We are looking for an amazing youth worker to join our Youth Navigator team in @NHSgrampian based at NHSG_RACH 💙
Working between the ED and the community you will have the chance to make a real difference to young people aged 12-16.

To apply see mav.scot/jobs

Big shout out today to our Youth Navigator team working Royal Hospital for Children, Glasgow who are in the final for a YouthLink Scotland #YLSAwards in the Health and Wellbeing category. The work they do for young people in Glasgow is outstanding.

Jas Redfern George Oommen

One of our long standing friends and supporters Siobhan Kyle is running TCS London Marathon this weekend for three charities & Medics Against Violence is one. Please support her if you can or share to help keep her going till the finish line

justgiving.com/page/siobhan-k…

Big news today our Royal Hospital for Children, Glasgow Youth Navigator team are in the final for the #YLSAwards YouthLink Scotland in the Health and Wellbeing category. Very proud of Rachael and Gerry for the great work they do to support young people

All our EM contacts please give Emergency Medicine at the Deep End a follow. Vital work for a very vulnerable group of patients. No silos just #reducinginequality

Ryan McHenry Andrea E Williamson (she/her)
GRI-ED South Glasgow EM Edinburgh EM Wishaw General ED 💙 Aberdeen ED Hairmyres ED ClydeEM CrosshouseED

Great to be at the DRC Youth Project (SCIO) G15 Youth Project (SCIO) youth event in Yoker this evening with the Youth Navigator . Lovely to meet some new people and do some networking with Glasgow Life Iain Corbett 💜 Freed Up Glasgow City HSCP @nhsggc Health Improvement WorkingRite COPEScotland

We are expanding mental health support for young people.

Youth Navigator has supported over 600 young people in crisis and distress at A&E.

£64,000 of funding will allow the expansion of the programme and introduce a pilot in schools.

ℹ️ gov.scot/news/mental-he…

Happy 2024 from everyone Medics Against Violence

The start of a new year is a good time to look back so here's just some of the impact we made in 2023.

Navigator Scotland Youth Navigator
Safer Communities

WE ARE HIRING!

We are recruiting another Navigator Regional Supervisor to add to our highly motivated and skilled team. We'd love to hear from you

To view the post charityjob.co.uk/jobs/medics-ag…

To apply mav.scot/jobs

Closing 22nd January 2024. Please share

JOB OPPORTUNITIES

We have some great job opportunities for our award winning Navigator programme live now & more coming soon. Recruiting now for Navigator Scotland for Aberdeen ED & sessional workers.

Contact us if you are interested in these opportunities on [email protected]

We were so delighted to welcome Kevin Neary@AidnAbet from Aid & Abet along to our team development day to day to talk about the inspiring work he is doing. Also pleased when he decided to chap on doors he chapped on ours first #Partnership

We are at the Community Wellness Fair at St Davids Memorial Park Parish Church in Kirkintilloch today telling people about all the work we do Medics Against Violence Navigator Scotland Youth Navigator and ASCScotland and doing a bit of fundraising. Come and see us!

ACoRN #concussion guidance now updated to complement #grassroots “if in doubt sit them out.” QR code now linking to the sportscotland resource page where this and other full guidelines can be found. NHSGGC - RHC Glasgow Paediatric Major Trauma Child Brain Injury Trust Royal Hospital for Children, Glasgow Ben Robinson George Oommen

Good luck to all the new doctors starting their FY placements in Scotland today. If you are working in the ED be sure to look out for our Navigator Scotland and Youth Navigator - the people in the pink scrubs. They can help support your patients with a wide range of things -just ask

WE ARE HIRING!
Are you passionate about supporting young people facing challenging circumstances? We're looking for 2 qualified Youth Workers to work as Youth Navigators in our new hospital based service in Aberdeen.

For more details and to apply go to mav.scot/jobs

Great news! We’ve received funding from Corra Foundation to extend our Youth Navigator programme to NHS Grampian Aberdeen ED

Huge thanks to Corra Foundation and to Katy Ritchie who saw a gap where our work would benefit young people locally and was determined to help us fill it

Worrying increase in eating disorders and self harm among young people during COVID reported in The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health and by BBC News (UK) today perhaps reflective of lack of control they had over their lives.

thelancet.com/journals/lanch…

On #EmergencyMedicineDay we’d like to say thank you to all the amazing emergency medicine teams we work with across Scotland. GRI-ED South Glasgow EM ClydeEM Edinburgh EM NHS Tayside CrosshouseED Royal Hospital for Children, Glasgow @StJohnsED Aberdeen ED Wishaw General ED 💙 Hairmyres ED NHS Lothian Children's Services ❤️

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