G&B ASB
Associate Team
Working in the business since 2021, our team of expert associates have over 50 years of exposure, experience and skill in handling even the most complex of ASB cases. Dedicated to supporting organisations just like yours with up to date, relevant and helpful support to upskill practitioners and improve outcomes in the community.
Meet The Team
Our team is a professional and specialised group of experts who offer reliable solutions for individuals, organisations, and communities dealing with anti-social behaviour. Our team provides expert advice and support, implementing the latest strategies and applying best practices to create long-term solutions. We strive for collaborative efforts to produce a more positive and productive community. Our team takes pride in utilising evidence-based and tailored approaches to address the unique needs of our clients. Together, we can achieve a more supportive and collaborative community while addressing the challenging faced by ASB practitioners.
Rochelle Largan
Rochelle has worked within the housing sector in Westminster for almost ten years, with the majority of this time specialising in ASB.
She started as an apprentice in the housing world where she developed a passion for helping victims of ASB. After two years as a housing officer, Rochelle worked as an ASB case officer for three years across the heart of Westminster, stretching from Soho and Covent Garden to Pimlico, she then transferred to West London, where shortly after she was promoted to a team leader position of a newly created specialist ASB team. In under 12 months, Rochelle was given the opportunity to act up as the ASB services manager of a team of eight ASB case officers and two ASB team leaders covering ASB cases across 27,000 homes and has been in the role for several years.
Rochelle and her team work extensively with partners and agencies across Westminster and other London boroughs tackling gang violence in some of the most deprived estates. Rochelle’s team was the first to get an estate-wide injunction in the borough, and have since gained several more.
Rochelle specialises in tenancy-related ASB and has experience in managing her own cases, but also leading and supporting her team to review cases, problem solve, assess tenancy agreements and breaches, and explore all options open to them, including the powers within the ASB, Crime and Policing act 2014.
Sharon Murphy
Sharon Murphy is an experienced community safety specialist. She works closely with the Police, mental health services, substance misuse partners, children’s & adult services, to name but a few, successfully delivering training and guidance on the use of the ASB, Crime & Policing Act 2014. She has implemented PSPOs; applied for countless Injunctions, including at the High Court; Closure Orders, full and partial, chaired the Risk & Vulnerability Panel, the borough wide ASB forum & the Community Trigger panel.
Sharon managed a team who were POP award finalists 2 years running. She was also awarded a Met Police Borough Commander Commendation in 2019, for her efforts in tackling ASB and crime.
Sharon has particular experience and interest in putting the needs of victims first and adopting a harm centred approach to ASB. She delivers foundation level training that ensures practitioners are provided the tools and knowledge needed to embed this approach within their casework.
Emma Standing
Emma Standing is a practicing frontline Tenancy Enforcement and ASB Officer for a housing association and has worked in the social housing sector specialising in ASB for 15 years. She has also spent time serving as a Special Constable working in the community on response tackling crime and ASB.
Emma has practical experience of ASB case management and has a broad knowledge and experience of using the tools and powers available to the social housing sector from the ASB, Crime and Policing Act 2014.
She has also vast experience in supporting victims and witnesses of ASB and in dealing with challenging and complex cases. Her work extends to gathering evidence and obtaining witness statements for evidence at court and has attended court representing her housing association in obtaining civil injunctions and possession orders.
Emma has a Level 3 Certificate in Training and Education and is qualified to level 4 with the Chartered Institute of Housing.
Jack Madge
Jack has worked in the social housing sector for almost a decade, originally starting as a Housing Apprentice for a Local Authority. He quickly applied himself and secured a full-time role as an Estate Officer responsible for a range of housing activities including anti-social behaviour. At the time Jack was working in Somerset covering a patch within the most deprived 10% of England – Jack delivered great outcomes for the community he worked in, sharing the values and vision of the ‘OneTeam approach’ to provide sustainable solutions through coordinated front-line multi-agency practices to safeguard families and individuals and reduce crime. The initiative gained national award-winning recognition and was co-chaired by Jack who also has experience in peer-reviewing multi-agency forums to share best practices. Jack later progressed to become an ASB Case Manager and was influential in the effectiveness of the Serious and Organised Crime Strategy panel in Somerset to tackle organised crime by obtaining numerous closure orders and supporting vulnerable communities.
In 2019, Jack became a Community Safety Coordinator for a Housing Association based in Devon delivering anti-social behaviour training to front-line staff and leading on cases of serious and significant ASB. Jack has since been promoted in this time and is currently the PSL and Tenancy Sustainment Manager for the organisation he works for. During his time he has delivered various Policies and Procedures adopting the principles of co-development with tenants to include ASB and Domestic Abuse. Jack is committed to improving services for victims impacted by ASB and loves sharing his knowledge and passion for ASB with fellow like-minded professionals.
Jess Thomas
Jess has over 20 years’ policing experience in a variety of roles dedicated to the prevention and management of anti-social behaviour. Jess started her career as a Police Community Support Officer where she witnessed firsthand the devastating affects ASB can have on victims and the complexities of offender management. Drawing upon her skills and knowledge as a practitioner, Jess progressed to be the ASB lead for her force where Jess held strategic ownership for the forces’ response to ASB. During this role, Jess wrote the ASB Case Review policy on behalf of her force and the local authorities within her area. Her policy has been recognised nationally as best practice and resulted in a Chiefs Commendation. In 2023, Jess was appointed the as the first ASB officer within the College of Policing. During her secondment, Jess wrote the ASB module for the Neighbourhood Policing Programme, which the Home Office has committed to rolling out to 43 police forces across the UK.
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