Jo is a qualified youth worker with over 20 years’ experience. Starting her career within the youth sector as a volunteer in Public Health working with the teenage pregnancy strategy team, developing and delivering sessions in Wakefield schools to reduce the rate of teenage pregnancies. Linking her to volunteer at the local youth club, and going on to become a sessional youth worker. In 2007 she secured a youth work trainee role achieving her degree in youth and community development allowing Jo the opportunity to secure a full-time senior youth worker role for the local authority.