Independant Consultancy

Leonard Consultancy and Associates is an independent organisation which specialises in providing expertise in all aspects of child, adult and public safeguarding and protection to the statutory, sports, arts, academia, religious, industry, charity and voluntary sectors nationally and internationally

Leonard Consultancy

Leonard Consultancy

Marcella Leonard BSc. (HONS)., C.Q.S.W, MSc. AASW, PG. Dip ATSO, ASW, ASI. PTA, Fellow NOTA, Reg. COSRT.MBE, Director of Leonard Consultancy and Associates has over 35 years experience in child, adult, public safeguarding and protection. She is a qualified social worker with additional professional training in psychosexual therapy, trauma therapy, sexual and violent risk assessor. Her expertise is sought nationally and internationally both at strategic and operational levels in organisations

Associates

Leonard Consultancy has a team of associates with expert knowledge within the areas of criminal justice, health, social services, sports, educational, religious and academia. The associates undertake assessments of sexual risk and violence within child and public protection, deliver bespoke interventions for both victims and perpetrators, provide consultancy to practitioners, assist organisations in their strategic plans for child and public protection, deliver training bespoke to organisational need as well as undertake independent serious case reviews to enhance professional learning

Marcella is the author of several academic papers and is co-author of :

-AIM3 Assessment Model: Assessment of Adolescents and Harmful Sexual Behaviour (Leonard & Hackett 2019)

-The Capacity and Ability to Supervise and Protect- Risk Framework (CASP-R) (McGibbon & Leonard 2019)

Marcella has been awarded the MBE in January 2024 for her services to social work nationally and internationally. She was previously awarded the NSPCC / Association of child Protection Professionals Child Protection Trainer of the Year 2019.

Marcella maintains her social work registration with NISCC (Northern Ireland Social Care Council) and Social Work England. She has lately held the position of Chair of British Association of Social Workers Northern Ireland (BASWNI)

Marcella is a regular contributor on local, national and international media outlets discussing child and adult safeguarding, risk assessment and management and social work practice.

Marcella is also an Associate with Safe Sport International, The AIM Project

New Training Programme- Assessing Risk and Protectiveness of Interpersonal Abuse in Sport

New Training Programme- Assessing Risk and Protectiveness of Interpersonal Abuse in Sport

The programme covers all the theoretical underpinnings and application to
practice of assessing risk and protectiveness in all forms of interpersonal
abuse including those which involve sexual, physical, emotional, domestic
abuse / violence and is specifically tailored for safeguarding decision making in sport

The programme will train the participants in the assessment
and protective models which can be used with children, adolescents and adults



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Services

Services

CONSULTANCY
Leonard consultancy and Associates provide a consultation service for individual practitioners, organisations and strategic bodies in respect of all aspects of child, adult and public protection and safeguarding. All consultations are bespoke to the needs of the client and are based on current good practice and the team provide ongoing support to the client. Consultation topics are wide ranging and can be relating to advice and guidance in respect of training needs, safeguarding decision making, assessment of risk and protectiveness, strategic development in respect of safeguarding, policies and procedures, serious case reviews, reviews of practise, and staff support.


TRAINING
Leonard Consultancy and Associates believes in the importance of training in empowering practitioners to enhance their skills in working within the complexity of child and public protection. All training is designed specifically for the target audience to ensure the best learning outcomes are achieved and is trauma informed in recognition of the impact of the topics being delivered
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PRACTICE
Leonard Consultancy and Associates are a team of experts in safeguarding , child, adult and public protection and can undertake a wide range of direct practice for clients.

This can include:
• Risk assessments of persons of concern
• Assessment of protectiveness where risk is identified
• Safeguarding Serious Case Reviews
• Organisational reviews of practice
• Safeguarding policies and procedures
• Staff support, supervision and training.
• Trauma Informed Safeguarding Investigations

Clients: Local, National and International

Some of the organisations and governmental departments Leonard Consultancy and Associates have been working with. Our client base is varied by their status, focus, geographical locations and membership but we also work with individuals, couples and families who are navigating the judicial and child protection systems through their legal representatives.
Marcella was honoured to have been awarded an MBE in the King’s Birthday Honours in January 2024 for her services to social work nationally and internationally
Marcella was delighted to deliver the AIM3 Adolescent HSB Assessment Model to social work and social care colleagues in Tallinn, Estonia April 2024
Youth Commonwealth Games Trinidad and Tabago 2023 Marcella was the Chair of the Safeguarding Panel, ensuring the consistency of approach taken with every safeguarding concern, governance of decision making process and embedding a trauma - informed approach to safeguarding responses
Leonard Consultancy
Leonard Consultancy
with Abu Dhabi Police delivering Child Protection Training
Youth Commonwealth Games Trinidad and Tabago 2023 Marcella was the Chair of the Safeguarding Panel, ensuring the consistency of approach taken with every safeguarding concern, governance of decision making process and embedding a trauma - informed approach to safeguarding responses
In her conversation with Princess Anne, Marcella discussed her work in multiple sectors in safeguarding, trauma impact of abuse on victims and families as well as her work in addressing domestic abuse / violence across the multiple jurisdictions she works in
Youth Commonwealth Games Trinidad and Tabago 2023 Marcella was the Chair of the Safeguarding Panel, ensuring the consistency of approach taken with every safeguarding concern, governance of decision making process and embedding a trauma - informed approach to safeguarding responses
Wonderful opportunity to deliver CASP-R ( Assessing Protectiveness in Families living with Risk) to colleagues in the Sexual Abuse Support Service and fellow organisations in Hobart, Tasmania
Marcella
Marcella
presenting workshop on risk assessment with the Church of England
Leonard Consultancy
Leonard Consultancy
delivering Conference for Western HSCT - I’m Understanding Sexual Offending
Marcella
Marcella
assisting St John Ambulance in upskilling their volunteers in their Safeguarding role
Marcella speaking on BBC Breakfast News 9/09/2024 on safeguarding issues
Marcella was guest interview for the NOTA magazine September 2024
Marcella delivered ARMIDILO Training to the Safeguarding Team at Special Olympics Ireland to assist them in assessing sexual risk with persons with Intellectual Disability October 2024
Marcella attended the NISCC Social Work Awards where Social Workers received the NISCC Specialist Award who had completed the Leonard Consultancy Risk Assessment Training
The critical issue of domestic abuse / coercive control was the topic of Marcella’s keynote at Relate NI conference Nov 2024
FA Safeguarding Conference 2024, Marcella’s keynote was addressing the increasing issue of peer-peer abuse within sport and the need for effective risk assessment for young people
FA Safeguarding Conference 2024, Marcella’s keynote was addressing the increasing issue of peer-peer abuse within sport and the need for effective risk assessment for young people
Presenting alongside the Hydrant Programme Team at the FA Safeguarding Conference 2024
Delight at attending Fermanagh Ladies Football All -Ireland celebration with my parents and specifically my mother President of the county team and a driver to have women play football
Finishing off 2024 with an amazing trip to the beautiful city of Budapest for the World Aquatics and Bird & Bird Sports Integrity Event

With a team of highly experienced and qualified professionals who individually are delivering practice, training and consultancy throughout the UK, Ireland and internationally