Potential & Protection provides specialist children's social-care consultancy, direct intervention, safeguarding training, case review, exploitation/disruption planning and practice-improvement support.
Local authorities and children's services are the core commissioning market. Support can also be appropriately commissioned by schools, Multi-Academy Trusts, safeguarding partners, health organisations, youth services and voluntary/community organisations.
Yes. A one-off specialist consultation or complex case review can be commissioned where this is the most proportionate response.
Yes. Short-term specialist casework, block consultancy days and ongoing consultancy can be agreed where appropriate.
Yes, where appropriately commissioned, authorised, risk assessed and supported by suitable safeguarding, information-sharing and professional arrangements.
Yes. Training can be bespoke and tailored to the needs of social care, safeguarding and education professionals.
Yes. Potential & Protection can provide appropriately commissioned safeguarding and exploitation awareness, professional consultation and workforce development.
Yes. Consultation, case review, training and some practice-improvement activity can be delivered remotely. Direct work is considered according to the needs and risks of the commission.
Direct work is prioritised across Northamptonshire, Buckinghamshire, Milton Keynes and Oxfordshire. Remote work can be delivered more widely across the UK.
There is no single public price because commissions vary in scope and complexity. Quotes are tailored to the work required.
Yes. Block consultancy days can provide flexible specialist capacity without creating a permanent post.
Yes. Case audits, thematic reviews, exploitation pathway reviews and practice-improvement work are available.
No. Potential & Protection complements existing services and does not replace the statutory responsibilities of the commissioning organisation.
DBS arrangements will be confirmed according to the exact commissioned activity and commissioner requirements. The consultancy does not make a blanket claim that all work is covered by a transferable DBS certificate.
Yes. Elliott Day is an active Social Work England registrant and holds a BA (Hons) Social Work (2:1) from the University of Northampton.
Start with an initial conversation. We can then clarify the need, desired outcomes, scope, governance and appropriate procurement route.
That is fine. An initial discussion can help identify the most proportionate form of specialist support.
Yes. Multi-agency and contextual thinking are central to the practice model, while respecting the roles and responsibilities of partner agencies.
A general description of the service need, intended outcome, timescale and commissioning context is usually enough to begin. Do not send identifying child/family information through the website form.