Phoenix Forensic Consultants

The trauma involved, when allegations are made that you or your partner have been accused of sexual abuse, can never be underestimated. The need for independent assessment appears to be crucial.

Often families are very confused in their feelings, distrustful of statutory agencies and an independent service can help them better understand the nature of sex abuse, whilst at the same time allowing for the possibility that the alleged offender is innocent of the allegations.

At other times the alleged offender might be admitting the guilt and will be frightened as to the current investigation and the likely outcome of forthcoming criminal and civil proceedings. In these cases an independent assessment can help in obtaining intervention for both the offender and the family.

Many families, whatever the final outcome, are entering a process where they often feel they have little control or information to help them understand the likely outcomes. Fears of custodial sentencing, loss of the children, break up of the adult relationships are all real fears that have to be faced. For an informal discussion on whether or not our services would be suitable for your situation, please telephone 01483 527857 or 07809 719210

Accused whilst working with children

The impact of an allegation that arises out of your work can never be over-estimated. Often statutory agencies find themselves caught between the trauma that arises for you and their duty to the service user who has made the complaint.  Independent assessment is vital in these situations, especially as any delay in proceedings can only cause further trauma to both you and the accuser. The affect of the allegation often leads to your immediate suspension from work and there may even be concerns about you and other children within and without your own and your extended family.

Phoenix have a wealth of knowledge and experience in working with professionals who are accused. Under “balance of probability” they will make a judgment as to whether or not they believe the allegation was true.  Historical abuse presents many problems because even the definitions of abuse have changed over the years. Please feel free to phone and discuss these issues

Have you been arrested for downloading illegal images (Child Pornography)?

Many individuals who have been arrested for this crime have no knowledge of how the system will subsequently deal with them. Even if you accept a caution and go on the sex offenders register you may not know the implications of this for you and your family. You are still likely to be seen as a risk to your own children and Social Services will become involved. You may be asked to leave the home, etc. Whether you use our services or not please feel free to telephone and discuss the issues. There is hope and an ending to this process, however dark and hopeless it may initially feel.

Solicitors

Please give this information to your solicitors and tell them about the website. Usually referrals come from them. However, you can also use our services privately if you wish and a number of clients will take advantage of the support that we offer. We can prepare reports both for the family and criminal courts. We are also able to undertake emergency referrals and assessment of you and your wife if, for example, the Local Authority is having to make decisions about whether you should leave the home while the criminal case is being investigated.

For those individuals who have been charged with internet offences, we are also able to undertake computer audit, usually more quickly than the police. Because computers are often a necessity for work we also have a computer monitoring service.