I am a qualified Social Worker, having achieved a BA Honours Degree in Social Work at the University of Sussex. I have 14 years’ experience working in different sectors within children’s social care and have significant experience of working with Looked After Children. I opened ‘B.E.S.T Project’ in 2021; a 5-bed trauma informed semi-independent provision for young people aged 16-18. We now have three provisions located across West Sussex working with Children in Care and Unaccompanied Children Seeking Asylum. B.E.S.T Project is currently in the process of opening their first children’s home, which aims to care for children from the age of 10 years old.