Social Work Assessments

Caseload Social Work Services Limited specialises in conducting social work assessments for various purposes. These assessments provide local authorities with a clear understanding of the circumstances, vulnerabilities, and risks individuals or families face. Social work assessments are crucial in informing decision-making processes and influencing the outcomes of legal proceedings.​

 

Collaborating with Local Authorities in the UK

We conduct a wide range of assessments for UK local authorities, including kinship, SGO, and parental assessments. Our assessments help determine whether family members or friends are suitable caregivers for children in cross-border scenarios. We evaluate the candidate's living situation, parenting capacity, support networks, and the risks associated with the potential placement.

 

Our Assessment Services

We are experienced in completing a wide range of social work assessments in line with UK legal frameworks, including:

• Connected Persons Assessments

• Kinship Carer Assessments

• Special Guardianship Order (SGO) Assessments

• Parental Capacity Assessments

• Viability Assessments (initial screening reports)

 

Each assessment explores parenting capacity, protective factors, risk, home environment, motivation to care, and family support networks — providing instructing authorities with the clarity and insight needed to make timely, informed, and child-centred decisions.

 

Legal and Regulatory Compliance

All assessments are carried out in line with UK legal frameworks and associated statutory guidance, Irish professional standards, Tusla requirements, codes of practice, and data protection regulations. Our reports have been accepted and tested in UK family courts and are prepared with a clear understanding of what is required for use in proceedings under English and Welsh jurisdiction. This dual compliance offers peace of mind and ensures assessments hold up to legal scrutiny.