Interview: Not just for boys - Michael Nerini, service manager, Clare Lodge Secure Children's Home
By Alison Bennett
Children & Young People Now
2 April 2008
When you think of a secure children's home (SCH) what image springs to mind? Young male offenders? If that's a "yes" then you hold the stereotype Michael Nerini, service manager at Clare Lodge SCH wants to break.
Clare Lodge, in Peterborough, is one of only two all-female SCHs in England and unusually does not have a contract with the Youth Justice Board (YJB) to look after young offenders. Instead, the home looks after 16 females aged between 10 and 16 who have been placed there for their own safety by local authorities in England. It helps young women who are...