Age Assessment, the SAEF Framework and What Social Work Values Have to Do With It: A Conversation with Jo Schofield
About this episode
Vicki Shevlin discusses age assessment and the SAFE framework with expert Jo Schofield.
In this episode I'm joined by my friend and colleague Jo Schofield, Director of Immigration Social Work Services and one of the leading experts on age assessment in the UK. Jo has spent her career working with unaccompanied asylum seeking children, acting as an expert witness in court, and developing the SAFE framework - the Social Work Age Estimation Framework - which is changing the way social workers approach this area of practice. We talk about what age assessment actually is and why it's...
People in this episode
Host: Vicki Shevlin
Guest: Jo Schofield
Topics covered
- age assessment
- social work
- unaccompanied asylum seeking children
- SAFE framework
- expert witness
- social work values
Keywords
- age assessment
- social work
- unaccompanied minors
- SAFE framework
- expert witness
- UK
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Immigration Social Work Services, SAFE framework
Places: UK
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