Liaison and Diversion Practitioner

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive pay and pensions

Flexible working options

Career development programmes

Car lease

Keyworker housing on selected sites

NHS discounts

Career pathways to senior clinical/prt

Job summary

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Liaison and Diversion Practitioner to support individuals in the criminal justice pathway within police custody and court settings. The role involves early intervention and working with adults and young people in a busy, dynamic environment.

The post focuses on on-site work within Anglia and London custody and court pathways, with opportunities to contribute to safeguarding and mental health act processes, while collaborating with

Responsibilities

• Proactive screening of cases in police custody or at court.
• On-the-day triaging and assessment - including full mental state examinations, risk assessment and gathering of background history for individuals presenting with a wide variety of established or suspected needs.
• Responding to detainees who present with urgent and non-urgent clinical issues with appropriate interventions. Interventions may include onward referrals for a Mental Health Act assessment, advice, signposting or making onward referrals into primary, secondary or voluntary care agencies.
• Providing advice, information and support to custody/court personnel.
• Provision of written assessment summaries to police, court and other relevant agencies in the criminal justice pathway.
• Liaising with CAMHS, YOT practitioners or other relevant agencies whilst screening young people.
• Recording data for regular auditing and evaluation.

Job description

This is an exciting opportunity for a skilled practitioner, with an interest and/or experience in the criminal justice system, to be an integral part of both a court and police custody Liaison and Diversion service. You will be working with both adults and young people, within what is a very interesting and rewarding area of care that is continuing to develop further.

As a front-line service, each day can be different in what is often a busy and unpredictable environment.

The service ethos is to proactively intervene at the earliest possible opportunity in the Criminal Justice system pathway, so that those in need of support receive appropriate care and treatment in a timely fashion.

The people we provide services to come from all walks of life and so do we. We hire people from a wide variety of backgrounds, not just because it’s the right thing to do but because it makes us better at what we do. No matter your age, gender, ethnicity, disability, gender identity, religion or sexual orientation, if you are committed to generating the best possible outcomes for our service users then we want to hear from you.

As a Liaison and Diversion Practitioner, some of the responsibilities you can expect will include:

• Proactive screening of cases in police custody or at court.


• On-the-day triaging and assessment - including full mental state examinations, risk assessment and gathering of background history for individuals presenting with a wide variety of established or suspected needs. These can include anxiety, challenging behaviour, serious mental illness, personality disorder, neurodiversity needs speech and language difficulties, substance misuse and associated social issues within police custody.


• Responding to detainees who present with urgent and non-urgent clinical issues with appropriate interventions. Interventions may include onward referrals for a Mental Health Act assessment, advice, signposting or making onward referrals into primary, secondary or voluntary care agencies.


• Providing advice, information and support to custody/court personnel.


• Provision of written assessment summaries to police, court and other relevant agencies in the criminal justice pathway.


• Liaising with CAMHS, YOT practitioners or other relevant agencies whilst screening young people.


• Recording data for regular auditing and evaluation.

Benefits

• Comprehensive pay, pensions and leavers package which is dependent on the role and length of service.


• Work life balance, flexible working and support a range of flexible options, such as: part-time working and job sharing.


• Career development, There are plenty of opportunities to progress your career and we support your development through a number of programmes such as mentoring, coaching, positive people management, collective leadership and other talent programmes


• Car lease, our staff benefits from competitive deals to lease cars


• Accommodation, our staff benefits from keyworker housing available which is available on selected sites


• NHS discounts, with discounts up to 10% from a variety of well-known retail brands though Health Service Discounts website.


• We are committed to get the very best out of our staff and support staff in their career aspirations. We have career pathways available, where you will be able to develop your skills and build on your experience to progress into other roles across different specialties. For this role, we offer career pathways to Senior clinical Practitioner or Clinical Team Leader. In addition, we offer ongoing training and development in Leadership and MSC programme.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Carl Hellawell Job title: Team Leader Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 07896411230 Carl Hellawell, Team Leader or Tracey Lewis, Offender Health Service and Business Development Manager, Offender Health on 07896411230 or email [e-mail] or [e-mail]