About Paul Lavery Support
We pride ourselves on offering bespoke and differentiated support packages for all young people, this can be from primary school age up to college students. We can offer 1-2-1 classroom support to life and social skills training out in the community.
My name is Paul Lavery, and I have supported young people for 25 years in various roles. They are as follows:
- Fa level 1 coach and football referee
- A generic youth worker at Bowes Lyon (Stevenage)
- An outreach worker in Stevenage
- Sports event coordinator at Bowes Lyon/Stevenage leisure centre
- Project worker at a private behavioural company (EYS)
- Residential co-ordinator (ran and managed over 20 residentials for BESD groups to Matlock in the Peak District)
- Project manager of BESD unit (EYS)
- Project worker/tutor at Roman Fields specialist provision
- Off-site and school holiday activity co-ordinator at Roman Fields provision
- Self-employed specialist support and mentor
- Street & gangs support (Stevenage)
- Director of Paul Lavery Support Ltd
- Reachout Farm Project Co-ordinator
I work with many different agencies and bodies within Hertfordshire, including:
- Traveller & refugee team
- CLA teams
- Inclusions teams
- Hertfordshire placement teams
- Private and County-run care homes
- Sen teams
- Police
- Stevenage Borough Council
- Connexions
- North Hertfordshire College (Springboard)
- Primary schools
- Secondary schools
- Rural Care team at Church Farm Ardeley
For my professional career, I have worked with many young people from various backgrounds, settings, and environments.
Being allowed to meet and work with some of these fantastic and talented young people has been the most fulfilling and rewarding experience in my career to date.
There is always somewhere different to go and someone new to meet, and knowing my input can make a real difference in a young person’s life, leading them to make better choices, this is why I love my job.
