WillisPalmer is pleased to confirm the inclusion of our expert domestic violence assessors on the Respect Expert directory.
Our domestic violence risk assessments use a validated assessment approach, (DV:RAF) together with psychometric evaluation.
We are able to complete a domestic violence risk assessment in six weeks.
Categories: Publicity, Special Assessments
CISWA-UK have been mentioned in Community Care magazine in regards to their views on the LSC fee cap. Click below to view the acticle.
Categories: Publicity, Special Assessments
The CISWA Executive has sent an open letter to lawyers representing children and families urging them to hold out against the unfair and discriminatory capping of ISW fees by the Legal Services Commission. To read the full letter click below
Categories: Special Assessments
WillisPalmer is now offering a service to Local Authorities which provides additional capacity for Children’s Services teams preparing for court.
For futher details on this service Click here
Categories: Social Work
The WP Team attended an Away Day on Friday at Colchester United Stadium. The objective of the day was to get the team together, away from the office and introduce our new Strategic Plan for the next three years.
A good day was had by all, time to refresh and come up with new idea’s!!
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The programme for the CISWA-UK inaugural conference is now available. Please click below to download
For further information and to download a booking form for this must attend event goto http://www.willispalmer.com/blog/ciswa-uk/
Categories: Publicity, Social Work, Special Assessments
Please click the link below to read the Executive Summary of the Munro Review.
Munro Report Executive Summary
Eileen Munro will be attending the CISWA-UK conference on the 24th June 2011 further details can be found on the CISWA-UK website www.ciswa-uk.org
Categories: Publicity, Social Work, Special Assessments
The statistic that 2 women a week are killed by their partner or former partner in the UK is now relatively well known. However, new evidence suggests that women in the 16-19 age group are more at risk than any other age group. Just over one in ten teenagers in that group experienced domestic abuse in the past year according the the Director of Public Prosecutions, Keir Starmer.
Mr Starmer believes that this increase in the number of young women being subject to domestic violence might be related to the rise in the number of children who have been known to witness violence between their parents or carers in the past. ”What that tends to show is that there may be a next generation of domestic violence waiting in the wings” said Mr Starmer.
This issue has significant implications for child protection agencies and those working within the domestic violence arena. What this evidence shows is that there is a large number of children and young people suffering domestic violence as well as witnessing it. What should the agencies do? Traditionally there has been a more sanguine attitude to 16 and 17 year olds suffering abuse from their partners but should this now be taken more seriously?
Certainly there is a case to argue that all such cases should be referred to the local authority child protection teams for investigation. Moreover, while the protection of the young woman should be paramount the perpetrator should be subject to proper specialist assessment and potentially treatment in order to militate against an escalation of the abusive behaviour in later adulthood.
Whilst the so-called next generation of domestic violent perpetrators go un-assessed and untreated, so the future generation of children are at increasing risk of witnessing the behaviour causing significant damage to their development and well being.
Mark Willis
Categories: Special Assessments
The long awaited Family Procedure Rules 2010 and Practice Direction for England and Wales have been published and come into force on 6 April 2011. Together, these provide a comprehensive single set of rules for family proceedings in the High Court, County Courts and Magistrates’ Courts. They replace a large body of unconsolidated rules, guidance and forms for different courts, and different types of proceedings.
From 6 April 2011 all family court experts will be required to include a declaration within their reports stating that they “are aware of the requirements of the Family Procedure Rules Part 25 and the related practice direction”. WillisPalmer will be sending all their contractors a copy of the Family Procedure Rules 2010, related Practice Direction and revised report declaration shortly.
Categories: Social Work
Check out the March edition of Professional Social Work Magazine where WillisPalmer Managing Director Mark Willis speaks about his experiences as a social worker in this months Q&A section on page 21.
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