Providing consultancy and support to the care sector both in the UK and abroad.Individual Counselling and Therapy to Children and Families

Skills & Knowledge People Management –  Strategy Groups Looked After Children Placements and court proceedings. Budgets – has managed purchased placement budgets for Looked After Children provision Resources – links to over 400 providers of services for Children UK wide within both Local Authority and contracted-out services Legislation – Has worked within a variety of legislative frameworks including LAC,Child protection, Care Standards, Quality… Show more Skills & Knowledge People Management –  Strategy Groups Looked After Children Placements and court proceedings. Budgets – has managed purchased placement budgets for Looked After Children provision Resources – links to over 400 providers of services for Children UK wide within both Local Authority and contracted-out services Legislation – Has worked within a variety of legislative frameworks including LAC,Child protection, Care Standards, Quality Assurance, Health and Safety and is familiar with the Children and Young Persons Act. Services, Systems and Policy –, developed, implementation, evaluation and outcome measures to achieve compliance. Partnership Working – Therapeutic Services and joint service plans Practice Teacher ( Social work) has worked directly with the University of East Anglia, University of Essex and University of Suffolk and continues to provide support to NQSW’s International Work – Founder of Richmond Fellowship Bolivia and other related projects inUruguay, Brazil and Paraguay. Show less

Placement services

UKCP PsychotherapistChristopher Hope MA. B.Sc. Hons, Dip SW, MBPsS, Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist UKCP Clinical Psychotherapist membership number 2011167188HCPC Registration SW27151Bury St Edmunds, email: chrishope09@btconnect.comI offerTrauma based Psychotherapy to children and Teenagers experiencing crisisMental health and wellbeing supportIndependent specialist assessmentsSpecialist family work to those families… Show more UKCP PsychotherapistChristopher Hope MA. B.Sc. Hons, Dip SW, MBPsS, Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist UKCP Clinical Psychotherapist membership number 2011167188HCPC Registration SW27151Bury St Edmunds, email: chrishope09@btconnect.comI offerTrauma based Psychotherapy to children and Teenagers experiencing crisisMental health and wellbeing supportIndependent specialist assessmentsSpecialist family work to those families experiencing difficultiesAdoption support and therapy to children in care or on the edge of careSpecialist clinical supervision(I have over thirty years experience)Professional Profile I consider myself to be a skilled and committed individual who has gained a full career history working with children and families. I am currently practicing as both an independent social worker in a child in need team, and practice privately as a child and Adolescent Psychotherapist through the Apricot Wellbeing service.My experience ranges through from Independent Consultant, manager and Senior Practitioner with specialist knowledge in the fields of therapy, trauma, supporting children’s placements, children looked after, and safeguarding. I maintain a special interest in front line practice , and am committed to achieving good outcomes for children and families. I possess many years experience working in a variety of therapeutic settings. This includes CBT, person centred counselling, psychodynamic counselling and group work. I am also completing a UKCP accredited supervision diploma in Child, Adolescent and Adult Psychotherapy. In my recent career I have been responsible for commissioning and procuring services for children and young people, managing a child care team, and as a clinical practitioner within CAMHS. The outcome of my varied experience and the depth of knowledge gained at different levels enables me to transfer skills as required. Show less

Six-month contractAdvisor to heads of service and implementation of the Central Resource service.

Location and identification of services for children and young people

Lead officer in the development of the central placements service and the development of a working data base and contributing to the analysis of placements across the county.

Instrumental in developing a therapeutic environment for children and young people leaving secure accommodation and post-secure planning for young people with learning disabilities. Was also the child protection co-coordinator and children’s rights officer for the site.

Provision of services to children in need

Social Work Practitioner

Supported by an EU and Richmond Fellowship grant to develop training programmes for child care practitioners in Uruguay working with young people with both Learning and Mental Health needs, and the development of a regional training group to establish a child protection strategy for children placed in detention. This group continues to exist as an advisory group to regional governments in the southern cone of Latin America, although the remit has now been widened to include adults.

Therapeutic community practitioner.