Specialism: Children and families, Mental Health, Criminal Justice, Other
Location: England: London, England: North East, England: North West, England: South East, England: South West, England: West Midlands, England: Yorkshire and the Humber
Profile: An ISW with nearly 14 years' experience undertaking independent court reports as an expert witness. Work also includes the development and delivery of training and training materials to a variety of statutory and voluntary agencies. I hold a 2:1 BA in Social Work from LSBU, a PGDip in psychotherapy and a PGCert in Families and Children. The majority of my experience has been working with children and families, particularly child protection, MASH, frontline safeguarding and court work. I believe in producing analytical, humanistic, accountable and focussed reports. I receive consistent positive feedback on their quality, timeliness and attention to detail. References available upon request.
I work with: Advocacy, Coaching/ mentoring of parents (families), Coaching/ mentoring of social workers, Complaints, Court assessments, Direct work with families and carers, Direct work with service users, Expert witness, Family assessment, Government offices, Local authority departments, NHS organisations, Placements, Practice assessment, Practice teaching, Private/ independent sector, Quality assurance, Regulatory bodies, Research, Review and evaluation, Solicitors, Strategy, Supervision, Training and tutoring, Universities / learning & training bodies, Voluntary sector
Qualifications: Social Work (BA Hons)
Professional registrations: Social Work England
Extra skills: Court reports, Expert Witness, CSE specialist, ABE, Form F, Signs of Safety, Management Skills, SAAF, Home Inventory, Section 7 & 37, Age Assessment, DOLS, Parenting Assessments, SGO Assessments.