B6 Criminal Justice Liaison and Diversion Practitioner

Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust; Coventry; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

A local NHS Trust in Coventry is seeking a Band 6 Practitioner to work within the Criminal Justice Liaison and Diversion service. The role involves supporting referrals from police custody, conducting assessments, and liaising with various stakeholders to improve mental health support. Candidates must have relevant nursing or social work qualifications and a commitment to delivering high-quality care. This position offers a range of benefits and development opportunities.

Benefits

Generous annual leave

Learning and development opportunities

Salary sacrifice schemes

Employee discount schemes

Wellbeing support

Qualifications

• Experience in mental health, neurodiversity, and associated vulnerabilities.
• Commitment to high quality care and flexible working.
• Ability to assess and formulate risk plans.
• Enhanced communication and interpersonal skills.

Responsibilities

• Support referrals from police custody areas.
• Undertake holistic assessments and identify unmet vulnerabilities.
• Liaise with stakeholders to meet unmet needs.

Skills

Registered Mental Health Nurse

Registered Learning Disability Nurse

Occupational Therapist

Excellent communication skills

Multi-agency teamwork

Education

Relevant professional qualification

Job description

Overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 6 Practitioner to work within the Criminal Justice Liaison and Diversion service. Based within the Mental Health Urgent Care Sub-Directorate, we are an all age, all vulnerability service providing assessment, referral and signposting onwards. We are embedded at the heart of the criminal justice system across Coventry and Warwickshire. We work in Police Custody and Court areas, as well as health bases, alongside our key partners such as the Police, Probation Service, Youth Justice and Magistrates.

Responsibilities

The successful applicant will be primarily supporting referrals from police custody areas within Coventry and Warwickshire, undertaking holistic assessments, identifying unmet vulnerabilities and liaising with appropriate stakeholders such as Police and Courts, other Liaison and Diversion colleagues as well as services within CWPT, the third sector and beyond to support the meeting of unmet needs and reduce the cycle of reoffending. The successful applicant will be instrumental in regards to ensuring continued awareness of the liaison and diversion service, building relationships with partners, supporting the continued integration of the Liaison and Diversion model across all areas of the team and meeting the expectations of stakeholders.

Qualifications

Are you an Experienced Registered Mental Health Nurse/Registered Learning Disability Nurse, Occupational Therapist or Social Worker with a professional experience of mental health, neurodiversity and other associated vulnerabilities?

Are you able to demonstrate a commitment to high quality care and service provision, Have the ability to work flexibly and work as part of a multi-agency team?

Have the ability to assess and formulate risk plans?

Have enhanced communication and inter- personal skills?

And happy to be police vetted?

About CWPT

At Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust (CWPT), we deliver a wide range of physical, mental health, learning disability and autism services, and are proud to serve communities across Coventry, Warwickshire and beyond. We put 'people at our heart'; this ethos is at the centre of everything we do and how we do it. We care for our staff and colleagues as much as they care for others and offer a wide range of benefits and development opportunities.

Benefits

• generous annual leave entitlement which increases during your time with us
• excellent learning and development opportunities, including apprenticeship frameworks, distance learning, internal training, coaching and mentoring, and much more
• salary sacrifice schemes for lease car/ vehicle, Cycle to Work, home and electronics, gym membership and more
• discounts with a range of retailers, restaurants and entertainment venues through our Employee Assistance Programme and NHS discount schemes
• wellbeing support, including an in-house counselling service, external helpline and more
• staff networks and support group

We\'re always on the lookout for people who share our passion for improving the lives and wellbeing of people in our community, as well as our values of compassion, collaboration, excellence, integrity and respect.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Jennifer Mcmillan Job title: Liaison and Diversion Team Lead Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 02476 961 214
James Lanckham Dixon
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02476 961 214