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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:
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:
Court assessments, Direct work with families and carers, Direct work with service users, Expert witness, Family assessment, Government offices, Inter-agency working, Private / independent sector, Research, Review and evaluation, Solicitors
Professional registrations:
Social Work England
Skills include:
Specialised in Expert assessments and reports in connection with immigration matters.
Type of work and clients:
Complaints, Coaching / mentoring of parents (families), Court assessments, Direct work with families and carers, Expert witness, Family assessment, Inter-agency working, Quality assurance, Review and evaluation, Supervision
Professional registrations:
Social Work England
Skills include:
Direct work skills; multi-agency working; analysis; report writing; child protection, Public Law, care and permanence planning, including adoption, SGO and kinship care.
Type of work and clients:
Complaints, Advocacy, Coaching / mentoring of social workers, Compliance, Court assessments, Family assessment, Inspection, Local authority departments, Placements, Private / independent sector, Quality assurance, Review and evaluation, Supervision
Type of work and clients:
Complaints, Expert witness, Inspection, Inter-agency working, Local authority departments, Private / independent sector, Quality assurance, Regulatory bodies, Review and evaluation, Strategy, Supervision, Voluntary sector
Professional registrations:
Social Work England
Skills include:
Independent Safeguarding Consultancy for all sectors. Safeguarding Audits and Inispection.Safeguarding Training including DSL and Governance.
Type of work and clients:
Complaints, Advocacy, Coaching / mentoring of social workers, Compliance, Court assessments, Direct work with service users, Government offices, Inter-agency working, Local authority departments, NHS organisations, Practice assessment, 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:
Adult Social Care Assessment, Management, Training, Supervision, complaints investigations, grievance investigations.
Type of work and clients:
Direct work with families and carers, Direct work with service users, Local authority departments, Therapeutic work
Professional registrations:
Social Work England
Skills include:
Video Interaction Guidance, Trauma informed practice, solution focussed therapy, therapeutic parenting, family breakdown, fostering, special guardianship and adoption
Type of work and clients:
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, Quality assurance
Professional registrations:
Social Care Wales, Social Work England
Skills include:
Able to connect and build positive relationships with young people who are considered difficult to engage; due to my own cultural understanding, and awareness of social issues.
Type of work and clients:
Coaching / mentoring of social workers, Court assessments, Direct work with families and carers, Expert witness, Family assessment, Local authority departments, Placements, Practice assessment, Practice teaching, Quality assurance, Research, Solicitors, Supervision, Therapeutic work, Training and tutoring, Universities / learning & training bodies, Voluntary sector
Professional registrations:
Social Work England
Skills include:
Specialism: kinship care
Languages: German
Other professional expertise: Family Group Conferencing
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, Private / independent sector, Solicitors
Professional registrations:
Social Work England
Skills include:
I am an experienced Independent Best Interest Assessor/Dols Assessor (since 2012) and an Approved Mental Health Professional (since 2015).
Type of work and clients:
Court assessments, Direct work with families and carers, Direct work with service users, Expert witness, Family assessment, Supervision
Professional registrations:
Social Work England
Skills include:
Parenting assessments, Assessment of parents with additional needs, Sibling assessments, Connected Carer’s/SGO Reports, Assessments of Prospective Foster carers, S.7, S.37, Direct work with children
Type of work and clients:
Complaints, Advocacy, Court assessments, Direct work with families and carers, Direct work with service users, Expert witness, Local authority departments, NHS organisations, Placements, Practice assessment, Practice teaching, 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:
CHC appeals process. Ombudsman social care complaints and PIP benefits appeals.
Type of work and clients:
Advocacy, Coaching / mentoring of social workers, Court assessments, Direct work with service users, Expert witness, Local authority departments, NHS organisations, Placements, Practice teaching, Private / independent sector, Review and evaluation, Solicitors, Supervision, Training and tutoring, Voluntary sector
Professional registrations:
Social Work England
Skills include:
Mental capacity, Older Adults, Dementia. Independent work and Court work Court Assessments, Direct work with service users, Expert witness, Practice teaching, Training/tutoring, Coaching/mentoring of
Type of work and clients:
Advocacy, Court assessments, Direct work with families and carers, Direct work with service users, Expert witness, Family assessment, Government offices, Local authority departments, Private / independent sector, Solicitors, Strategy, Training and tutoring
Professional registrations:
Social Work England
Skills include:
Mental Capacity expert assessor and trainer
Older People, Learning Disability, Autism, Mental Health, Transition, Criminal Justice and Safeguarding