Rachel is a Policy Adviser at the JRF, with experience across housing, social security, and labour market participation. Her current policy work focuses on communities and place. Her policy interests include structural and regional inequalities, housing and homelessness, and improving outcomes for young people who are furthest from the labour market. She is an advocate for ensuring policy processes are shaped by the voices and experiences of people affected by poverty and inequality. Rachel has worked in both the public and voluntary sectors, including front-line roles in Youth Offending Services and Children’s Social Care. She holds a Master’s Degree in Social Work (2017).
Email: rachel.casey@jrf.org.uk
X: @Rachel_Casey85
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The Carers Co-design Project is a joint piece of work between JRF and London Unemployed Strategies (LUS) to co-design policy recommendations that address poverty and/or its related issues facing unpaid carers. These recommendations are evidence based, credible and underpinned by the voices of people with lived experience.
This new research sets out a clear plan to support renters struggling to stay afloat as we approach winter and continue to navigate the coronavirus crisis.
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