Assessor Courses
Online: £539.00 (+£107.80 VAT)
In person: £579.00 (+£115.80 VAT)
This two-day training is aimed at developing specialist knowledge and skills in working with vulnerable parents and learning about the use of the framework tools. We currently offer virtual and face-to-face training sessions. When you have completed this course, you will be able to complete ParentAssess assessments. The assessments can only be undertaken by workers who have completed the full 2-day Assessor training course run through ParentAssess.
We want our Assessors to use the tools effectively and carry out assessments in the best way possible, so we offer support after the course to help achieve this.
We offer:
- A 1-to-1 call for each assessor during their first assessment to ask any questions.
- A Private Facebook group for trained Assessors with lots of advice and support
- Monthly catch-up meetings which can be used for CPD. These are live meetings with one of our trainers that are held every month on a different topic.
- An opportunity to email through any questions to us whenever needed.
Workshops
We run several courses for Managers and support workers to support their understanding and implementation of ParentAssess:
- Support Workers’ Workshop (£139.00 +£27.80 VAT): this 1-day course provides an overview of the framework and the ParentAssess approach and enables other members of the team or service to work effectively in supporting the parent either before or during the assessment. It includes the observations skills of the pre-verbal child.
- Observation Skills Workshop (£79.00 +£15.80 VAT): this three-hour course is an online introduction to understanding the range of cues the pre-verbal child uses. It enables those observing family time to provide more effective feedback to the parent with the aim of developing their attunement to their child.
- Manager’s Workshop (£119.00 +£23.80 VAT): this workshop provides an overview of the ParentAssess framework and how each tool can be used across different areas of practice. It is helpful to those providing supervision to Assessing Social Workers and understanding the requirements of the Good Practice Guidance 2021.
Legal Advocates Workshop
This free course is open to any professional working in the legal sphere including solicitors, barristers, Family Court Advisors, IROs psychologists and advocates for people who have a learning disability. It provides an outline of the ParentAssess framework and describes the approach adopted. It explains how case law and the Good Practice Guidance 2021 are applied. It provides tips on what to look out for to ensure the parent and the child have been given appropriate consideration.
Refresher Workshop
Online: £50.00 + £10 VAT
This workshop is open to anyone who has previously attended the two-day Assessor Course and would like a refresh of the course content.
Additional Training
ParentAssess is pleased to add further training courses to our offering. We have available:
- How to do a parenting assessment: This practical and interactive course takes social workers through every stage of carrying out an assessment, from receiving a referral/allocation through to typing the assessment up. This course is aimed at staff in their first two years of social work (including newly qualified staff), those with limited experience of assessments or those looking to improve their confidence and skills. This course is also for those who want to develop their basic assessment skills before completing the ParentAssess Assessor Training course.
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