Social work pratice involves following guildlines,pratice procedures,theory based practice and research.Social workers carryout assessments to inform decision making and plans in respective of the child.Is it therefore not important that timescales and caseloads are realistic to support social workers carrying out the role we have trained to acheve.

Children and parents need to be informed why the assessment/intervention by social services is taking place and the possible outcomes.Parents need to understand at the begining of the assessment process/intervention that they may not understand the relevance of some of the question’s/intervention and that some of the question’s may be uncomfortable, they may not fully understand why the assessment is required even thought it is clear to the social worker.We must remember intervention will cause stress and possible embarrassment for the family and even the child dependant on the child’s age,each case circumstances will be different.

Social workers must be aware that assessments can trigger past and present negative experiences for the child and parent being assessed.This can lead to conflicts with the social worker which may deflect from the issue’s.