Mark Willis This is Me

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1. 1. Mark Willis and Andre Palmer, Directors, Willis Palmer

   www.willispalmer.com/about-us/ - [Cached]

   Published on: 12/2/2007   Last Visited: 12/2/2007

   Mark Willis - Director
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   Mark Willis Mark Willis has been in social work for over twenty years. He began in 1984 working as a residential and day care worker with people with learning disabilities. In 1987 he moved into child care work as an assistant social worker before qualifying with the Diploma in Social Work in 1994.
   
   Following this he worked as a social worker, senior practitioner and team manager within local authority social services departments. In addition, he spent a year co-ordinating child protection training for a large social care department during which he developed two academically accredited training programmes on risk assessment. In 2000 he became a self-employed Guardian ad Litem representing children's interests in over 100 cases during a five year period in Kent and Essex.
   
   He now holds a BA (Hons) in Social Work and Psychosocial Studies from the University of East Anglia, a Post Graduate Certificate in Advanced Practice with Children and Families and a Post Graduate Certificate in Management from Nottingham Trent University. He is also an Accredited Practice Teacher in Social Work.