About the Author I have worked with young people from challenging backgrounds for 20 years. I am a youth worker and have several professional qualifications in the youth work and health and social care sector. I have worked in the child care system for the local authority, private and for a charity. In the past 12 years I have worked specifically with young people who have been in alternative provision academies, in care, in prisons and Young Offenders Institutions as well as young homeless people on the streets.
