Provision of Community Youth Workers for Children and Young People with Complex Needs in Thames Valley

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NHS South, Central and West Commissioning Support Unit awarded a contract to RAW Workshop for the provision of nine Community Youth Workers to support children and young people with complex needs across the Thames Valley.

The programme created three spoke teams in Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire, and Berkshire, with the Community Youth Workers integrated into a blended workforce of NHS and third sector staff.

The workers delivered evidence-informed interventions using a strength-based and outcomes-focused approach, provided outreach by meeting children, young people, and families face-to-face in the community, acted as advocates and coordinators across professionals, contributed to consultation and training, linked with community and third sector organisations to build system knowledge of community assets, and worked with children and young people to ensure co-production of the model.

The service was also given the opportunity to innovate to reach outcomes in new or alternative ways.

The contract value was £978,726.