SGO Assessment Articles

SGO Assessment – Starting at the beginning – What is a Viability Assessment?

You may be wondering what a viability assessment has to do with a special guardianship assessment? Let me explain, a viability assessment is the start of the process that most applicants will go through before a Special Guardianship assessment will be started. So,...
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Special Guardianship Assessment Process – Working on Tough Cases and Making Even Tougher Decisions.

I have yet to come across a case in the field of Special Guardianship which is not complex. They are all extremely complex. When completing a Special Guardianship assessment, there are all the intricacies of family, embroiled...
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How to address applicants in Special Guardianship Report

There are differing views about how to address special guardians and their families throughout the Special Guardianship report. A Special Guardianship Report is a court document. I have worked in a Local Authority where they did not formalise the use of names...
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3 Straightforward Tips to Make Your Special Guardianship Assessment Report Shorter

Special Guardianship Assessment Report More Than 40 pages? 3 Easy Tips to shorten your SGO Assessment Reports. I have discussed Practice Directive 27A in full here, and you should read that first to understand what that means in full. However, to summarise it is with...
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