Independent Social Work
Appleby Social Work are available to undertake Independent Social Work within public and private law arena.
We can offer services such as contact supervision and reporting, S.7 reports and parenting capacity assessments, as well as comprehensive specific issue risk assessments.
In addition to assessments, we can also undertake shorter term pieces of direct work with children and families, including “wishes and feelings”, family network meetings and relationship rebuilding and reunification work.
Please fill in our ISW Referral form to get in touch with us
Services We Offer:
Specialist Court Assessments
We are able to provide robust and analytical assessments for both the public and private law arena. This includes S.7 reports as well as complex or issue specific risk assessments.
Parenting Capacity Assessments (inc. ParentAssess)
Our Parenting Capacity Assessments are dynamic, and child centred aiming to provide robust analysis and clear recommendations to manage the risk faced by the child. We assess based on the “here and now” and also the parent’s ability to apply parenting advice and guidance through the child’s minority ensuring their needs are met in the immediate future and throughout their childhood.
Supervised and Supported Contact
Supervised and Supported Contact can be undertaken on a standalone basis or as part of a specialist Court assessment. We can offer daytime, evening and weekend contact and provide clear and robust reporting which is suitable to be used as evidence within Court proceedings.
Family Group Conferences/ Family Network Meetings
We are able to organise and facilitate family group conferences and network meetings either as standalone events or as part of a programme of meetings. This includes preparation, logistics and reporting following on from the event. FGC/FNM can be organised to suit the needs of the family including evenings and weekends and can be face to face and hybrid depending on need.
Direct Work with Children and Families.
Our workers are experienced in building therapeutic relationships with children and their families and use a wide variety of techniques and resources in order to create a therapeutic space in which to work. We work with families who have experienced issues of separation and loss, those who have experienced domestic/ familial abuse as well those who have been exposed to drug and/or alcohol misuse. We can work specifically with the child, or with the family as a whole but ensuring that the child’s needs remain the focus of our work.