What we do
Social Work Practice
- Direct work with children
- Family assessments – in the community, or in one of our premises
- Preparation for reunification
- Life Story Work
- Facilitating Contact (supervised or unsupervised)
- Assessed contact
- Contact as specified by Court Order i.e. Section 7
- Step-parent adoption – Annex A reports
Professional Support Services
- Respite care – daily basis (Mainstream and disability)
- Domiciliary Care (Mainstream and disability)
- Independence and Life Skill training
- Support individual care plans
- Community support
- Observed/Supervised contact
- Transport to and from contact etc
- Training in all aspects of Support Work
This list is by no means exhaustive, and we are more than happy to consider other services not listed above.
Our Principles
Our work is undertaken with reference to Department of Health standards and is underpinned by the General Social Care Council’s values and principles.
We aim to:
- Promote a culture where children and young people feel safe, listened to and respected
- Place an emphasis on developing and maintaining positive working relationships with parents/carer’s, children/young people, social services and other professional bodies
- Provide a service that delivers on time, in a professional manner and is cost effective
- Value diversity and difference
- Work in a non-discriminatory way