AandE and Custody Mentor

Home based with regular travel across Birmingham and wider West Midlands Are you passionate about supporting children and young people affected by violence, exploitation and harm? Do you have the ability to build trusted relationships with young people during some of the most challenging moments in their lives? If so, St Giles Trust is looking for a AandE and Custody Mentor to join a newly established community team supporting children and young people aged 11-25 who are at risk of, involved in, or affected by serious youth violence across the West Midlands. About St Giles Trust An ambitious, well-established charity that helps people facing adversity to find jobs, homes and the right support they need. Central to our ethos is our belief that people with first-hand experience of successfully overcoming issues such as an offending background, homelessness, addictions and gang involvement, hold the key to positive change in others. About the service This new community-based service will provide intensive support to children and young people aged 11-25 who are at risk of, involved in, or affected by serious youth violence. Working closely with Police, NHS and safeguarding partners, the service will support young people who present at hospital with violence-related injuries, have been arrested or identified as being involved in serious youth violence, or who are vulnerable to exploitation, re-injury or further offending. The service aims to intervene at critical moments, using ..... full job details .....