Liaison & Diversion Practitioner

NHS Jobs; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting several Learning & Development Practitioners to join a team supporting assessments and managing a caseload of service users in contact with the criminal justice system. The role focuses on thorough vulnerability assessments, information sharing, and ensuring pathways across health and social care services.

You will engage with police, court staff, probation, and youth offending teams, contribute to awareness training, and receive

Qualifications

• Experience undertaking risk assessments.
• Ability to manage a caseload and prioritise safety.
• Experience liaising with health, social care and criminal justice agencies.
• Willingness to deliver awareness training to professionals.

Responsibilities

• Assessments and completion of vulnerability assessments.
• Active engagement & caseload management throughout the justice pathway.
• Develop links with services in health, social care, and third sector agencies.
• Refer and support adults and children to relevant services.
• Support the team with training and supervision opportunities.

Skills

risk assessments

information sharing

multi-agency liaison

caseload management

training delivery

Job description

This service has several L&D Practitioners, and you will be one of these working in the team in supporting assessments and holding a caseload of service users to ultimately improve health and social outcomes for children and adults who are in contact with the criminal justice system, ensuring good information sharing across agencies. Assessment - Completion of all vulnerabilitys assessment using the Core documentation, highlighting factors that impact on the wellbeing of a child or adult within the criminal justice service. Due to the nature of the people, we work with, skill and experience in undertaking risk assessments is essential. Active engagement & Caseload - Assertive follow up and support through the justice system and encourage engagement within a service user population who often experience stigma and discrimination leading to significant impact on engagement. Develop good working relationships - To effectively liaise and develop links with services within the criminal justice services and, in the community, to establish effective pathways. Referring, liaising and supporting adults and children access relevant services and support to services within health, social care, third sector agencies and Criminal Justice agencies. Supporting the team to provide awareness training for a range of services and agencies working within the Criminal Justice Pathway i.e. Police, court staff, probation and youth offending teams. Appointed applicants will have access to robust clinical and managerial supervision and career development opportunities. The service is committed to ensuring the staff in the team are well equipped to work with the complex service users accessing the service and so training is well supported and there is a range of access to robust supervision. Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. The cost of the DBS application is £26.40 (standard) or £54.40 (enhanced), this cost will be deducted from your salary over the first 2 months of employment. You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. An annual fee of £16 per year applies. A full UK driving license and vehicle for business use is required for this post; however reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled individuals in line with the Equality Act 2010.

Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust