My working week: 'I fight to get a teenage gang target the help he needs'

As a youth advocate at a charity, I fight for children and young people to get the help from services they are entitled to

I’m an advocate at a charity that supports young people who’ve been referred from other organisations or have come to us themselves. I call a client, Ethan*, at around 9am. He’s 15 and out of school because his friends and his postcode make him a target for a local gang. He studies at home but has fallen behind.

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