Alison McDonald
The Holistic Lotus Ltd
About
I am an independent social worker and former local authority, and private sector, middle and senior manager with over 17 years’ experience in statutory children’s social work, specialising in child in need, child protection, safeguarding, Public Law Outline, permanence, Merton Compliant age assessments and quality assurance. I deliver neglect training, with the provision of a Neglect Toolkit at the end of the training session for use within your teams. I also have experience of working with vulnerable young people in the prison estate.
Skills include
• ParentAssess Assessments • CUBAS Assessments • Merton-Compliant Age Assessments • Viability Assessments • Parenting Assessments • SGO Assessments • Pre-Birth Assessments • s.7 and s.37 reports
Qualifications
BA (Hons) Social Work
Professional interests
Abuse, neglect, bullying and safeguarding,
Adoption and fostering,
Migration, immigration, asylum and refugees
Type of work and clients
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,
Private / independent sector,
Quality assurance,
Supervision,
Training and tutoring
Business Details
Company registration number
14506867
Registered in
England and Wales
Telephone
07301 573566
Location
Unit 2, Hillside Farm, Great Amwell
Ware
HERTFORDSHIRE
United Kingdom
SG12 9SH