Navigator & Tailored Support Youth Worker

Job Description

As a Navigator & Tailored Support Youth Worker you will be providing support to children and young adults (CYA) who are victims of, at risk of or involved in serious/ youth violence. Support will predominantly occur at ‘reachable moments’ in custody settings and hospital sites within the county of Staffordshire.

Your main duties will include:

Responding to notifications received from designated custody settings at reachable moments where violence is a factor related to arrests made. 

Responding to notifications received from designated health settings at reachable moments where violence is a factor related to injuries sustained.

Identifying risk and support needs of CYA engaged through Navigator interventions (and their families/significant others where necessary) and signposting/referring onto specialist support services to mitigate the occurrence of future incidents.

Completing dynamic risk assessments to ens...