How Claudine Is The Founder Of Taking Positive Steps And...

Claudine is the founder of Taking Positive Steps and Associates (TPS). Claudine has worked in the social work field since 1992 covering various children services in several local authorities, for example mother and baby units, children homes, leaving care and the youth offending teams. Claudine has also worked in the voluntary sector as a criminal justice manager. Claudine is passionate about education and holds various qualifications inclusive of; a BA in criminology and social policies and an MA in Youth Crime, Probation and Applied Criminology. Claudine has also studied MA in Social work, holds a PTTLS (preparing to teach for lifelong learning) and has undertook further studies in Child Protection Decision Making an Evidence-based approach. Claudine has worked with Northamptonshire Police as an arrest referral officer, and she has also worked as a criminal justice manager for a voluntary organization. During her time as a criminal justice manager, Claudine was invited by the Metropolitan Police (Hackney) to join them in setting up the Independent Advisory Group (IAG) which was a recommendation of the McPherson report (1999). Claudine chaired the IAG for 4 years. During the longest arm siege (fifteen days) Claudine was very influential in the community and was later presented with a commendation by John Stevens, (Baron Stevens of Kirkwhelpington). Claudine s role with the IAG paved the way for the work she later did with John Coles head of Operation Trident. Once