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Children who are exposed to abuse, neglect, exploitation, or prolonged uncertainty face serious risks, not only to their immediate safety, but to their long-term emotional wellbeing and mental health. Research consistently shows that early adversity is linked to later psychological difficulties, including anxiety, depression, [...]

Safeguarding people, whether children, adolescents or adults, starts with understanding risk. 

Specialist Risk Assessments are a new service offered by WillisPalmer, developed to support situations where there is a need to understand a specific safeguarding risk affecting a child either within, or away from, their home. 

In some cases, professionals do not require a broad assessment of family circumstances, but clear and independent analysis [...]

As 2025 comes to a close, we took the opportunity to reflect on the year just gone and the work delivered across WillisPalmer. From maintaining high professional standards in a challenging sector to continuing to support experts and safeguard children and families, [...]

Background

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.