Seasonal worker help among St Saviour's hot topics

More support for seasonal workers and the challenges young people face were some of the issues raised by voters in St Saviour ahead of Jersey's election.

The BBC spoke to people in the area as part of a roadshow visiting all of the island's districts before the election on 7 June.

There were also frustrations around long waiting times for an attention deficit hyperactive disorder (ADHD) diagnosis.

The welfare of seasonal workers has come under the spotlight in recent months, with former St Saviour deputy Philip Ozouf being sentenced to 120 hours of community service for breaking the island's immigration law.

Emmanuel Delmoro, who has been a seasonal worker in Jersey for six years and lives in St Saviour, said he loved living on the island despite the cost of living challenges.

"I feel safe here, this is what I really like, living in a good place like this, the work is OK too, it's a very diverse island," he said.

"My employer looks after us and provides everything.

"The cost of living it's not really OK but we survive, it's getting expensive but I think that's how things work here."

But Delmoro felt there was more the next government could do to support seasonal workers like him.

"We want more fairness in some ways," he added.

"I understand we are seasonal, I think more opportunity for us and more flexibility with the benefits because we love working and living in Jersey.

"But I think we should receive more benefits when it comes to social security and taxes."

The BBC also spoke to Rachel Boss and Dr Jane Sedgwick Muller from ADHD Jersey, a not-for-profit which supports people with the condition.

Boss said support for people with ADHD had got "much worse" over the last few years due to the long waiting list for adults waiting for an assesment.

She said: "We're at the stage now where if you were to want to get a diagnosis, you'd be waiting five years and you would probably not be seen.

"And children are getting a diagnosis with CAMHS (Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service), but unfortunately they don't have the capacity to medicate those young children going forward."

Sedgwick Muller said the pressure on waiting lists could be eased if GPs could prescribe medication for the disorder.

She added: "In Jersey we don't have shared care, you know we don't have a pathway where GPs can take on prescribing and you know that is different from the UK they have shared care.

"So here in Jersey we're actually experiencing now like a bottleneck within the services.

"Everybody goes we need more resources, but also we don't have money in the system, its so expensive."

Diogo Baptista, 17, spoke to the BBC in the districts Howard Davis Park and said there was not enough for young people to do.

He said: "I enjoy living here but its quite boring, there is nothing to do on weekends because either you have to be 18 for things or the stuff that is available for young people closes earlier.

"There is not much for teenagers to do around Jersey.

"I think they need to open up like a place for young people to go where they have darts, ping pong, pool, where even if they do have to pay for it, its not that expensive."

Jonathan Marett, in his final year of university, has done a dissertation on why graduates are not returning to Jersey and said it was down to the cost of living and a lack of things to do.

"People had the feeling that they would never be able to afford to buy a house here and also the lack of job opportunities and job progression," Marett said.

"The 16-25 age range there isn't that much for them to which is why the Fort Regent development plans are so important."

A list of candidates standing in St Saviour can be found here.

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