Caroline Evans

Caroline has significant experience in supporting children (and their families) with challenging behaviours and learning disabilities, and also with degenerative neurological and life-limiting conditions.  Most of the children Caroline works with have extensive physical and psychological needs.

Caroline also works as a Case Manager with Westcountry Case Management Services.  In this role she is responsible for managing the care regimes of numerous complex children, including both directly employed and agency packages of care.

In addition, Caroline has an employed position with Westcountry Case Management as a Mentor to paediatric case managers.  In this role Caroline provides quality assurance checks on mentees’ written reports, notes and correspondence as well as advice and support around case direction, case management decisions and the litigation process.

Previously, Caroline worked as a Senior Practitioner in the Children’s Occupational Therapy Team for Bristol City Council’s Disabled Children’s Services for many years.  Her clinical caseload within this service was predominantly children and young adults with Cerebral Palsy although changes to the service in the latter years meant more work and focus with children and adolescents with challenging behaviours and learning disabilities.

Caroline supervised the development of the service and supported the team of therapists covering the locality.  The nature of the work was independent and person-centred, often dealing with highly emotional and stressed situations due to the nature of the children and their conditions.

Prior to completing her Occupational Therapy qualification, Caroline gained experience in a wide range of care settings including work as an Occupational Therapy Assistant.  She then worked abroad supporting in special needs schools in India before returning to the UK to focus further in her specialist field of paediatrics.

Caroline completed Courtroom Skills Familiarisation with Inspire MediLaw in 2020.