Community Diversion
We’re a community-based support scheme providing support to young people who are at risk of engaging in serious violence and/or knife crime. We also provide support to adults that are supervised by the Integrated Offender Management (IOM) programme.
We're here to help
The service is available to those who live within the Northumbria Police Force catchment areas (Sunderland, South Tyneside, North Tyneside, Newcastle, Gateshead, and Northumberland)
At the start of an individual’s journey with us, you will be allocated a key worker who will create a tailored support plan, the intensiveness of which will be responsive to your needs. All structured interventions are person-centred, trauma-informed and use psychosocial techniques
Help and support you can get
- Advocacy (speaking on their behalf)
- One-to-one support/interventions tailored around their needs
- ‘Wrap around’ support
- Information, advice, and guidance to reduce their risk-taking behaviours and/or risk of offending and improve their wellbeing
- Signposting and support to access other community services
- Support to access education, employment, or training opportunities
- Structured activities
- Family interventions
- Contingency and exit planning with up to six months of aftercare
How to refer
Please note referrals can only be accepted via the professional agencies outlined below:
- For Social services referrals, Young People Substance Use service referrals, Youth Justice services referrals, and Criminal Justice Liaison and Diversion service referral forms, please use this form
- Probation referrals via Criminal Justice Support Workers, please use this form
- Hospital referrals via Hospital Link Workers, please use this form
You can find the specific email addresses for your referral on the forms
For any queries please use the correct email address
