Why Choose Athena Social Work Services?
Athena Social Work Services provides all social work and related services to the statutory, private, and not-for-profit sectors.
Athena Social Work Services is able to carry out:
- Assessment and reviews across both children and adult client groups.
- One-off independent assessments, project work, and ongoing work-flow support.
Athena Social Work Services’ internal audit system guarantees quality assessments and reviews that are compliant with current legal and good practice guidance. Athena Social Work Service can also provide one-off or ongoing case audit and safeguard audits for clients.
Ethics
Athena Social Work Services has a strong ethical base with social responsibility and environmental sustainability at the heart of what we do. Athena Social Work Service funds a number of charities and provides its time and expertise for free to the not for profit sector. In addition, it has been accredited by Carbon Footprint as a carbon neutral company since inception and in 2019/20 offset 2kg of carbon for every 1kg emitted through its business activity.
Athena Social Work Services’ Directors
Gordon Hastie holds the BSc in Social Anthropology and Sociology. He also holds the Master of Arts in Business and Public Sector Strategy and the Master of Arts in Social Work. Gordon has worked in the social care profession for the last 30 years.
Gordon has worked at every level within the care sector on both the provider and assessment sides from support worker to hospital discharge service manager, Safeguarding Adult Board Manager and Principal Social Worker. Gordon specialises in safeguarding, quality assurance and risk management for Athena Social Work Services.
Simone Valledy holds the BSc in Social Work, Post Qualifying module in Assessing Risk and is a Best Interest Assessor. Simone has over 20 years’ experience in the care sector ten of those as a qualified social worker. Simone has managed social work teams in the statutory and private sector. She has also worked in both adults and children’s statutory social work settings. Simone is Athena Social Work Services’ lead on DOLS and Mental Capacity.
The Athena Social Work Services’ team also includes experienced senior practitioners, AHMPS, DOLS Assessors and both adult and children’s social workers as well as a team of administrators. Our social workers receive regular support, supervision and training to ensure their skills are always up to date. Our team of social work assistants and administrators provide data cleansing and administrative support to front line workers and the management team.
