This resource is from the Scale-Up toolkit and should be used in conjunction with the other resources. You can access the Scale-Up toolkit here.
Case study: Working with friends
This case study shows how supporting friendships between young people, alongside making where they live safer, is an effective approach. Workers were worried about a group of boys living in a hostel for young people who might become homeless. The workers heard that drug dealing was happening around the hostel. Every day hostel workers reported young people missing, but they felt that the police were not not looking for the young people. Five boys (16-17yrs) were going to be evicted from the hostel. Each one had a worker from social care who thought about their individual and family needs, but no-one was thinking about how to make the hostel or
the group of boys safer.
This case study shows how supporting friendships between young people can be an effective way to increase their safety.