Links

 Anna Freud Centre

London based multi-disciplinary psychiatric / psychological assessment service.

 Association of Therapeutic Communities

UK support organisation for professionals working in therapeutic communities. Useful member directory

 Barking & Dagenham Assessment Centre

Information about Ford Road & Gascoigne family assessment centres.

 Barnados

Barnados run a number of projects to assist and assess families - from this webpage you can search on an interactive map or search by area from a drop down menu.

 Beacon Lodge

Beacon Lodge is a mother & baby family assessment unit in North London.

 Break / Magpie

Norfolk residential family assessment service.

 Browning House

Leeds-based residential family assessment unit. The website tells you about the facilities and philosophy of the unit and has a useful faqs page.

 Catholic Children's Rescue Society

Manchester based, the CCRS offers support to families.

 Charterhouse Group of Therapeutic Communities

A UK charitable organisation representing providers of specialist therapeutic treatment for severely emotioanally deprived and damaged children, young people and their carers. Useful directory of members.

 Cheshire House Group

The Cheshire House Group is based in Sale where they have run a residential family centre for 2 years but is opening a second unit in London (Carshalton) in 2007.

 Consortium of Residential Family Assessment Centres

The contact us page of this site gives contact details for centres in Coventry, Newcastle & the Isle of Man as well as other centres with their own websites such as Browning House, St Michaels & St Johns.

 Coram Family

Coram Family works with children separated from their parents and vulnerable families providing a range of services including a parents` centre offerign a drop-in centre, workshop and classes and a contact centre offering supervised and supported contact.

 David Lewis Centre

Specialist resource for adults and children with complicated epilepsy. The Centre is based in the north of England but accepts national referrals.

 Family Care

Peterborough & Northampton based family assessment centre.

 Family Futures Consortium

Northampton Based Service offering assessments in child protection cases, particularly emphasising children with attachment difficulties.

 Family Welfare Association

UK charity running drop-in centres for families with some centres providing parenting skills support.

 Farrow House

Farrow House runs a number of children's homes across the country including the Kingsthorpe Family Assessment Centre in Northampton.

 ISWA

The Independent Social Work Agency, based in Kidderminster, can provide ISWs nationwide to carry out assessments for court proceedings.

 Jamma Umoja

Well-known South London resource with online brochure describing the unit`s work. Website currently closed for redevelopment.

 Life Mentoring Foundation

Luton based organisation offering a range of services including assessments.

 Living Springs

Stourbridge based charitable organisation offering a range of services & support & family assessments.

 Marlborough Family Service

Information about the Marlborough Family Service - a London-based multidisciplinary family therapy centre.

 Monroe Young Family Centre

Tavistock / NCH family assessment centre. See also this website - http://www.islington.gov.uk/childrensdirectory/search.asp?sid=9218323

 NAGALRO Directory of Independent Social Workers

NAGALRO provides a searchable database of Independent Social Workers, Guardians etc who can carry out assessments in children cases.

 NCH

This organisation runs a number of therapeutic homes, offers support and assessment to families facing difficulties, assistance with identifying possible adopters, a foster care service, provides independent visitors for children in care and much, much more.

 NSPCC Services

This website contains a searchable database of a number of NSPCC resources which can be contacted via the telephone number given. In London, for example, the resources include Parkside, National Clinical Assessment & Treatment Service (for young sexual offenders), Jigsaw & the Family Alcohol Service.

 Orchard House

Somerset based residential family assessment unit.

 Peepul Family Centre

Croydon based assessment service.

 Phoenix House

Phoenix House provides specialist residential rehabilitation services for drug and alcohol users across the UK. They are one of the largest organisations with over 300 beds located throughout England and Scotland. Centres are situated in Glasgow, Tyneside, Sheffield, the Wirral, London, Bexhill on Sea in East Sussex and Hampshire. All services are open to men, women and couples aged 18 years old and over.

 Progressive Care

Sheffield based family assessment service. Limited information is also available about them on http://www.communitycare.co.uk/Companies/34495/group-fusion-progressive-care.html.

 Prospect House Residential Children's Home

A specialist provider of children's and young people's residential childcare, particularly those with challenging behaviour

 Putting Children First

Independent Social Work Assessment consultancy based in Lancashire.

 Ray Wyre Associates

RWA is an independent child protection organisation that provides independent experts who undertake risk assessments of adult (male and female) and adolescent perpetrators of sexual abuse, including where child abuse is alleged and not proven

 Salvation Army

The Salvation Army runs 5 residential family centres with a variety of aims including a refuge for women escaping violence. The website says they can take families where there are SSD concerns. They have centres in Leeds, Portsmouth & Northern Ireland.

 Serendipity

Devon based residential family assessment service.

 St Cuthberts Care

Newcastle based organisation with residential assessment centre.

 St John`s Family Resource Unit

This Bristol unit deals with assessing families and teaching parenting skills to families at the very heavy end of child protection.

 St Mary's Family Centre

Family Assessment & Treatment Centre based in Norwood.

 St Michael's Fellowship

South London residential assessment provider, which also provides Sure Start services.

 SWAPS

Hove based social work & psychological assessment service.

 SWIIS

SWIIS offers direct family services to families involved with SSD.

 Tavistock Marital Studies Institute

TMSI offers couple consultation and couple psychotherapy.

 WillisPalmer

Colchester based assessment resource offering independent social work assessments established by Mark Willis & Andre Palmer, two qualified and experienced social workers. The organsatio as access to a network of qualified social workers, counsellors and therapists