Welcome
Laurence Chester, Dip/Sw, BA (Hons) MA (Social Work), Mbasw, has 25 years experience of writing social work reports for private and public law purposes. He set up Alphabet Social Work Ltd to be a provider of high quality independent Social Work reports.
Specialist areas include providing independent reports for Court in regard to immigration and asylum applications as well as Family Assessments within private and public proceedings. Providing expert reports regarding the circumstance of unaccompanied asylum seeking children is, particularly, an area of expertise.
Get in touch with us to set up a consultation, or use the contact form at the bottom of this page to enquire whether our services are right for you.
Contact
➤ LOCATION
London & Home Counties
☎ CONTACT
laurence@alphabetsocialwork.com
07974800456
Areas of Practice
Immigration & asylum
Families come to us directly or via their legal advisors seeking expert reports considering the impact enforced removal or deportation will have on themselves and their families. If children are involved, our reports ensure their voice is heard as part of ascertaining their wishes and feelings.
Our reports consider the impact on family life and can offer expertise in considering any significant obstacles clients may face in (re)integrating into the Country the Home Office are looking to remove them to.
community integration
Laurence, (Director) was a founder member of the National Refugee Integration Forum and contributed to the Home Office definition of ‘integration’ in the publication Integration Matters (Home Office, 2004). He represented the UK government in international forums as well as Chair strategic government working goup’s supporting the integration of newly arrived communities in the United Kingdom.
family reports
Whether as a part of Private Law Outline proceedings or within the context of immigration matters we adapt our approach to reflect the best interest of children.We place the voice of the child at the centre of all our work and use a creative and child friendly approach.
consultation
Contact us to discuss your consultation needs. We can develop a bespoke package of consultation and support for your organisation.
Our areas of expertise include, social work, community cohesion, training in utilising methods of reaching out to marginalised communities.
training
Training is available on request. We can meet your bespoke training needs.
Community consultation
With a background of undertaking community consultations for public sector organisations on behalf of Housing departments and Health organisations as well as private Housing organisations. Our specialist area is in seeking the views of migrant and newly arrived communities.
Contact us to discuss your community consultation needs.
“Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. it’s not.”
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