WillisPalmer is a multi-disciplinary organisation with over 20 years' experience providing expert assessments for care proceedings. Our multi-disciplinary approach proves timely, prevents delay and is cost effective. Our assessments are tailored to meet the needs of the case and manage risks within the family home. Our highly experienced Independent Social Workers, Psychologists, Psychiatrists and Family Support Workers undertake reverse residential style assessments as an alternative to residential assessment placements.
The Supported Community Assessment is a reliable, safe and cost-effective alternative to residential or parent and child assessment placements. Often referred to as a 'reverse residential' the assessment is carried out in the family’s own home over a ten-week period. Delivered by a bespoke multi-disciplinary team, which can include a psychologist, psychiatrist or forensic risk assessor, and led by an experienced Independent Social Worker, the assessment enables complex needs and parenting capacity to be thoroughly assessed while families remain living safely within their own home and community.
Family Support Workers provide parenting guidance, support and modelling, as well as observation of parent-child interactions up to 24 hours a day, while the Independent Social Worker assesses the parents' capacity to put new knowledge and skills into practice.
At the conclusion of the assessment, a comprehensive, single report is produced incorporating evidence gathered through 100's of hours of observation and parenting intervention, with clear analysis and recommendations to inform care planning for permanence.
WillisPalmer's Multi-Disciplinary Family Restoration Service is mainly for children who are accommodated under S.20 or the subject of a Care Order or Interim Care Order. Children who are on the edge of care or in pre-proceedings may also benefit from aspects of the service.
Our multi-disciplinary team of experts comprising an Independent Social Worker, psychologist and family support worker (FSW) work together to identify problems and work alongside the family to address these issues in a bid to keep families together and put an end to the revolving door phenomenon of children entering care, leaving care only to re-enter the care system at a later date.
Family Support is delivered in the family home and provides intensive, practical assistance to parents and carers to strengthen parenting skills, safeguard children, and prevent the need for care outside the family. Delivered by experienced and qualified Family Support Workers, the service supports families facing complex challenges, including those with newborn babies, children with challenging behaviour, or families in crisis. Support is tailored to individual family needs and can be provided flexibly from short daily visits, to 24-hour safeguarding observation. Family Support focuses on modelling and teaching parenting skills, observing parent–child interaction, and building parental confidence, while enabling children to remain safely within their home and community wherever possible.
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