Child Assessment and Development Unit (CADU) – specialist nurses

My role includes being part of the assessment team for children of all ages, although the majority of my time is focused within CADU and assessing children of preschool age. I enjoy supporting children and their families throughout the CADU process.

I qualified as a Registered General Nurse in 1992 and spent many years working in a variety of settings before undertaking my Health Visiting training in 2014. Afterwards, I worked as a Community Health Visitor, until obtaining my current role.

My role is to provide support for parents and families whilst going through the CADU observation.

I carry out the home observation, as part of the Assessment.

I also take an active role in Multi-Disciplinary feedback meeting, assisting and supporting my colleagues by feeding back my observation findings.

Previously, the CADU service used to offer Development groups to support parents and families, prior to 2017, when we changed to an Assessment Unit.