What is Elevate?
Elevate is the Children and Young
Person Navigator Service, delivered by Ingeus and commissioned by the Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland
Violence Reduction Network (VRN). The service provides personalised one-to-one support for young people aged 11 to 25 across Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.
Through trusted relationships, practical guidance and access to opportunities, Elevate helps young people stay safe, build confidence, strengthen relationships, develop skills and take positive steps towards their future.
Who is Elevate for?
Elevate can support young people who:
• Are aged 11 to 25 years old
• Live in Leicester, Leicestershire or Rutland
• May be at risk of violence, affected by violence, vulnerable to exploitation, or experiencing other related harms
• Would benefit from additional guidance, encouragement, support or opportunities
• Want help to build confidence, develop skills and work towards their future goals.
How does Elevate work?
Each young person is matched with a dedicated Navigator who works alongside them to:
• Identify their goals and aspirations
• Build on their strengths
• Develop confidence and social and emotional learning
• Access opportunities, activities and support
• Connect with relevant services when needed
• Take positive steps towards their future.
• Support is personalised, trauma-informed and tailored to each young person’s strengths, circumstances and needs
Elevate Criteria:
Children and young people aged 11-25 living in Leicester, Leicestershire or Rutland who:
1. Have been arrested for violence or an associated offence (e.g. where offending is suspected to belinked to exploitation)
or
2. who attends the Emergency Department and present with an injury which is suspected to have been caused by violence.
How Elevate can help young people
• Helps young people stay safe and reduce their exposure to violence, exploitation and related harms
• Builds confidence and self-belief
• Develops positive relationships
• Strengthens social and life skills
• Provides access to education, training and employment opportunities
• Helps them discover activities and opportunities in their community
• Connects them with specialist support where appropriate
• Enables them to set goals and plan for the future.
What does Elevate offer?
Elevate provides:
• A dedicated Navigator and trusted relationship
• Personalised one-to-one support tailored to individual needs and goals
• Early intervention and support at pivotal moments to help young people stay safe
• Help to access opportunities, activities and specialist services
• Support to build confidence, resilience and social and emotional learning
• A joined-up approach that complements existing services.
Working together
Elevate works alongside health services, police, families, schools, youth services, community organisations and other professionals to provide coordinated, trauma-informed support and help young people access opportunities within their communities.
By working in partnership with existing services, Elevate helps ensure young people receive
joined-up support tailored to their individual needs and goals. The service complements existing provision and does not replace support already in place.