
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, Placements, Private / independent sector, Quality assurance, Review and evaluation, Solicitors, Universities / learning & training bodies
Type of work and clients:
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
Professional registrations:
Social Work England
Skills include:
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.