Caroline Hattersley is the Deputy CEO of the charity Providence Row, overseeing the delivery of the current range of programmes as well as developing new areas of personalised and trauma informed services for their clients.

Before joining Providence Row Caroline spent eight years as Head of Information, Advice and Advocacy at the National Autistic Society. Prior to that she was the Community Education Manager at the British Red Cross.

She has worked in a wide range of settings with children, young people and adults with autism, other disabilities and mental health difficulties. She has a particular interest in and writes and speaks regularly on autism, behaviour, self-harm, attachment theory and community and individual resilience. She has been published in a number of journals including Nursing Standard, and has written two books, ‘Autism: Understanding Behaviour’ and ‘Autism: Supporting Your Teenager’.