It identified that antisocial behaviour cannot be tackled in isolation and that parents need to be given advice and support to make positive changes within their families.
I've been referred to as a "Supernanny", which is good for awareness, but could stigmatise what we are hoping to achieve. It is not the programme used on TV. We encourage the parent to choose the behaviours they want to change so they have ownership of their situation. I don't tell people what they have to do - We look at what the parents are doing right and then build on it.
I have always had an interest in youth crime, studying criminology at university and focusing on restorative justice. After that I worked with children, young people and their families in statutory, voluntary and residential settings. In my previous post I developed and delivered services for children and parents that were either slipping through the net of statutory support or did not access it due to lack of faith in the system. This enriched my knowledge of why things go wrong for those that are hard to engage, and this will be my biggest hurdle.
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