Young Adult Navigator

This is an exciting opportunity for a Band 4 Young Person's Navigator to join the Healthcare and Young Adults teams at HMP YOI Styal. You will be working directly to the Young Adult Health Coordinator, a senior nurse who will hold the case load for all young adults within the prison. At any one time there is approximately 50-60 young adults, on remand or sentenced, serving sentences from a few weeks to life imprisonment.

Targeting disadvantaged and vulnerable young adults between the ages of 18 and 25 to improve the health and social care of young female adults. The Navigator will work collaboratively with other professionals to ensure that this targeted group of young people are able to access the full range of health, social and welfare services according to individual needs and circumstances. Being a compassionate and expert 'friend' whose job it is to 'walk alongside' the complex young person at critical points in their journey of change encouraging them to make positive lifestyle choices and build foundations of a longer healthier lifespan.

Working through a trauma informed lens providing focused interventions aimed at assisting the young person to build resilience, gain confidence and acquire the personal and social assets they need to meet their aspirations., This role will include working to develop excellent partnerships and networking with colleagues to:

• Engage clients with complex needs who are not currently engaged in appropriate services.


• Identify and co-ordinate the development of person-centred support plans.


• Support clients to engage effectively with appropriate services to meet their individual health needs and aspirations.


• Develop effective working relationships with key voluntary and statutory services to improve the response to young adults with multiple and complex needs.


• Assist vulnerable young adults to promote their own health and wellbeing through a self-help approach.


• Working intensively with clients to support them in their day to day lives and help develop wider connections in their health journeys., Whether you are starting out in your healthcare journey or are an experienced healthcare professional looking for a new challenge we've got a role for you!


• Access to NHS Pension


• Annual leave on your Birthday


• Welcome payment for some posts


• Refer a friend scheme


• Training and Development opportunities


• Flexible Working


• Access to Employee Assistance and Health and Wellbeing programmes


• Up to 33 days annual leave


We have an ambition to become a truly lived experience inclusive employer, changing how we approach staff experience and value personal stories our colleagues bring with them.