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:
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, Inter-agency working, Local authority departments, NHS organisations, Placements, Post placement contract, Practice assessment, Practice teaching, Private / independent sector, Quality assurance, Research, Review and evaluation, Solicitors, Strategy, Supervision, Training and tutoring, Universities / learning & training bodies, Voluntary sector
Professional registrations:
Social Work England
Skills include:
strength-based practice, decisive, great with ambiguous concepts , adaptive, analytical, reflective, expediency yet detailed/focussed support plans, knowledgeability, research minded, strong advocate
Type of work and clients:
Advocacy, Coaching / mentoring of social workers, Court assessments, Direct work with families and carers, Direct work with service users, Expert witness, Government offices, Inter-agency working, Local authority departments, NHS organisations, Placements, Practice assessment, Practice teaching, Private / independent sector, Quality assurance, Review and evaluation, Solicitors, Strategy, Supervision, Therapeutic work, Training and tutoring, Universities / learning & training bodies, Voluntary sector
Professional registrations:
Social Work England
Skills include:
Report writing, Best Interests Assessment (BIA), Approved Mental Health Professional (AMHP), Mental Capacity Assessments. Practice Educator, Further Education for adult learners, Safeguarding.
Type of work and clients:
Coaching / mentoring of social workers, Court assessments, Direct work with families and carers, Direct work with service users, Family assessment, Supervision, Therapeutic work, Training and tutoring, Universities / learning & training bodies
Professional registrations:
Social Work England
Skills include:
comprehensive and holistic assessments of children’s sexual behaviour and parenting assessments. DDP and CBT trained to provide therapeutic support to children and families including foster carers.
Type of work and clients:
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, Local authority departments, Placements, Practice assessment, Private / independent sector, Quality assurance, Review and evaluation, Supervision
Professional registrations:
Social Work England
Skills include:
specialise in drug/alcohol misuse, domestic abuse, parents with mental health/learning difficulties and Vietnamese Families.
Type of work and clients:
Complaints, Advocacy, Compliance, Court assessments, Direct work with service users, Local authority departments, NHS organisations, Private / independent sector, Quality assurance, Review and evaluation, Solicitors, Voluntary sector
Professional registrations:
Social Work England
Skills include:
I have been a professionally qualified social worker since 1998. I have operated at both a strategic and operational management level across a number of services including the third Sector.
Type of work and clients:
Complaints, Advocacy, Coaching / mentoring of parents (families), Court assessments, Direct work with families and carers, Direct work with service users, Expert witness, Family assessment, Inter-agency working, Solicitors, Therapeutic work, Voluntary sector
Professional registrations:
Social Work England
Skills include:
Qualified to assess clients with learning difficulties using ParentAssess. Experienced Independent Person at Stage 2 & Stage 3 of complaints. Therapeutic social worker using trauma informed practice.
Type of work and clients:
Court assessments, Direct work with families and carers, Direct work with service users, Family assessment, Local authority departments
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, Family assessment, Inter-agency working, Placements, Post placement contract, Private / independent sector, Supervision, Therapeutic work, Training and tutoring
Professional registrations:
Social Work England
Skills include:
Trauma responsive, therapeutic approaches, relational working, parenting support, working with overwhelm and burnout, compassionate, creative, child and family focused, approachable.
Type of work and clients:
Court assessments, Direct work with families and carers, Expert witness, Family assessment, Quality assurance, Supervision
Professional registrations:
Social Work England
Skills include:
I have been a qualified social worker for 30 years ranging in roles from social worker, Team manager, Service Lead and Head of Service, specialising in Court and Locality, pre proceedings and cared for and care experienced children and young people.
Type of work and clients:
Coaching / mentoring of social workers, Court assessments, Direct work with service users, Local authority departments, Practice assessment, Practice teaching, Solicitors, Supervision
Professional registrations:
Social Work England
Skills include:
Experienced Social Worker in Adults’ and Children’s Services. Recognised for my friendly and reliable approach, underpinned by robust knowledge and legal literacy
Type of work and clients:
Advocacy, Coaching / mentoring of parents (families), Court assessments, Direct work with families and carers, Direct work with service users, Expert witness, Family assessment, Local authority departments, Therapeutic work
Professional registrations:
Social Work England
Skills include:
Child protection & safeguarding, Expert witness producing high quality, evidence based, analytical reports inc. S7/S37, SGO, Parenting/Pre Birth assessment, PARENT ASSESS, Risk Assessments. Form F trained. Therapeutic Approach.
Type of work and clients:
Coaching / mentoring of parents (families), Coaching / mentoring of social workers, Court assessments, Direct work with families and carers, Expert witness, Family assessment, Inspection, Inter-agency working, Local authority departments, NHS organisations, Practice assessment, Practice teaching, Private / independent sector, Quality assurance, Review and evaluation, Strategy, Supervision, Therapeutic work, Training and tutoring, Universities / learning & training bodies, Voluntary sector
Professional registrations:
Social Work England
Skills include:
Experienced leader, QA, Care Experienced, systemic relational restorative practice
Type of work and clients:
Advocacy, Coaching / mentoring of parents (families), Coaching / mentoring of social workers, Court assessments, Direct work with families and carers, Expert witness, Family assessment, Inter-agency working, Local authority departments, Private / independent sector, Quality assurance, Regulatory bodies, Solicitors, Supervision, Training and tutoring, Universities / learning & training bodies, Voluntary sector
Professional registrations:
Social Work England
Skills include:
I provide bespoke 1:1 culturally informed parenting education, support, advocacy, culturally informed parenting assessments, contact supervision, child protection and welfare visits.
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
Professional registrations:
Social Work England
Skills include:
I qualified as a Social Worker in 2001 and hold the Diploma in Social Work. Since qualifying I have worked exclusively within children’s services. I have over 30 years of experience of working with children and their families.
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 teaching, Supervision, Training and tutoring, Universities / learning & training bodies
Professional registrations:
Social Work England
Skills include:
* Parenting Assessments* Risk Assessments * Together and Apart Assessments * Connected persons Assessments* Form F Assessments