From 1969 to 1976, she was a youth worker and sociologist for the Inner London Education Authority, and from 1976 to 1978 she worked as a community worker in Camden, North London, meanwhile continuing to produce further novels with Allison and Busby – "The Bride Price" (1976), "The Slave Girl" (1977), "The Joys of Motherhood" (1979) and "Destination Biafra" (1982) – as well as the children's books "Titch the Cat" (1979) and "Nowhere To Play" (1980).