When I undertook my Fellowship I was a very young probation officer. My Fellowship was focused on methods of intervention for young people. I travelled to Australia and explored early intervention projects and diversion from criminal justice routes. This was borne out of personal belief and a significant evidence base supporting the effectiveness of early intervention to improve people's lives, prevent crime and reduce the numbers of offenders entering the criminal justice system in adulthood. I visited a range of projects across Australia and learned about the pioneering work they were doing, including focusing on restorative justice.

Since my Fellowship I continued to work within the probation system and became a practice educator working with probation staff in training. In 2011 I left the probation service to retrain and I now work for the NHS as an occupational therapist for children and young people with intellectual disability who display challenging behaviour. My work is behaviour-focused with children and families to support them to do the things that they need and want to do, and is centred on the importance of occupation for health and wellbeing.