Partnerships

For over 8 years, ISWA has provided Kinship Assessments in addition to collaborative working on a range of training initiatives. More recently, ISWA has also commenced is assisting Birmimgham Children's Services with the provision of Community Based Parentig Assessments.

This partnership has involved a range of collaborative ventures primarily in the field of training.

ISWA has worked in partnership with Coventry City Council to deliver high quality kinship assessments.

ISWA is working in partnership with Deloitte on a range of consultancy and development work related to the children’s workforce.

ISWA is an approved provider for a range of services on behalf of Derbyshire Children's Services.

This partnership has enabled presentations by service users with learning disabilities at our national conferences.

ISWA is currently providing Enfield Council with Family Group Conferencing services as part of a three year contract.

Our partnership working with FRG facilitated the presentation of research on Special Guardianship Orders to our national conference on this topic.

ISWA has delivered bespoke Family Group Conference training and Family Group Conferences on behalf of Hounslow Children's Services.

ISWA is is an approved provider for the delivery of training courses and kinship assessments.

ISWA has provided risk assessment services to the council in a wide range of children cases being managed by the authority.

ISWA is working in partnership with Pathway Care to assist in the assessment of potential foster carers applications. ISWA is helping to support Pathway Care in their mission to provide transforming care in the lives of vulnerable children through the provision of high quality foster care placements.

ISWA has worked in partnership with PwC on a range of consultancy and development work related to the children’s workforce.

This collaboration involved building a team which investigated abusive practices in the residential sector.

This partnership led to a highly successful training event in Edinburgh, involving service users.

This project involved the delivery of child protection training to about 100 arts workers and their managers.

ISWA has provided risk assessment services to the council in a wide range of children cases being managed by the authority.

This partnership involved a training project delivered to our own associates.

This project delivered training to a range of professionals involved in risk assessment work.

This is an ongoing partnership stemming from the management training of our administrative staff and also project work related to our service delivery.

In 2004 ISWA was successful in tendering for the delivery of a range of training to the Children and Families Division. Such was the success of the contract that this has been regularly renewed to date. The overall evaluations of our training delivery indicated high levels of satisfaction. For example in respect of how well the courses met the objectives, 84% of participants rated this as good/excellent.

ISWA is curently assisting Warwickshire Council with Parenting Assessment services.

ISWA is an approved provider for the provision of Special Investigations and Social Work Assessments on behalf of Wiltshire Children's Services.

This partnership has involved several services including the delivery of a range of assessments as well as consultancy work.