Services

Our forensic counselling and forensic risk assessments are appropriate for both public and private law proceedings involving convicted or alleged offenders, as well as organisations and individuals about whom there may be concerns.
We are fully insured and prepared to assist you with your needs.

Areas of concern include:
• Forensic evaluation and risk assessments for male and female clients who have been convicted of an offence
• Recidivism
• Reports on the viability of family reconstruction cases
• Environmental risk and safety analyses in community, family, and organisational settings
• Structured risk and needs assessments for children and young people who have harmed others
• Suicidal ideation
• Coercive control

Mark can assess and work with:
• Individuals identified as a significant risk who require intensive case management monitoring
• People diagnosed with learning difficulties or mental health issues
• Individuals residing in residential care, educational institutions, or other family environments
• Children at risk of, or who have experienced, intra- and/or extra-familial sexual, physical, or intellectual abuse
• Individuals with historic convictions
• Those who have had unsubstantiated abuse allegations made against them
• Children and young people who have engaged in sexually harmful or offending behaviours
• Children or young people who have experienced internet-based offences, such as grooming
• Young offenders

PROCESS
Mark forensically counsels and collaborates with participants and practitioners to develop intervention plans that include clients and, when appropriate, other relevant parties. Interventions aimed at enhancing restorative procedures and contact or rehabilitation programs may fall under this category.
Such facilitation often includes protective behaviour and risk awareness interventions with partners and other family members to encourage assertive communication and establish safe, acceptable limits before commencing any rehabilitation process.

We can also conduct training programs with the individual being assessed, their partners, family members, or staff to demonstrate aspects such as how to identify warning signs of a potential abuser or someone with a criminal history.

Initially, we need to grasp the details of the case, including the parties involved, the purpose of the assessment, the individual's residence, and any background information. Forensic risk evaluations usually incorporate police records, insights regarding other parties involved, such as a new partner and their ability to protect any children, alongside information on convictions or allegations.
The process generally takes six to eight weeks to complete a forensic risk assessment.