About the Consultancy

With over 20 years experience of working with adults, families and young people, Eileen Murphy Consultants works with the clients of, and trains staff within Social Services, Criminal Justice, Education and Mental Health.

The Consultancy also works with the commercial sector to resolve conflict and achieve change. All of our team have Management experience in Social Services, Education and the commercial fields.

The Consultancy also offer a specialism in training Mentors.

The two models used by the Consultancy; the “Examine, Repair & Move On” Approach (Murphy ‘93) and the Solution Focused Brief Therapy Model (de Shazer ‘85), are non-damaging, client-centred and focus on working collaboratively to bring about change.

The Consultancy trains Social Workers; Education staff ; Alcohol & Drug Addiction workers; Youth Offending Teams; Mental Health workers; Foster Carers and Mentors in their work with ‘vulnerable & disaffected’ young people; adults and families. The Consultancy also works with men in Prison and Prison Drug Rehabilitation Units in preparation for release.

In 1993, Eileen Murphy created the format for the first Prevention & Intervention Programme, a whole-team, structured resource for working with families to prevent breakdown, which has been implemented by 15 Local Authorities between 1993 - 2006. Please see the following here.

Our Solution Focused School and Preventing Disaffection & Exclusion training is implemented with Teachers, SENCOs, Behaviour Support Staff and Learning Mentors, nationwide including Northern Ireland. Our Education Consultant, Kevin Foley BA (Hons) Econ. PGCE has over 15 years of working within inner-city schools.

Our Solution Focused Residential Unit programme was implemented by Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council in 2005 making it the first of its kind in the country.

Eileen Murphy is a member of:

• European Therapy Studies Institute
• Children Law UK
• Hansard Society for Parliamentary Government(all-party House of Commons Society)
• Parenting UK
• National Association for Youth Justice
• NASEN - National Association for Special Educational Needs
• Mentoring & Befriending Foundation
• Affiliate Member of National Council for Voluntary Organisations

Eileen Murphy is an NCVO Approved Consultant 2006

As well a providing short and long-term courses - we offer a full Project Management consultancy to Local Authorities who wish to  implement a change of ethos within its Children & Families structure as both a preventative and crisis intervention strategy.