‘How to leave home visits on time – and when not to’

by Elena Nicolaou
My visits to families are often the most enjoyable part of my week.
I like the listening, relationship-building, direct work and insight that comes from home visits.
I do not, however, like timescales (who does?!), but understand the necessity of them for safeguarding. In my current role, I have the standard fortnightly child protection visits, and child in need visits every 20 days.
The difficulty I often find is trying to fit everything I need to discuss with the family into