Liaison & Diversion Team Manager

Nhs-1; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 49,000 - 57,000; Full time

Job summary

Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust in Nottingham is seeking an innovative Team Manager to lead the Liaison and Diversion service. You will develop, lead and supervise a multi-disciplinary team delivering assessment, referrals and support across the criminal justice system.

We expect experience in mental health, leadership and complex case work, with a commitment to equality and inclusion. DBS clearance will be required; flexible and agile working is encouraged.

Qualifications

• Recognised qualification in one of the core mental health professions e.g. psychiatric nursing, clinical psychology, social work and occupational therapy.
• Experience of working with people with mental health problems, particularly with complex presentations/engagement issues.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills and ability to lead multiple disciplines.

Responsibilities

• Provide robust leadership and clinical/managerial supervision to the Liaison and Diversion service.
• Collaborate with colleagues to implement new service developments and improve quality using data.
• Develop effective multi-professional and multi-disciplinary team working across provision and partnerships.
• Promote interagency collaboration to facilitate information exchange and service design.

Skills

Leadership

Risk assessment

Communication

Distress management

Education

Core mental health professional registration

Job description

Main area Nursing/AHP/RNLD/OT Grade NHS AfC: Band 7 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Mon - Fri 0900-1700) Job ref 186-711-26-FS-A

Employer Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Westminster House Town Nottingham Salary £49,387 - £56,515 per annum pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 04/10/2026 23:59

NHS AfC: Band 7

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Job overview

We are looking for an innovative and motivated Team Manager to support in the development, leadership and management of the Nottinghamshire Liaison and Diversion service.

The service is a community based multi-disciplinary team delivering assessment, sharing information, referring, and supporting vulnerable people of all ages at all points of the criminal justice system up until sentencing or diversion.

The service delivery is in line with the Liaison and Diversion National Operating model, though there is a lot of scope for innovative, creative thinking and implementation.

The overall aim of the service is to prevent health and social inequalities, offering support at the earliest point of the criminal justice system.

Key to this service success is close partnership working with justice agencies, health and social care and third sector voluntary agencies.

If you would like a challenge and the opportunity to be an inclusive, creative leader and manager, this job may be for you.

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.

Suitable applicants will:

• be a qualified RMN/RNLD, Occupational Therapist/AHP or Social Worker or hold professional registration (such as BPS/HCPC)
• have experience of working with people with mental health problems, particularly working with service users with complex presentations/engagement issues.
• be reliable and motivated
• skilled in undertaking detailed assessments to inform the service users treatment plan and formulation
• be able to demonstrate high functioning in risk assessment/management
• have skills to contain and manage high levels of emotional distress and disturbance in self and others
• compassionate, person-centered individual who is hard working and can be flexible in their approach
• have excellent verbal and written communication skills

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.

Working for our organisation

Nottinghamshire Healthcare employs over 10,000 colleagues who help #MakeADifference every day. We provide intellectual disability, mental health, community health, forensic and offender healthcare services across Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire and South Yorkshire. Care is delivered from over 120 sites within the community from acute settings and across low, medium and high secure environments including prisons.

As one of the largest mental health and community trusts in the East Midlands and one of the biggest employers in Nottingham. We are also home to national and regional services such as the National High Secure Deaf Service and the Nottingham Centre for Transgender Health.

We are committed to flexible and agile working, including the opportunity to join our bank.

Your health and wellbeing is our priority and as such we invest significantly in this via our in-house Occupational Health Service, Staff Counselling Service and Health and Wellbeing Team.

We offer a number of employee-led staff networks, including Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) groups, our Green Champions Network, Freedom to Speak Up Network. Health and Wellbeing Champions Network and Menopause Champions. We provide care to a diverse range of communities and are passionate about supporting diversity and inclusion in the Trust.

If you believe in our values of Trust, Honesty, Respect, Compassion and Teamwork, then we would love to hear from you!

#TeamNottsHC

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Support of a wide mix of staff/clinical skill: Provision of robust leadership and supportive clinical and managerial support and supervision.

Strategy and planning: To work in consultation with the Community Forensic Service Manager in implementing new service developments. Support a co-ordinated approach for the implementation of the service. Utilising of data information to improve quality and identification of areas for development.

Service development: To participate in the development of community services working in partnership with service users and carers as well as other directorate community Team Managers and Team Managers from other Liaison and Diversion services. Develop and implement effective multi-professional and multi-disciplinary team working across a range of provision. To direct and enable new ways of working, which cut across traditional professional and cultural boundaries. Seek out and develop relationships with key internal and external partners to represent the services interests and to facilitate the exchange of information. To promote and develop interagency working.

Person specification

Knowledge / Training

• Recognised qualification in one of the core mental health professions e.g. psychiatric nursing, clinical psychology, social work and occupational therapy.
• Demonstrates an awareness of wide range of vulnerabilities inclusive of mental health/LD needs.
• Leadership training and/or experience.
• Have an understanding of the purpose and role of the L&D service.

Experience

• Experience of working effectively in multidisciplinary settings.
• Experience of working in a leadership position.
• Substantial post registration experience of working with individuals of all ages within a healthcare/social care setting.
• Substantial post registration experience of assessing service users with a broad range of mild to moderate mental health issues.
• Skill/experience in delivering clinical and professional supervision and understanding the importance of supervision
• Experience of line management.
• Experience of working in/alongside the Criminal Justice System.

Skills

• Experience of working with complex service users with multiple vulnerabilities.
• Awareness of the interface of the Health, Social Care and Criminal Justice Systems.
• Experience of working in an enabling and creative way and skill/ability to motivate others.
• Understanding, and experience of, the importance of maintaining boundaries in the workplace.
• Ability to manage and contain distress in self/others.

Additional Information

• We reserve the right to close the post early once we have received a sufficient number of applicants.
• The Trust believes in treating everyone with dignity and respect and encourages applications from all sectors of the community. We guarantee an interview to candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum essential criteria.
• In submitting an application form, you authorise Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust to confirm from your previous or current NHS employer and other prior employers; previous NHS service details and personal data held about you. This data will be transferred using NHS Electronic Staff Record and third party systems via an automated process and only used for the purposes of obtaining and maintaining accurate employment records, should you be appointed to the post. Should you require any further information please refer our Privacy Policy shown on the Trust website, please click here for more information.
• For eligible posts, DBS disclosures are mandatory before commencement of employment. If you are in a position that is deemed a regulated adult and/or child care role, you will not be able to start your employment until we have received a satisfactory DBS Disclosure. The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Convictions which would otherwise be considered as 'spent' will also be checked as part of an Enhanced DBS Disclosure.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Name Nikki Chambers Job title Service Manager Email address [e-mail] Telephone number 0115 9529400

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