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Health and social work services
1.1 The Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner is one of twenty areas that have secured funding from the Home Office to develop a Violence Reduction Unit (VRU) and commission services to deliver interventions that reduce serious violence.
1.2 The Northumbria VRU uses a Public Health Approach to tackle violent crime by working collaboratively with police, local government, health agencies, education representatives and other community representatives to crime to address the underlying causes of serious violence.
1.3 The VRU is seeking a suitable qualified Provider to offer a teachable moment, at the point of which the offer of support is more likely to be heard in a positive way. The service will become a pathway within custody and community settings across the Northumbria Police Force Area and work with Children and Young People up to the age of 25 at risk of engaging in serious violence and/ or knife crime.