Paul Johnson: Neighbourhood Warden

Paul Johnson: Neighbourhood Warden

Hello, my name is Paul Johnson. I’m one of the Neighbourhood Wardens based in the Norfolk Park Housing office and I’ve been with the company since September 2007. Now I’d like to tell you a little story…

Myself and the team that I work with have a vast area that we cover and one of the issues and success stories we had was on a housing estate called Leverton Gardens. There was a lot of problems with anti-social behaviour, drug-dealing and rough sleepers. We worked with the local community, safer neighbourhood team and local residents, and in the few months we’ve been down there, we’ve been the eyes and ears of the community. We’ve managed to turn the estate around to make it a batter place to live.

And that’s just some of the work that we do here at Sheffield Homes.

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