Jane Smith Email & Phone Number

Work to prevent offending and reoffending by children and young people under the age of 18 using individual, family and community interventions. Supervising young people to successfully complete their Court Orders within the Youth Justice System through assessment of their needs: assessing risk and vulnerability, and planning effective, needs-led intervention, on an individual and collaborative casework basis. To ensure that custody for young people is safe, secure, and addresses the causes of their offending behaviour.

Generic social work responding to the emergency needs of vulnerable individuals and groups. Work included support, advocacy and mediation, as well as risk assessment and intervention.

Advocacy, support, information provision and the promoting of rights and entitlements for Refugees and those seeking asylum. Work undertaken on an individual casework basis or in a group project context, to include assessments, planning and reviews.''Students and Refugees Together (START) Our mission is to work in partnership with families, individuals and organisations to facilitate the transition of refugees from people in need to self reliant contributors to their local communities. START recognises the skills and experience asylum seekers and refugees bring to the city. As a learning organisation, START uniquely utilises the student placement as a resource which together with the strengths and skills of the community, we work out what support is needed and how to achieve it…''

Individual casework to identify risk and vulnerability factors, and support the changes in lives of women and their children who experience domestic abuse, through face to face contact, telephone support and refuge work.

Consolidation And Preparation For Specialist Practice (Cpsp)

Chosen specialist area: Children and Families (to include BME groups; discriminated groups; and socio-ecomonic inequalities and inequities).

Bsc Hons Social Work, Radical And Progressive Social Work

Activities and Societies: Social Work Action Network, Student SWP. Active member of the Global Social Work Forum, and founder member.

Sociology, Psychology, Gender Studies, Cultural Studies

Activities and Societies: Mature Student Rep.