Our Trainers

As Head of Practice at WillisPalmer Lucy is responsible for overseeing the Quality Assurance department and practice of all contractors within the organisation, including ISWs, psychologists, forensic risk assessors, and psychiatrists. She manages the recruitment of all professionals, which is an ongoing process as the organisation continues to grow.

Lucy is involved in the management and [...]

Andrea Goddard has more than 20 years’ experience working with vulnerable children and families including 12 years frontline child protection work. In 2010 Andrea trained as a Child Protection trainer for the Kent Safeguarding Children’s Board. In 2012 she undertook further modules with the NSPCC giving her full accreditation to provide safeguarding training. Andrea’s specialist [...]

Gretchen Precey is an independent social worker, trainer and consultant specialising in child protection.  She qualified in 1978 and has worked in a variety of settings in different parts of the country. Her most recent employment in the statutory sector was as team manager at the Clermont Child Protection Unit in Brighton.  Whilst at the [...]

Training is my passion. To take complicated concepts, break them down and make them accessible to learners, is the reason I do my job.  I believe that training should be accessible and fun.  This helps to break down barriers and aids retention of learning.

I have been training for almost 15 years and enjoy it as [...]

My social work career has always focused on work with children and families, although I have undertaken specialist training in mental health and learning disability.

I began my social work career in residential work moving quickly to the post of Deputy Officer in Charge of a large assessment unit. I qualified in 1980 and practiced as a social worker, [...]

Terence believes that social work practice is at its best when it is an effective mixture of sound self-awareness, applied intuition and rigorously utilised theoretical frameworks.  Terence also firmly believes that social workers need the ability to express themselves well and clearly and be able to construct arguments that are logical, founded in observational skill, [...]