I was really pleased to co-host a free webinar yesterday with Nikki Homes from Safer Together Cuckooing is a complex and challenging issue for all community safety and health partners. It has a serious impact on those who are being exploited, as well as communities who are suffering from the symptoms of the problem. The ability to […]
If you perceive mediation as costly, struggle to get people to agree to it, or think the pandemic makes it difficult to implement, then this video will help you to find out all about how mediation can help you overcome issues relating to ASB. If you already use mediation, then this session will show you
By Janine Green Ask any officer who manages ASB cases as part of their role what the most challenging aspect of their job is and the likely answer will relate to partnership working: blockages in information sharing, difficulties in getting agencies to attend meetings, actions not being undertaken; the list goes on. What do we
Ask any ASB practitioner what the biggest challenge is when case managing and they are likely to say partnership working or information sharing. I am delighted, therefore, to be joined this episode by Kim Newman, who works with organisations to help them with collaborative working. Kim brings some practical tips and suggestions for helping to
I was recently asked to speak at an RHE Global webinar, on the subject of ASB. As part of the early planning for the event, I met with the other speakers to discuss the topics that we would all be covering. During the course of the conversation, the phrase “harm centred approach” was mentioned on
An ASB officer (by which I mean any officer who has responsibility for managing cases of ASB) needs a wide (and seemingly ever-growing!) range of skills in order to do their job to best effect. One such skill is the ability to draft a civil witness statement, those which are used as evidence within many
The recent case of Sanderson -v- Staffordshire Moorlands has brought conversation about the use of the Community Protection Notice (CPN) to the fore again. It is fair to say that the CPN has been one of the tools within the ASB, Crime and Policing Act 2014 (ASB Act) that has attracted the most discussion. The initial debate
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Recently, I invited Rebecca Brown to be a guest on my podcast (Janine Green ASB Chats…). Rebecca is the CEO of ASB Help, a national charity established to improve the support that is available to victims of ASB. The charity is working hard to ensure that community safety partners receive lots of information and guidance
Cuckooing is a term that we are hearing more and more frequently. Put simply, it is the practice of exploiting a vulnerable person, in order to use their property to deal drugs. Whilst it may sound like a strange moniker to give, a cuckoo as a bird is notorious for taking over other birds’ nests,
As we enter a new decade, you will have noticed the #10yearchallenge hashtag, which has swept across social media platforms. The concept is simple: post a profile picture from when we entered the 2010s next to one as we move into a new decade. Cue panic to find the worst picture from 2009 to allow
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