Enhanced Complex Needs Evaluation
Fee: £1,700 | Duration: 20 hours | Turnaround: 5–7 working days
Suitable For
Providers, commissioners and teams within supported living, residential care, children’s homes, inpatient services, and educational settings. Ideal for those managing placement instability, escalating restrictive practices, stalled transitions, or complex multi-agency challenges requiring comprehensive systemic insight.
Who This Evaluation Supports
Individuals with autism, learning disabilities, or complex presentations characterised by multifaceted needs, distress, trauma, and communication difficulties. These complexities significantly affect placement stability, relational dynamics and access to community opportunities. The evaluation addresses challenges across behavioural, environmental, social, and systemic domains, supporting co-ordinated, multi-agency approaches to enhance wellbeing and quality of life.
What’s Included & Our Evaluation Process
• Multi-Stakeholder Engagement: Structured interviews with the individual, family members, carers, professionals, and commissioners to gather diverse perspectives on support needs and relational dynamics.
• Direct Observation Programme: A minimum of two naturalistic observations in different environments and times of day to capture authentic interactions and environmental influences.
• Evidence-Based Assessment Tools:
• Comprehensive Barriers Assessment (environmental, sensory, communication, systemic)
• Escalation Cycle mapping to identify patterns and triggers
• Additional validated tools tailored to individual needs
• Systemic Analysis & Formulation: Detailed review addressing relational safety, sensory and environmental factors, communication and trauma responses, staff dynamics, and safeguarding.
• Comprehensive Reporting: Executive summary with detailed analysis, formulation, and structured recommendations addressing safety, relationship quality, environmental modifications, and long-term placement sustainability.
Key Focus Areas
• Building workforce capacity and knowledge to support complex individuals
• Reducing Dynamic Support Register (DSR) involvement and preventing escalation
• Providing focused input for individuals undergoing Care or Education Treatment Reviews (C(E)TR) or on relevant programmes
• Enhancing multi-agency co-ordination and collaboration
• Supporting successful transitions, including inpatient to community
• Strengthening organisational systems to improve care quality, stability, and quality of life
Before We Begin
To proceed smoothly, please provide:
• Written consent from the individual or best interest decision-maker.
• Completed referral form (available on request).
• Key supporting documents, including current risk assessments, incident records, support plans, and multidisciplinary reports.
Next Steps
Click on the Book Your Extended Complex Needs Evaluation button below to request your initial session.
This booking secures the first information-gathering meeting; any follow-up meetings or observations will be scheduled directly once the referral process is complete.
When booking, please review the payment options:
• Local Authorities, ICBs, and Provider Organisations – select “Pay in Person” to request payment via invoice or purchase order.
• Parents and Carers – please contact us before booking to discuss suitability and commissioning options for this level of evaluation.
Once you’ve completed the booking form, simply click Book Now or Add to Cart to finalise your request.
Before we begin, we’ll require a completed referral and consent form.
These will be emailed securely to you following your booking, along with guidance on returning the forms and confirming observation arrangements.