Experienced Mental Health Practitioner

Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust; Chelmsford; On-site; GBP 36,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Supervision & support

Inclusive NHS culture

NHS pension

Relocation package £8K

Season ticket loans

Staff discounts

Job summary

Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a qualified mental health practitioner to join the Essex Liaison & Diversion Service, delivering expert input in police custody suites and magistrates courts across Essex.

You will provide write-ups and assessments, work with criminal justice partners, and support vulnerable individuals redirected away from crime. The role includes flexible long/short day shifts and autonomous case work within a supportive team.

Qualifications

• Experienced mental health practitioner working with criminal justice settings.
• Ability to write reports and assessments for court proceedings.
• Flexible with shift patterns across custody suites and magistrates courts.

Responsibilities

• Provide expert advice and interventions within the Essex Liaison & Diversion Service.
• Collaborate with agencies in the criminal justice system and produce written reports.
• Work autonomously to complete assessments and screening as part of case work.

Job description

Job Overview

POLICE VETTING CLEARANCE IS A REQUIREMENT FOR THIS POST.

Essex Liaison & Diversion Service (Criminal Justice)

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced mental health practitioner to join our Essex Liaison & Diversion Service, providing expert advice and interventions within our Essex wide Police Custodies and magistrates courts across Essex.

The shift patterns covering the Essex County Wide Service provides flexibility with 3 weeks of 3 long days and one week of 4 long days in the custody suites or 9-5 inside magistrates courts covering Essex.

Main duties of the job

You will join an expert team who are committed to providing outstanding care within these settings, working closely with all agencies involved in the criminal justice system and working autonomously providing written reports and assessments/screening.

If you have what it takes to work with individuals who are vulnerable and challenging who require diverting away from the criminal justice system this could be the role for you.

Working for our organisation

Valuing you. Recognising your dedication. At EPUT, we look after you.

Benefits

• Receive supervision and support to help you fulfil your potential.
• Join an inclusive EPUT community and connect with others through engagement events and equality or champion networks.
• If you need help, we provide mental health and wellbeing services, occupational health advice and counselling.
• We run recognition awards to recognise staff's hard work and dedication.
• 27 days holiday, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days after 10 years’ service.
• Excellent pension of up to14.5% of your pensionable pay.
• Staff discounts include Blue Light Card, NHS discount offers, and staff benefits.
• £8K relocation package if you move to Essex to join us
• Season ticket loans are interest-free to cover the cost of travelling to and from work via tram, rail, or bus.

Work that wraps around your needs

• Work bank: You can use the opportunity to supplement your income and develop your skills by working bank shifts.
• Flexible working: available from day one for most roles.
• Job share: Applications for job shares are welcomed.

Please be aware that, due to current allocation constraints, Certificates of Sponsorship (CoS) are being prioritised for registered roles at this time.

Important note: please ensure that as part of your application, you include professional references with business contact information covering your last three years of employment history. We are unable to accept personal or character references.

As a newly appointed employee, you are responsible for incurring the cost of your initial DBS check relevant to your post; the amount will be deducted from your first salary with the Trust.

Our Trust is an Equal Opportunities Employer.

We particularly welcome applications from people with experience of using mental health services.

We also hold the Disability two tick symbol and have made the pledge to commit to employing more people with learning disabilities, we encourage people with a disability to apply.

The Trust has the right to expire vacancies prior to the closing date if they so wish. The Trust makes every attempt to contact all applicants and we strongly advise that you check the email account which is registered with NHS Jobs regularly, we would advise however due to the high number of applications we receive that if you have not heard from us within three weeks of the closing date your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults, and expect all staff to undertake this commitment. Applicants will be subject to robust safer recruitment processes.

Important Notice: Recently the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) (Coronavirus) Regulations 2021 (the Regulations) which amended on 22 July 2021 and come into force on 11 November 2021 that anyone directly employed to work in a Care Home or who are required as part of their role to be deployed to a CQC registered care home are required to have had both their COVID vaccinations, unless they are exempt. This is therefore a requirement of this role and will form part of our pre-employment checks.

Please note - staff who are formally at risk within the organisation will be given priority in securing alternative employment. Should it come to light that a post being advertised by the Trust is considered 'suitable alternative employment' to an individual who is at risk, the recruiting manager will be advised and the post will be withdrawn from NHS Jobs.

Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Applications for this role should be written by the applicant. If artificial intelligence (AI) programmes are used then the application may be rejected due to this document being an important part of the assessment process. This does not prevent applicants seeking appropriate support with applications should they need to for the purposes of any declared disability.