Specialism: Children and families, Mental Health, Criminal Justice
Location: England: East, England: East Midlands, England: Isle of Wight, England: London, England: North East, England: North West, England: South East, England: South West, England: West Midlands, England: Yorkshire and the Humber, Guernsey, Isle of Man, Jersey
Profile: Expert testimony to Family Court and Mental Health Tribunals regarding sexual and violent offending, including domestic abuse. Protective ability assessments of non-offending partners. Experience of assessment and treatment in the following fields: children and families, forensic mental health, Personality disorder, learning disability, sexual offenders, violent offenders, inter-partner violence, substance misuse, sexuality and healthy sexual behaviour, training and mentoring of different disciplines in the fields noted above. Current research the impact of working with service users diagnosed with personality disordered
I work with: 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, Solicitors, Supervision, Therapeutic work, Training and tutoring
Qualifications: CQSW, AASW, BSc Forensic Mental Health Studies, MSc Assessment and Treatment of Sexual Offenders
Professional registrations: Social Work England
Extra skills: Levels A & B in personality and intelligence testing (BPS). Training in CBT, DBT, SFT, CFT, therapy models used to underpin direct work.