Youth Navigator in hospitals

Youth Navigator is a service for adolescents aged 12-16 who present to hospital with a wide range of complex social issues. Our youth work service model aims to support them to healthier lives through a combination of hospital and community based support. We currently run the service in the children's hospitals in NHS GGC and NHS Grampian.

Youth Navigator in schools

Early in 2023 we'll start two pieces of pilot work involving Youth Navigators based in schools. We'll work alongside teachers and other school staff to support young people within the school community. The intention is to take prevention further upstream and try and prevent some of the issues young people may have before they cause them to need medical care.

Funding

We receive funding for Youth Navigator from NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, CORRA, the Scottish Government Safer Communities Division and the Scottish Government Mental Health Division

Our
partners

We work with a wide range of partners in running Youth Navigator. Please get in touch if you have a service in any of the areas we work for young people that you think we should know about. Contact us on info@mav.scot and we'll be happy to come and have a chat

What young people say


'I appreciate what you’ve both done for me, giving me someone to talk to and someone who won’t invalidate my feelings and genuinely help me is something I’ve always wanted. Thank you so much for being those people. You’ve really made a difference in my life"

Clinical Lead NHS GGC

Dr George Oommen is a Consultant in Paediatric and Adult Emergency Medicine in the Royal Hospital for Children and the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital.
It's an exciting time for us to start up the Youth Navigator service in Glasgow as it coincides with the hospital becoming a Major Trauma Centre.

United Nations: Convention on the Rights of the Child

At Youth Navigator we are committed to supporting the rights of children and young people. We uphold the principles of the UNCRC and our staff undertake training to ensure they are aware of these and that we work to them.
The UNCRC includes four general principles that are central to its purpose
Non-discrimination (article 2) Best interest of the child (article 3) Right to life survival and development (article 6) Right to be heard (article 12)