Liaison and Diversion Practitioner - Criminal Justice Team

NHS Jobs; Dartford; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust's Criminal Justice Team seeks a Liaison and Diversion Practitioner to work with service users who have mental health needs across the criminal justice pathway.

You will assess and implement evidence-based interventions, prepare court reports, assist signposting and recovery, support governance, and foster partnership working to keep people in the community whenever possible.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist knowledge on forensic mental health within the criminal justice system namely police stations and the courts within Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust, providing expert advice and consultation with colleagues in the criminal justice system and mental health services.
• Work within codes of practice and professional guidelines and be accountable for own professional practice.
• Ensure observance and the working of all relevant legal and statutory requirements.
• Maintain client confidentiality at all times.
• Participate fully in continuous professional development and supervision.
• Mentor and supervise students on placement.
• Ability to work autonomously and demonstrate excellent partnership working skills.
• Demonstrate understanding of psycho-social interventions.
• Collect and implement data from assessments to inform service provision.

Job description

Liaison and Diversion Practitioner - Criminal Justice Team

The post holder will be work as part of a team in working with service users across criminal justice pathway who have encountered or experienced mental health difficulties and other recognised vulnerabilities.

The purpose of this role is to:

• Provide assessment and implementation of evidence-based interventions for service users who are experiencing common, acute mental health and longer-term recovery needs who have come into contact with the Criminal Justice System
• Provide Court reports as requested
• Follow the individual through to successful signposting
• Optimise the service users ability to remain in the community and / or be cared for in the least restrictive environment in line with the principles or recovering and social inclusion.
• Support clinical governance initiatives.
• Identify recognised vulnerabilities and support in recovery pathways.

Key Task and Responsibilities

• To provide specialist knowledge on forensic mental health within the criminal justice system namely police stations and the courts within Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust, providing expert advice and consultation with colleagues in the criminal justice system and mental health services.
• To work within codes of practice and professional guidelines and to be accountable for own professional practice.
• Ensure observance and the working of all relevant legal and statutory requirements.
• Required to act within broad occupational policies without guidance or direct supervision.
• To maintain client confidentiality at all times.
• To participate fully in continuous professional development and supervision.
• To regularly provide mentorship and supervision to students on placement
• To have the ability and experience to work autonomously.
• To demonstrate excellent partnership working skills
• To have an understanding of psycho-social interventions
• To collect and implement data from assessments made in the police stations within the trust, which will assist in developing the service review/research providing evidence to inform future service provision.
• If required to provide documented clinical reports initiating appropriate pathways to care, for FMEs courts mental health facilities and prisons ensuring a smooth informed pathway of care for the MDO.
• Management responsibilities Assisting the Team Leader in ensuring that the team performs effectively and Efficiently in providing high quality provision to all boroughs.
• Required to make clinical judgements on situations as they arise and respond using appropriate contingencies thereby ensuring the safety of the client and community at large.
• To work within the guidelines of Oxleas professional policies and procedures.