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A London borough local authority instructed WillisPalmer to undertake a multi-disciplinary Supported Community Assessment (SCA) of parents Clara and Phillipe Nicolescu regarding the welfare of their newborn son, Andrei. The Local Authority had issued [...]

Hope’s experience of WillisPalmer's Supported Community Assessment service

In what ways have the Family Support Workers been helpful to you and your family? “They were really good at assisting me with Amari when I was having episodes and offering good advice”

Have you found the advice and guidance provided [...]

2022 saw people trying to get back to some degree of normality following the Covid-19 lockdowns, restrictions and school closures that we had faced for the previous two years. However, the impact of Covid-19 continued and many services experienced, and continue to experience, backlogs and difficulties, including those services relating to children and families.

Every year people are excited to see what the theme of the John Lewis & Partners Christmas advert will be. This year's advert reminded our Head of Practice, Lucy Hopkins, of all the times she arrived at the homes of foster carers with children or young people who were anxious, scared, worried and hungry, having just [...]

We have two Christmas trees at the WillisPalmer office and this year the staff upstairs are going to compete with the staff downstairs to see who has the best decorated tree... and we want YOU to decide on the winner!

Tree 1 - Downstairs 

Tree [...]

This month we have heard in the news about another survivor of child sexual abuse and exploitation who has received a written apology from the Director of Children and Families at Leeds City Council as a result of a breach of their duty of care towards her whilst she was a looked after child placed [...]