Experience

With numerous years of hands-on experience in supporting vulnerable families and their children, coupled with extensive expertise in the child protection field, I possess a profound understanding of safeguarding children and promoting their well-being. Throughout my career, I have worked with various local authorities and courts across the country, consistently delivering a large volume of analytical, impartial, and comprehensive assessments.

Tailored solutions

I believe in a person-centred approach, ensuring that all assessments are carried out sensitively and to bring the maximum potential out in parents whilst ensuring that the needs of the child are always kept central to decision-making.

Flexibility and accessibility

I am an experienced Parent Assess Assessor and can work with parents with learning difficulties. I can work with families where English is not their first language and am always happy to be flexible in my approach to ensure that the family have the best chance of engaging fully with the assessment process.

Bespoke services

Parenting Assessments

A robust and analytical assessment providing thorough exploration of parenting strengths and vulnerabilities giving clear recommendations for support and permanency planning.

A parenting assessment will establish what knowledge a parent has about their child’s needs until they are grown up.

A parenting assessment is completed by observing the parent with their children and asking questions about their views on parenting, their experiences of childhood, education and relationships and analysing how these responses will impact upon the child.

Parent Assess Specialist Parenting Assessments

ParentAssess is a specialist framework that is designed to assess parents with a learning disability or additional issues such as:

mental health
trauma
exploitation
domestic abuse
alcohol or drug misuse
offending

This method of assessment ensures that parents understand the assessment process and are fully involved in it. The parent is supported to recognise the impact their parenting has on their child. Further, the child’s experience of being parented and their views are considered.

Initial Viability Assessments and Special Guardian Assessments

Either an independent view or completed on behalf of busy local authorities who might otherwise struggle to complete within time timescales.

Risk Assessments

Comprehensive assessments considering likely triggers of risk and ways to reduce that risk.

Together or Apart Assessments

Giving analytical consideration into whether sibling groups should be cared for together or apart. An often contentious assessment that is best undertaken by a neutral third-party.