Health and Justice Navigator

Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust; England; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Liaison & Diversion Navigator within the Cheshire outreach team. This role involves identifying individuals with vulnerabilities within the criminal justice system, providing tailored support, and liaising with various agencies to optimize intervention strategies. Applicants must have relevant qualifications and a commitment to working with vulnerable populations.

Benefits

Excellent NHS Pension scheme

Generous maternity, paternity and adoption leave

Options for flexible working

Up to 27 days annual leave

Extensive Health and Wellbeing support

Salary sacrifice car options

Free flu vaccinations

Citizens Advice support linked with a Hardship Fund

Qualifications

• Experience of working with mental health, learning disabilities, and addiction.
• Experience with statutory and non-statutory agencies.
• Willingness to support/mentor clients.

Responsibilities

• Independently conduct screening to identify vulnerabilities.
• Provide embedded services in police custody, courts, and prisons.
• Develop and implement individual support programs.

Skills

Communication

Empathy

Assessment Skills

Education

NVQ Level 3 Health & Social Care

Job description

Job Overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Liaison & Diversion Team for the role of Liaison & Diversion Navigator based in our Cheshire outreach team.

Liaison & Diversion (L&D) services identify people who have substance misuse, mental health, learning disability or other vulnerabilities when they first come onto contact with the criminal justice system. We look to identify unmet need and vulnerabilities that often lead to or exacerbate offending behaviour, offer onward referral and signposting as appropriate. We liaise across agencies to support onward planning and intervention to address identified needs and where appropriate support the diversion of individuals away from the criminal justice process into a more appropriate setting.

We work in Police Custody Suites, Courts and Community throughout Cheshire and offer assessments to individuals within the Criminal Justice system including Voluntary Attendees. We help to inform decision makers with relevant and timely information to support sentencing and disposal outcomes.

We offer brief community based intervention to maximise service user access and engagement with appropriate services.

This is an 'all age' service and so you will be required to work with people from the age of 10 years upwards.

*The post holder will be expected to travel across the MPFT footprint*

Main duties of the job

• Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification, in summary:**
• Independently undertake face to face and electronic screening to support the identification of multiple vulnerabilities of people who have been in contact with the criminal justice system or immigration centre, such as police custody, courts, and prison and community settings. Working to guidelines.
• Work within limitations and escalate to IOHP as appropriate.
• Provide an embedded service in police custody suites, courts and prisons working within legislation requirements, such as PACE (1984).
• Work as part of a team with the freedom to work independently, particularly in relation to providing advice to service users, carers, and professionals who contact the service.
• Work with service users in conjunction with other professionals, to devise and implement effective individualised programmes of support.
• Support service users to gain access to resources to include benefits, welfare rights, housing and health promotion.
• Provide compassion to vulnerable individuals at points of acute vulnerability in the criminal justice process.
• To support criminal justice agencies to better identify vulnerabilities in their respective environments.
• Provide criminal justice agencies with advice and information regarding pathways to access further support.
  
  

Working for our organisation

By joining Team MPFT, you will be helping your communities and in return for this, we will support you by;

• Supporting your career development and progression
• Excellent NHS Pension scheme
• Generous maternity, paternity and adoption leave
• Options for flexible working
• Up to 27 days annual leave (increasing with service up to 33 days)
• Extensive Health and Wellbeing support and resources
• If you work in our community teams, we pay for your time travelling between patients
• Lease car if you complete more than 500 business miles per annum, fully insured and maintained (including tyres), mileage paid at lease car rate
• Salary sacrifice car - fully insured and maintained (including tyres), your gross pay is reduced by the cost of the vehicle before tax, NI and pension deductions are calculated, mileage paid at business rates
• Salary sacrifice bikes up to £2k
• Free car parking at all trust sites
• Free flu vaccinations every year
• Citizens Advice support linked with a Hardship Fund for one off additional support up to £250 (if the criteria is met)
  
  

We are proud to be a diverse and inclusive organisation and there is a choice of staff networks that help you meet like-minded people.

Please be aware that the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in completing application forms will be monitored to ensure fairness and transparency. If you have used AI you must state this in your application.

Please note, we may be required to close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications

Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

• Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification, in summary:**
• Independently undertake face to face and electronic screening to support the identification of multiple vulnerabilities of people who have been in contact with the criminal justice system or immigration centre, such as police custody, courts, and prison and community settings. Working to guidelines.
• Work within limitations and escalate to IOHP as appropriate.
• Provide an embedded service in police custody suites, courts and prisons working within legislation requirements, such as PACE (1984).
• Work as part of a team with the freedom to work independently, particularly in relation to providing advice to service users, carers, and professionals who contact the service.
• Work with service users in conjunction with other professionals, to devise and implement effective individualised programmes of support.
• Support service users to gain access to resources to include benefits, welfare rights, housing and health promotion.
• Provide compassion to vulnerable individuals at points of acute vulnerability in the criminal justice process.
• To support criminal justice agencies to better identify vulnerabilities in their respective environments.
• Provide criminal justice agencies with advice and information regarding pathways to access further support.
• To secure referrals into mainstream health and social care services and other relevant interventions and support services from a range of statutory and voluntary providers.
• Identify levels of risk and escalate to practitioner where appropriate.
  
  

Person specification

Qualifications & Training

Essential criteria

• NVQ Level 3 Health & Social Care (or willingness to work towards) or equivalent experience.
  
  

Desirable criteria

• Training in Supporting / Mentoring / coaching.
  
  

Experience

Essential criteria

• Experience of working with a range of vulnerabilities which may include mental health, physical health, learning disabilities, abuse, addiction and social issues.
• Experience of working with a range of statutory, non-statutory agencies.
  
  

Desirable criteria

• Experietnce and / or sound knowledge of the Criminal Justice System.
• Training in Supporting / Mentoring / coaching
• Experience of implementing personalised care plans or rehabilitation plans.
• Experience of working in a community based setting
  
  

Vetting

Essential criteria

• The post holder will require additional vetting by partner agencies; this includes Police Vetting and / or Prison Clearance.