Professional conference marking a decade of the ParentAssess framework for parents with learning disabilities, with sessions on coercive control, neurodivergence and trauma-responsive practice.
ParentAssess are marking ten years with a conference at Bletchley Park on Thursday 5 November, from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm. It's a full day of in-person sessions for anyone working across children's social care, early help, family support and the family justice sector. The day covers coercive control, neurodivergence, trauma-responsive practice and the lived experience of families.
Sarah Lowe, who founded ParentAssess in 2016, will be there alongside Becca Wilson, Director of Operations, and Syeda Abedin, Director of Practice. They're joined by a few guest speakers: Dr Beverley Barnett-Jones, Director of Nurture Futures Ltd; Rebecca Carr-Hopkins, Director at Independent Social Work Matters Ltd; and HHJ Patrick Perusko, Designated Family Judge for Milton Keynes and Buckinghamshire.
There's a bit of history to the day. ParentAssess is a specialist assessment framework for parents with learning disabilities, and Sarah Lowe started it after more than 40 years in social work and learning disability services. She's worked as an independent social worker specialising in these assessments since 2002 and once led a Local Authority Disability Service. The organisation became an Employee Ownership Trust in 2024, and this September it launched a new Early Help assessment framework. The conference is a look back at a decade of growth, learning and community connections.
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Tickets are £82.50 plus VAT, which comes to £99. If you need it, a certificate of attendance is provided on request for the full day of CPD. There's also a follow-up webinar scheduled for the week after, so the conversation doesn't stop when the day ends. The venue is Bletchley Park, Sherwood Drive, Bletchley, Milton Keynes MK3 6EB.
