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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, Advocacy, Coaching / mentoring of social workers, Compliance, Court assessments, Direct work with families and carers, Direct work with service users, Expert witness, Government offices, 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:
Assessment, Care planning, risk management.To gather information, analyse it, influence negotiate and problem solve complex issues to a resolution. Strategic Leadership enabling culture change.
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, Practice assessment, Practice teaching, Quality assurance, Research, Review and evaluation, Strategy, Supervision, Training and tutoring, Universities / learning & training bodies
Professional registrations:
Social Work England
Skills include:
Experienced social worker, manager and senior manager.Focus on NAI, sexual risk, risk assessment and quality assurance.
Type of work and clients:
Advocacy, Coaching / mentoring of parents (families), Court assessments, Direct work with families and carers, Direct work with service users, Family assessment, Inspection, Inter-agency working, Local authority departments, Supervision, Training and tutoring
Professional registrations:
Social Work England
Skills include:
Trained in Parenting work - trained in SFSC, Triple P and Care for the Family Parent Facilitator. Gangs work and ASB. Experienced in team building, staff training and managerial supervision.
Type of work and clients:
Coaching / mentoring of social workers, Expert witness, Government offices, Inspection, Inter-agency working, Local authority departments, Practice assessment, Practice teaching, Private / independent sector, Quality assurance, Regulatory bodies, Research, Review and evaluation, Strategy, Supervision, Training and tutoring, Universities / learning & training bodies, Voluntary sector
Professional registrations:
Social Work England
Skills include:
Child Protection Trainer
Safeguarding Consultancy
Unconscious bias
Write articles
Public speaking
Delivering workshops at Conferences
Type of work and clients:
Complaints, Advocacy, Compliance, Direct work with families and carers, Direct work with service users, Family assessment, Government offices, Inter-agency working, Local authority departments, NHS organisations, Private / independent sector, Quality assurance, Regulatory bodies, Review and evaluation, Strategy, Supervision, Training and tutoring, Voluntary sector
Professional registrations:
Social Work England
Skills include:
Able to deliver a range of facilitated training both face to face and through video conferencing platforms.
Type of work and clients:
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, NHS organisations, Placements, Post placement contract, Private / independent sector, Solicitors, Voluntary sector
Professional registrations:
Social Care Wales, Social Work England
Skills include:
Assessments offered in 7 Languages, including Bengali, Sylheti, Urdu, Punjabi, Hindi, Arabic. Expert Witness on Islamic Sharia
Type of work and clients:
Complaints, Compliance, Court assessments, Inspection, Local authority departments, Placements, Quality assurance, Supervision
Professional registrations:
Social Work England
Skills include:
Excellent communication and listening skills
Empathetic
Ability to meet tight deadlines
Completion of reports of a high standard.
Type of work and clients:
Complaints, Coaching / mentoring of social workers, Compliance, Government offices, Inspection, Inter-agency working, Local authority departments, Placements, Quality assurance, Regulatory bodies, Supervision
Type of work and clients:
Complaints, Advocacy, Coaching / mentoring of parents (families), Coaching / mentoring of social workers, Court assessments, Direct work with families and carers, Direct work with service users, Expert witness, Family assessment, Inter-agency working, Local authority departments, Post placement contract, Practice assessment, Practice teaching, Quality assurance, Review and evaluation, Solicitors, Strategy, Therapeutic work, Training and tutoring
Type of work and clients:
Complaints, Coaching / mentoring of social workers, Court assessments, Direct work with service users, Expert witness, Family assessment, Local authority departments, Practice assessment, Practice teaching, Private / independent sector, Solicitors, Supervision, Therapeutic work, Training and tutoring, Universities / learning & training bodies
Professional registrations:
Social Care Wales, Social Work England
Skills include:
Independent Social Work & Training
Type of work and clients:
Complaints, Coaching / mentoring of social workers, 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, NHS organisations, Practice assessment, Practice teaching, Private / independent sector, Quality assurance, Review and evaluation, Solicitors, Supervision, Training and tutoring, Universities / learning & training bodies, Voluntary sector
Professional registrations:
Social Work England
Skills include:
PAMS Assessor
Disability and complex health assessments
SEND and social care
Mental Capacity Assessments
Practice Educator (PEPS2)
Type of work and clients:
Coaching / mentoring of parents (families), Coaching / mentoring of social workers, 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, Private / independent sector, Training and tutoring
Professional registrations:
Northern Ireland Social Care Council
Skills include:
Twenty years experience in FCC, ten as Senior Social Worker of a FIT/Child Protection Team.
Type of work and clients:
Direct work with families and carers, Expert witness, Local authority departments, Therapeutic work
Professional registrations:
Social Work England
Skills include:
- Experienced in working with care experienced children
- Registered with British Association of Play Therapists witness
- Neurodiverse affirming practice
- Therapeutic support to carers.
Type of work and clients:
Advocacy, Coaching / mentoring of social workers, Direct work with families and carers, Direct work with service users, Local authority departments, NHS organisations, Practice assessment, Practice teaching, Strategy, Supervision, Training and tutoring, Universities / learning & training bodies, Voluntary sector
Type of work and clients:
Court assessments, Direct work with families and carers, Direct work with service users, Expert witness, Family assessment, Local authority departments, Placements, Post placement contract, Practice assessment, Practice teaching, Solicitors, Universities / learning & training bodies, Voluntary sector
Professional registrations:
Social Care Wales, Social Work England
Skills include:
PAMS trained specialising in drug and alcohol impacted families Assessment via translation Welsh speaker