Miss Angella Wells

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Services

Parenting assessments, Child Impact assessments, Psychosocial interventions within day programme, child contact observations, mentoring, training

About me and my practice

I am a qualified social worker and founder of Options180 Ltd, which is a specialist parenting assessment and substance misuse community based resource. I work with families who are in crisis and in need of support to recover from addictions within this service as part of a multi-professional team. Myself and my team undertake a range of assessments and interventions which are based around the co-occurrence risk indicators - domestic abuse, substance misuse and mental health.

Outline of offer

I offer bespoke 1-1 parenting assessments and child impact risk assessments for parents who are in recovery or seeking recovery from substance misuse. I also deliver a structured day assessment and intervention community-based abstinence programme delivered over 12 weeks, along with my team. This programme is delivered over 5-days per week on a group basis with 1-1 key work/counselling offered by a qualified BACP registered in-house counsellor. A parenting assessment is provided as part of the service offer to minimise repetition for parents accessing more than one intervention. I also offer child contact supervisions to parents who are separated from their children and assist in oral drug/alcohol screening prior to session commencing as part of intervention. I deliver training online and face-to-face with practitioners to build their confidence and experience working creatively with families where substance misuse is a factor.

Experience

I hold a 1st Class Criminal Justice Degree and qualification in Social Work - Diploma in Social Work and have over 23 years experience in the substance misuse field, both operationally as a practitioner and management as well as strategically in terms of middle/senior management. I presently specialise in developing innovative and creative service responses to children and families where parental substance misuse is a factor. I am familiar with NOS standards and consider myself to be a confident advanced practitioner in the area of substance misuse and recovery.