Community Diversion Service

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. 

We can support you with: 

• Advocacy (speaking on your behalf) 
• One-to-one support/interventions tailored around your needs 
• Information, advice, and guidance to reduce your risk-taking behaviours and/or risk of offending and improve your 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

• People who live in Sunderland, South Tyneside, North Tyneside, Newcastle, Gateshead or Northumberland
• Young people aged 10-25 and at risk of engaging in serious violence
• Young people aged 10-25 and at risk of engaging in knife crime
• Young people with increased missing-from-home episodes
• Adults ages 18 or over that has been persistantly offending
• Adults ages 18 or over that has come into contact with custody
• Adults ages 18 or over that are supervised by the IOM programme

If you or someone you know requires support, you can email us using the details on this page for any queries, more information or to request a referral form.

Email us detailing which service you require support from: 

• Community Diversion Youth – support for children, young people and families  
• Community Diversion Adult – Support for (IOM) adults  
• Early Intervention Programme– support for young people with an increase in missing from home episodes  
• Youth Violence Navigation Programme – support for 10–25-year-olds that are admitted to A&E with an injury relating to serious violence  
• Persistent Offenders Programme – support for adults that are identified by the police as persistent offenders 
• Custody Navigation Programme – support for adults that present within custody with an index offence relating to serious violence 

Referrals can only be accepted by professional agencies.