Jess has previously worked as a Youth Worker and as a Street Crisis worker, dealing with issues such as drugs, homelessness, alcohol and also abuse within relationships and within the home. Inspired by this experience, Jess became a Women’s Refuge Worker.

She subsequently worked for Cease24, a Specialised Domestic Abuse support service for men, women & children in Northumbria, which was managed by Victim Support UK. Jess qualified as an Independent Domestic Abuse Advisor (I.D.V.A) trained by CAADA/SafeLives. She also trained and specialised in F.G.M (Female Genital Mutilation), forced marriages and LGBTQ+ abuse.

Jess has experience facilitating women’s work groups for recovery from abuse, and in delivering domestic abuse training to various industry professionals such as general practitioners and police officers. She served as Single Point of Contact (S.P.O.C) for Northumbria Police Force, and also launched and ran the D.V.S.A. (Domestic Violence Survivor Assessment) scheme, a workplace Domestic Abuse Champions scheme and a Friendly Neighbours scheme (local people watching out for and being a point of contact for, domestic abuse victims in their street or area).

Jess brings passion and a wealth of experience to Space4Action.