About Wardell Associates
They established Wardell Associates which grew out of their individual experience in the fields of Probation, Youth Justice and Safeguarding and have contributed to practice development in local and National arenas.
We are keen to make a difference.
Lyla has been a London YJB Inset trainer for 10 years delivering risk management and intervention planning events. She helped developed a Pan London template for integrated planning (the IAP) and was the lead trainer for rolling this out across many teams prior to the implementation of AssetPlus.
She has delivered numerous gang and serious youth violence awareness training events for London Safeguarding Boards, education providers and foster care agencies. This training is usually co- facilitated with gang practitioners and ex-service users
Lyla's training focuses on developing resilience practice with an increased emphasis on building strengths and the contribution of agencies in helping children and young people achieve positive outcomes whilst protecting the public.
Helen has had a significant role developing and delivering training and support in safeguarding and child protection for schools, early years settings and other services through her continued work as an associate for a London authority Partnership for School Improvement. She can also provide consultancy and advice to help schools or other settings to review and develop their safeguarding processes. Courses she can offer include the following but can be tailored to suit specific requirements.
Tony is a professional HR practitioner and Member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development with over 30 years experience working in senior positions within the public sector. This includes 2 years operating as Head of HR for a London Council and over 10 years supporting Schools and the Children’s Service in a Senior HR Business Partner role, coordinating major organisational change, managing employee relations’ matters, leading on recruitment and selection campaigns and applying creative HR solutions to organisational issues.
Jackie is a qualified ILM coach. She is able to provide bespoke coaching services to support and improve performance and standards.
Gwenton has had a key role in working with families affected by youth violence and gang related exploitation. He has worked intensively in the assessment of families at risk and interventions to move them to a safe location, often working out of hours to ensure families receive the help and protection needed.
Gwenton is actively involved in delivering training to a diverse groups of professionals including police officers, social workers and LSCB events. His training provides a powerful perspective drawn from his own experiences and the struggles faced by youths growing up on the streets and gang culture.
Kenny is the co-founder & Managing Director of ClearView Research Ltd, a leading-edge youth-led research company, who specialise in research focussing on young people. His work in various sectors has taken him around the world to countries such as, the United States, Belgium, Austria, Tunisia, Israel, and Hong Kong.
Kenny has been working with Wardell Associates for over 4 years and he offers unique and specialist insights into the behaviours, attitudes and perceptions of young people who are at risk of offending and currently offending. Kenny has worked with government departments, parliamentarians, youth organisations and statutory organisations to support them to develop strategies as well as intervention and prevention programmes. Kenny is also the author of the influential & award-winning report entitled “The Kenny Report” which is a solution-focused report that explores the topic of gangs and serious youth violence. This report has been endorsed by leading criminologists such as Professor John Pitts.
More recently, he was named by Impact Squared as one of 100 young leaders (under 25) across the globe making a social impact to transform our world. Kenny is also a trustee of Domestic Abuse charity, Strength With In Me Foundation (S.W.I.M). He is also a Winston Churchill Fellow and a RSA Fellow.
Roberta has delivered coaching and training events since 2013, primarily with Wardell Associates, on Assessments, Report Writing, Integrated Planning, Engaging Young People, Parenting interventions, Adolescent development and the Tightrope. Currently a YOT Manager in London, she delivers a reduced timetable of training and consultancy