Biography – Pat Jennings

Biography

Pat Jennings has worked within local authority youth/children services for the last thirty years and is currently the Manager of Youth Offending at Bedfordshire YOS.

Pat is currently researching for his Professional Doctorate which will focus upon Disproportionality in the Youth Justice system and solutions to end it.

Previous to working within youth justice system, Pat was a Senior Youth and Community worker, who specialised in International Youth exchanges and the development of intercultural learning materials for European youth workers, sports, and youth crime diversion programmes.

Pat has also sat on the national executive of his former union the Community and Youth Workers Union as the black caucus representative and was an active local member.