ABOUT US
We are a Brighton based company with a national and international reach.
We pride ourselves in providing a responsive, personable and tailor made service. Established by Richard Swann in 2008 we have provided training and consultancy services for multi-professional groups across the UK, Ireland and abroad.
These include local authority teams, health trusts, safeguarding boards, youth offending services, mental health teams, police services, schools and the third sector
About Richard
Richard is a registered social worker with over twenty-five years of experience as a practitioner, manager and trainer in safeguarding and comes with extensive knowledge and skills in providing specialist assessment and treatment services for children and young people at risk of significant harm and their parents and carers. Since 2005 Richard has been an Associate Trainer for the AIM Project, providing specialist training for professionals working with children and young people who harm sexually.
Richard has considerable expertise in supervision training for a range of disciplines. In 2009 Richard was senior trainer for the delivery of a national supervision training programme provided by In Trac for the Children’s Workforce Development Council. Between 2011 and 2015 Richard undertook the role of lead trainer for the delivery of the supervision skills training programme for the Department of Health’s Family Nurse Partnership across England, Scotland and Northern Ireland. He continues to provide supervision training programmes for a range of disciplines across the UK and Ireland.
Richard Swann – BA (Hons), MSW, CQSW, MA, PGCert, AASW.
Qualifications
B.A. (Hons) Social Policy & Administration, Polytechnic South West, Plymouth, Devon (1986 to 1989)
Masters Degree in Social Work (M.S.W), University of Sussex, June 1993.
Certificate of Qualification in Social Work (C.Q.S.W), University of Sussex,June 1993.
Post Qualifying Certificate in Social Work with Families & Children,University of Sussex, December 1995.
Post Graduate Certificate in Child Care Decision Making, (Child Protection) University of Sussex, November 1998.
Post Graduate Certificate in Applied Systemic Theory, Tavistock & Portman NHS Clinic, London, July 2000.
Masters Degree (Distinction) in Applied Systemic Theory (M.A. with Distinction), Tavistock & Portman NHS Clinic & University of East London, May 2002.
Advanced Award in Social Work (in Practice) General Social Care Council and the Surrey & Sussex Post Qualifying Consortium, June 2002.
Publications
Swann, R. (2009) Internet assessment intervention and moving on: iAIM practice guidance for young people who display harmful sexual behaviour on-line using new technologies. Stockport: AIM Project
Shevade, Devayani, Norris, Emma and Swann, Richard (2011) ‘An exploration of therapists’ reactions to working with children displaying sexually problematic behaviour: a thematic analytic study’, Journal of Child Psychotherapy, 37: 1, 52 — 74.
New Technologies, New Challenges: Assessment and Treatment Guidance Regarding Young People’s Problematic/Abusive Sexual Behaviour Online, in Calder, M (ed) Contemporary Practice With Young People Who Sexually Abuse. (2011) RHP.
Swann, R (2017) Technology-Assisted Harmful Sexual Behaviour. Practice Guidance. NSPCC & AIM Project.