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Avocet Independent Social Worker Services – Social Worker Court Reports
Avocet’s Independent Social Work services in private and public law proceedings are carried out with a clear focus on the child and a timely and thorough approach. As Independent Social Workers, our reports for the Court aim to integrate theory, research and practical knowledge to provide sound and informative reports bringing the subject child to life.
Avocet reports written for the Court give clear and realistic, child focused recommendations.
Avocet’s child focused social work reports are of a high professional standard, enabling all those involved with the child and their family to make effective decisions and ensure positive outcomes.
Avocet provides independent social work assessments for Court as detailed in the assessment section of the website.
Our Independent Social Work services in private and public law proceedings include the following:
Recently it was announced that the Duchess of Cambridge will be volunteering with the Scouts in North Wales, near where she lives. She has made it clear she wants to ‘get her hands dirty’ with hands on help with Beaver Scout Colonies and Cub Scout Packs, and not ‘just come along and open things’. She’ll [...]... read more
Essex County Council has paid out £1 million in compensation to four siblings in a landmark case. The four children were sexually abused by their father who the local authority knew had abused children from a previous relationship. Despite learning of the father’s history of abusing children the local authority made the decision that he [...]... read more
On 28 December 2011, The Daily Telegraph reported that there has been a dramatic rise in the number of so-called ‘selective reductions’ to women with multiple pregnancies, whereby one or more foetus(es) is terminated, but the pregnancy is continued with one or more other foetus(es). The figures show an increase from 59 ‘reductions’ in 2006 to [...]... read more
Last week saw the conviction of David Norris and Gary Dobson for the murder of Stephen Lawrence in 1993. The original murder enquiry led to the Macpherson report into the conduct of the Police with a finding of institutional racism. This phrase became a powerful motivator for change within organisations, with the wording alternated to [...]... read more
At Avocet we are currently having a recruitment drive – we need Independent Social Workers due to an increasing amount of referrals received from local authorities, solicitors, independent organisations and members of the public. If you are a GSCC registered, qualified Social Worker with at least 5 years post qualifying experience in front line social [...]... read more
The X Factor has created headlines again, this time over a young person taking drugs. Contestant Frankie Cocozza was ‘booted off’ the show due to allegedly taking cocaine and sleeping with young female fans. The comment from the show was that Frankie had broken one of the ‘golden rules’. Initially the actions of the show’s [...]... read more