We are a family-run organisation, founded and managed on best-practice social work principles. AG Family Support Ltd and AG Contact Centres are sister companies through which we have been making a positive difference in the lives of children and families since 2015. We are a reputable provider of independent social work, family support, and child contact services to local authorities, the courts, and members of the public in the UK.
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AG Family Support has helped make a positive and life-changing impact on the lives of hundreds of children and their families. Our services are child-centred and delivered by well-trained and competent professionals, the demand for which has helped our small family enterprise become a national provider of specialist Independent Social Work, Family Support and Child Contact services. Over the past several years, we have closely collaborated with dozens of UK local authorities and NHS Trusts and supported hundreds of children and families.
Moreover, our organisation remains committed to the principles of fairness, respect, inclusion and equal opportunities within the workplace. As such, it shall always support and care for its employees in the spirit of a ‘small family business’ model, upon which it was founded. This reflects an aspiration of our directors:
‘We would like to run a company of which we, ourselves, would love to be employees. Quality before profit. Our workforce is our most precious asset.
Helping families thrive, nationwide.
Our mission is to help families ensure that the child's needs are recognised and consistently met within the home environment and to support caregivers in making and sustaining positive changes to their parenting competencies. We also aim to facilitate meaningful interactions between children and parents/family members they do not live with but are important figures in their lives.
We believe local authorities, and crucially the vulnerable families within the context of statutory child protection procedures or care proceedings settings should have access to specialist services that can help achieve the best possible outcomes for the children involved. AGFS and AGCC have such experience and expertise, and it is easily accessible by those who need it.
We believe all children have the right to family life, whether with their birth parents or extended family members, foster carers or adopters.
We believe all children have the right to live in a safe and nurturing home environment that is free from neglect and abuse and supports the children in achieving their full potential in life.
Our regional FSW/CS Teams and managed by local area managers and supported by our Head Office in Sussex. Our independent social workers engage in specialist family assessments within the UK and worldwide. Our success is not only due to the quality of our work; it's down to our vision of a world where all families have the support and the tools they need to flourish.
Cultural competence transforms lives.
Arthur is a trainer in cultural competency and assessment work with Eastern European families involved in child protection and care proceedings. He is an accredited professional NRPSI Polish-English interpreter and translator.
Arthur’s professional expertise in this area has helped establish our organisation as a leading national provider of ‘culturally competent and culturally sensitive’ independent social work assessment, family support work and child contact services.
We believe cultural competency matters when working with vulnerable individuals. We recognise that an in-depth knowledge of the culture of origin and language proficiency can be the difference between the child remaining with their family or living outside of it.
We believe…
Parenting is the hardest and most rewarding job in the world. Everyone needs support and guidance with this, at one stage or another.
What we do…
We offer independent social work, family support and child contact services to local authorities, courts and members of the public.
We are…
A social work founded and managed, family-run company with a proven track record of helping families achieve best possible outcomes within the statutory, child protection and care proceedings settings.
Meet our Directors
Arthur Gajewski
BA SW, PgDip SW
Arthur has 25 years social worker and management experience principally in child protection, risk assessments and care proceedings.
Arthur founded AGFS in 2015 with a mission to improve child outcomes through whole family, multi-level support.
Emily Gajewski
Bsc (Hons) OT, HG Dip
Emily is a Psychotherapist, Author, Registered Occupational Therapist and Trainer with 25 years working within ‘mental health’ in the NHS.
Emily trains professional support workers and provides multi-level wellbeing support for vulnerable children and families.
