Liaison and Diversion Practitioner | Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

Lancashire Care Foundation Trust; Blackburn; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 39,000; Full time

Job summary

Liaison and Diversion Practitioner role based in East Lancashire within Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust offers a key position in the Liaison and Diversion Service for Police Custody Suites and Magistrates Courts. The post focuses on identification, screening, assessment and onward referral to other services.

We work across Police Custody Suites and Courts across Lancashire & Cumbria, providing assessments within the Criminal Justice system and signposting to support needs.

Responsibilities

• Identification, screening, assessment and onward referral to other services within the Liaison and Diversion service.
• Assess vulnerabilities using validated tools and share information to ensure access to appropriate services.
• Collaborate with agencies to support onward planning and intervention and inform decision makers for sentencing/disposal outcomes.

Job description

Liaison and Diversion Practitioner | Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

An opportunity has arisen within the Liaison and Diversion Team for the role of Liaison & Diversion Practitioner based in East Lancashire. This key position is based within the established Liaison and Diversion Service for Police Custody Suites and Magistrates Courts.

The main things that L&D services do for the people we see are identification, screening, assessment and referral to other services.

• We work in Police Custody Suites and Courts throughout Lancashire & Cumbria and offer assessments to individuals within the Criminal Justice system including Voluntary Attendees
• 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 needs
• We offer some brief community based intervention to maximise service user access and engagement with those appropriate services
• We help to inform decision makers with relevant and timely information to support sentencing and disposal outcomes.

The role will assess for a number of vulnerabilities, using validated tools, ensuring risk is assessed and relevant information shared to ensure appropriate services are accessed and manage the safety of clients and others.

Assessment will include an opinion on the service user’s capacity for effective participation in criminal justice procedures, cultural and gender needs, age and development related needs, including transition to adulthood and older person needs, social circumstances (including, relationships, leisure requirements, daily living, educational and occupational needs, employment/vocational needs, housing, finance)

LSCFT values diversity and inclusion, recognising that talent from varied backgrounds creates a flexible, creative, and effective workforce. We actively challenge discrimination and welcome applications from all, regardless of age, disability (including those with experience of accessing or caring for someone who has accessed mental health or learning disability services), ethnicity, gender, religion, belief, or sexual orientation.

Our aim is to reflect the communities we serve, so we particularly encourage applications from under-represented groups. If you’d like to discuss your application, please ask.

We also welcome individuals with lived experience relevant to the role or service area, as your insight brings authenticity to our services.

LSCFT support flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as term time, part time, compressed hours and flexi-time.

The wellbeing of our people is at the heart of everything we do. We offer a wide range of resources, tools and support to help you thrive both in and out of work.

Explore our full wellbeing offer here:Keeping our workforce well

Please see attached the job description and person specification for more information about this role.

This advert closes on Tuesday 10 Nov 2026

£32,073 - £39,043 per annum (subject to confirmation)