• Fostering and Standards of Care investigations
  • Parenting Assessments (ParentAssess)
  • Sibling Assessments (Together or Apart)
  • Form F Assessments (CoramBaaf)
  • Kinship/Special Guardianship Assessments (SGO)
  • Expert witness
  • Chairing Independent Review meetings in fostering
  • Risk Assessments
  • Care/Placement Order revocation requests
  • Annex A reports
  • Section 7 reports
  • Child Permanence Reports (CPR)
  • Direct work with children and young people
  • Contact Supervision
  • Counselling support and guidance for children/parents/foster parents
  • Child welfare checks
  • Child/young person/parent(s) mentor
  • Life Story Work
  • Later Life letters
  • Family support and guidance/mediation
  • Address any gaps in social worker availability

Benefits

  • Extensive experience as an Independent Social Worker in child protection, fostering and court work
  • Unbiased and objective professional opinion
  • Thorough and analytical assessments
  • Extensive knowledge of safeguarding, fostering, child development and trauma
  • Child-centred practice
  • Strengths-based perspective
  • Trustworthy reputation for reliability and meeting deadlines
  • Direct communication between ISW and you as the client
  • Competitive costs
  • Local service in Gloucestershire and out of county
  • Up to date Continued Professional Development

Professional Information

  • BSc (Hons) Social Work in 2013 at the University of Gloucestershire.
  • SWE registered.
  • Enhanced DBS clearance.
  • ParentAssess Trained Assessor.
  • Together or Apart Trained Assessor.
  • Professional Indemnity Insurance.
  • Independent Membership with the British Association of Social Workers (BASW).
  • Member of GAPS (Group for the Advancement of Psychodynamics and Psychotherapy in Social Work).
  • Registered ICO Data Controller in accordance with the Data Protection Act 2018.
  • Child protection social worker in Gloucestershire local authority from 2013 – 2016.
  • Finalist in Gloucestershire local authority Children’s Social Worker of the Year Award in 2016.
  • Participation Champion for children 2013 – 2016.

Enquiries

I am currently employed full-time, so I am no longer taking bookings.

Please call or email to discuss availability and costing.

CV available on request.

Thank you.

Contact details

I am currently employed full-time, so I am no longer taking bookings.

Name: Donna Morris

Role: Independent Social Worker

Organisation Address: Childinsight, 61 Bridge Street, Kington, HR5 3DJ

Tel: 07719 624130

Email: donna.morris@childinsight.co.uk