Liaison and Diversion Mental Health Practitioner | Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust; Liverpool; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading health service provider in Liverpool seeks Mental Health Practitioners to join the Merseyside Liaison and Diversion Service. This role involves working across various settings, including police custody suites and courts. Successful candidates will possess extensive experience in mental health and have the necessary qualifications as outlined. Flexible working arrangements are available. Join us in providing crucial services that assist individuals with mental health challenges within the criminal justice system.

Benefits

Flexible working requests considered

Commitment to employee support and development

Qualifications

• Extensive post-registration experience in mental health.
• Ability to conduct assessments in various settings.
• Capability to work with vulnerable populations.

Responsibilities

• Work in court and police custody suites.
• Conduct assessments in HMP Walton and Altcourse.
• Collaborate across the mental health systems.

Skills

Registered practitioner in mental health

Experience in specialist mental health assessments

Knowledge of Mental Health Act

Understanding of criminal justice systems

Education

Allied Health Professions: Mental Health Nurse, Social Worker, Occupational Therapist, Learning disability Nurse

Job description

Overview

Merseyside Liaison and Diversion including RECONNECT - Mental Health Practitioner

An exciting opportunity has arisen for Mental Health Practitioners to join the Merseyside Liaison and Diversion Service including RECONNECT Service. The role will provide timely access to assessments within Liverpool and Wirral Magistrates courts, Liverpool and Wirral custody suites, and HMP Walton and Altcourse.

Please note, this post is subject to Level 2 Police Vetting Clearance (Outcome determined by Merseyside Police).

Liaison and diversion and RECONNECT is a process whereby people of all ages with mental health problems, learning disabilities, substance misuse problems and other vulnerabilities are identified and assessed as early as possible as they pass through the youth and adult criminal justice systems.

Responsibilities

You will be expected to work in court, police custody suites and HMP Walton and Altcourse. This role includes working across as well as the wider mental health systems and urgent care division.

Qualifications

You will be a registered practitioner within mental health (Allied Health Professions: Mental Health Nurse; Social Worker; Occupational Therapist; Learning disability Nurse) with demonstrable extensive post registration experience. You will have experience in undertaking specialist mental health assessments and have a sound knowledge of the Mental Health Act/Capacity Act and criminal justice systems.

Benefits

Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands.

We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.

At the heart of all we do is our commitment to ‘perfect care’ – care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We’re currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.

Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.

To understand the full duties of this new role please refer to the specific job outline attached.

Please ensure that you evidence in your supporting information how you meet the person specification for both the generic and the specific job outlines.

If you are shortlisted we encourage all applicants to arrange an informal conversation with the team before attending for interview. You can also contact the team prior to submitting an application if you require anyfurtherinformation.

This advert closes on Tuesday 6 Jan 2026.