Denise's background is in psychology. Scope Consultancy provides independent and holistic reports for the Family Court and Children's Court. The reports focus on the needs of the child and family and provides the Court with recommendations that are achievable and child focused. Referrals are accepted from all areas and report writers are willing to travel to complete these assessments.Denise is a qualified Parenting Coordinator meeting AFCC guidelines. This process assists parents who… Show more Denise's background is in psychology. Scope Consultancy provides independent and holistic reports for the Family Court and Children's Court. The reports focus on the needs of the child and family and provides the Court with recommendations that are achievable and child focused. Referrals are accepted from all areas and report writers are willing to travel to complete these assessments.Denise is a qualified Parenting Coordinator meeting AFCC guidelines. This process assists parents who are in high conflict with one another implement final parenting orders made by the court or parenting plans to achieve positive outcomes for the children.Intensive in home support and education can be provided to families in crisis to assist, educate and assess the parent's ability to parent and full reports are provided with recommendations to support the family.Scope Consultancy focuses on a collaborative approach of working with families within the Family Court jurisdiction to minimise the impact of separation on parents and children.Denise is passionate about working with families where children resist spending time with a parent and takes referrals to work with these families to determine that where possible child maintain relationships with both parents. This challenging work is a necessary part of the separation process and should occur in a timely manner so as to prevent children from losing connection with a parent.Denise was a founding Director of Scope Family Centre having just recently left this role to focus on working intensely with children and parents. Her experience in working with vulnerable families assists her to understand the reasons why children sometimes resist contact and her work assists families to understand the importance of meaningful relationships post separation. Show less

Supervision of staff and case management of child protection matters

Team Leader in the Response and Intervention Team assessing child protection matters and supervision of 5 case managers.

Representation of the Department in Children's Court and Tribunals in all child protection matters.

Case management of child protection matters