VRU Hospital Based Youth Work

VRU - London A&E In-Hospital Youth Work Service The VRU is seeking to procure an in-hospital youth work service to work within five Accident and Emergency Departments (A&E) departments in London hospitals - Lot 1 - Croydon University Hospital A&E Lot 2 - University Hospital Lewisham A&E and The Queen Elizabeth Hospital A&E Lot 3 - Newham University Hospital A&E Lot 4 - The Whittington A&E This will take the form of youth workers embedded within each hospital's A&E department, who will then engage with young people aged 11-25 presenting at the specified A&E departments with an violence related injury or suspected to be affected by violence or at risk of exploitation. In-hospital youth work services will then support the young person into longer-term non-hospital-based services, either statutory or community based, that may support in a range of areas such as employment, education, housing or mental health. You must email your completed tender response to: VRUProcurement@london.gov.uk, tender submission deadline is 12:00 noon on 9th May 2023. If you have any clarification questions please email these to VRUProcurement@london.gov.uk . When sending your clarifications to the inbox please use the subject 'London A&E In-Hospital Youth Work Service '. Clarification deadline has been set as 27th April 2023 @ 12.00 noon.