Summarised CV and Background
Child and Family Solutions is a Child Protection Consultancy based in Bristol, UK. We provide expert assessment services to statutory authorities and the Court, also to individuals, using an approach that builds upon many years' experience in Child Protection work and is informed by a Systemic Family Psychotherapy perspective. We specialise in the Resolutions approach to risk reduction in child protection cases where abuse is denied.
Summarised Curriculum Vitae of
Margaret Hiles M.Sc., Dip.SW., CQSW, PGCert Man. Org., UKCP
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Summary:
I am a qualified and Registered Independent Systemic Family Psychotherapist with experience over many years of working with children and families as a Systemic Family Therapist and Social Worker.
Specialising in:
- the 'Resolutions' approach to risk reduction
- denial of culpability for abuse
- child protection
- contact disputes
I am able to offer:
- specialist experience of cases involving significant harm to children, featuring denial of culpability by carers
- experience in both assessment of cases and in the delivery of therapeutic interventions following assessment
- assessment in child and family proceedings where there are serious concerns about the future safety of children
- work with parents and children where there is dispute concerning contact between parents and their children
- work with individuals and families as appropriate
- combined experience of the contexts of social work and family therapy practice; bringing a systemic perspective to child and family work
- work with 'stuck' cases, where a Local Authority has difficulty finding ways of working systemically with children and families
Qualifications:
M.Sc. (Univ. of Bristol) Family Therapy and Systemic Practice, 2002
UKCP registered Systemic Family Psychotherapist
Dip.SW and CQSW (Univ. of Wales, Cardiff), 1990
Family Therapy in Context (Univ. of Bristol), 1994
Intermediate Family Therapy, masters level (Univ. of Bristol), 1997
Postgraduate Certificate in Management and Organisation (UWE, Bristol) 2000
Enhanced Criminal Record Certificate number 001047393273
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Books, Papers & Articles
Margaret Hiles, Susie Essex, Dr. Amanda Fox & Colin Luger
The Words and Pictures Storyboard:
Making Sense for
Children and Families
Paper published June 2008 in
Context, the Magazine of the
Association of Family TherapyMargaret Hiles & Colin Luger
The Resolutions approach:
working with denial in
child protection cases
Paper published 2006 in
Journal of Systemic Therapies Andrew Turnell & Susie Essex
Working with Denied Child Abuse:
the resolutions approach Margaret Hiles
Research paper (2002):
How do parents explain the contribution of the Resolutions programme to their task in the parenting and protection of their children?
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