CIPAS is a family owned and operated firm specializing in the provision of crisis intervention services, social and community centered program development and implementation support and psychosocial assessment services utilizing psychosocial metric tools.

Founded in 2020 by Pamela Jones-Goodridge, and headquartered in Barbados, where it was officially registered and incorporated in 2023. CIPAS aims to provide Psychosocial Assessments, Crisis Intervention and Management, and support in the Development and Implementation of Programmes towards the purpose of minimizing, reducing and or eliminating the harsh impact of Psychosocial and Socio-emotional issues experienced by children, adolescents, adults and groups within schools, organizations, communities and societies.

CIPAS objective is to offer services to organizations, companies, educational and non-educational institutions whose functions and/or homeostasis have been affected or impacted by a disruptive, or traumatic or crisis centered event.

CIPAS aims through the application of assessment inventory tools to provide clinical social work assessments for children, adolescents and adults to inform on the recommended intervention measures and assistance needed to address psychosocial issues, assist clients in returning to a semblance of normalcy, and to help clients achieve optimal social functioning

         CIPAS core purpose is to provide structural support to enhance and streamline existing gaps in services that are presently offered.

In today’s World the psychosocial and psycho-emotional well-being of individuals; whether students, employees, non professionals and professionals are vital to the optimal functioning of schools, companies, institutions, corporations or ministries; therefore crisis and/or traumatic situations such as a sudden death, suicide, or homicide of a loved one, or even a colleague(s), life threatening events; for example a hostage or bank robbery invasion, bodily assaults like rape, family and domestic conflict and violence, school based and or community based aggression, violence and/or attacks, the aftermath of a hurricane or any catastrophic natural disaster are all potential antecedents to individuals experiencing temporary breaks in their emotional well-being.

MISSION STATEMENT

To promote a balanced psychosocial and psycho-emotional environment that supports the well-being of all individuals essential to the optimal functioning of any organization, company, educational or non-educational institution and by extension to the community and society at large.

MESSAGE FROM THE FOUNDER

I’ve worn many hats throughout my career; from that of a child protection officer, to a medical social worker, to a drug counsellor/correctional social worker working with adult drug abusers and incarcerated persons, to being a part time lecturer at The University of The West Indies Cave Hill, in addition to working with survivors of domestic abuse and violence, persons with disabilities, and being a school based social worker.

Through my studies in clinical and administrative social work I was taught the art of designing assessment tool kits in numerous areas from the assessment of emotional well being to predispositions for social deviance and anger inventory index tools to name a few. In addition over the span of my career I have consulted on local, regional and transatlantic assessments  providing guidance, counseling and intervention support in numerous areas, from that of education to working with persons severely affected by traumatic experiences, for example through the social work agency I was attached to in New York, I was tasked with providing crisis intervention support to affected individuals following the events of September 9/11 and the crash of AA flight 587 on November 12th, 2001. Even within Barbados I have engaged in crisis intervention support and counseling to individuals and families following the apartment cave- in that occurred in August 2007 as well as throughout the Covid 19 pandemic.

Based on my varied and diverse roles it would be accurate to say that I have never viewed social work as just a job. Social work is and has always been my passion.

PAMELA JONES-GOODRIDGE, BSc (Hons); MSW; CSW; Ed.D candidate