Job Description

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 6 Practitioner to work within the Criminal Justice Liaison and Diversion service



Based within the Mental Health Urgent Care Sub-Directorate, we are an all age, all vulnerability service providing assessment, referral and signposting onwards. We are embedded at the heart of the criminal justice system across Coventry and Warwickshire. We work in Police Custody and Court areas, as well as health bases, alongside our key partners such as the Police, Probation Service, Youth Justice and Magistrates.



The successful applicant will be primarily supporting referrals from police custody areas within Coventry and Warwickshire, undertaking holistic assessments, identifying unmet vulnerabilities and liaising with appropriate stakeholders such as Police and Courts, other Liaison and Diversion colleagues as well as services within CWPT, the third sector and beyond to support the meeting of unmet needs and reduce the cycle of reoffending.



The successful applicant will be instrumental in regards to ensuring continued awareness of the liaison and diversion service, building relationships with partners, supporting the continued integration of the Liaison and Diversion model across all areas of the team and meeting the expectations of stakeholders.



Are you an Experienced Registered Mental Health Nurse/Registered Learning disability nurse, Occupational therapist or Social worker with a professional experience of mental health, neurodiversity and other associated vulnerabilities?



Are you able to demonstrate a commitment to high quality care and service provision, Have the ability to work flexibly and work as part of a multi-agency team?



Have the ability to assess and formulate risk plans?



Have enhanced communication and inter- personal skills?



And happy to be police vetted?



Then we would like to hear from you!



At Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust (CWPT), we deliver a wide range of physical, mental health, learning disability and autism services, and are proud to serve communities across Coventry, Warwickshire and beyond.



We put 'people at our heart'; this ethos is at the centre of everything we do and how we do it. We care for our staff and colleagues as much as they care for others and offer a wide range of benefits and development opportunities.

These include:

generous annual leave entitlement which increases during your time with us



excellent learning and development opportunities, including apprenticeship frameworks, distance learning, internal training, coaching and mentoring, and much more



salary sacrifice schemes for lease car/ vehicle, Cycle to Work, home and electronics, gym membership and more



discounts with a range of retailers, restaurants and entertainment venues through our Employee Assistance Programme and NHS discount schemes



wellbeing support, including an in-house counselling service, external helpline and more



staff networks and support group



We're always on the lookout for people who share our passion for improving the lives and wellbeing of people in our community, as well as our values of compassion, collaboration, excellence, integrity and respect.



The Criminal Justice Liaison and Diversion service is an existing successful service embedded in the heart of the criminal justice system, all age/all vulnerability we support some of the most marginalized people within society with a range of health and social needs in the hope that working together we can make subsequent health gains, reduce health inequalities and reduce the cycle of re offending .



We are a growing and supportive team with a number of new innovations and services to come.



The post holder will work alongside existing team members as well as our key stakeholders - Police/Courts/Youth Justice/Probation as well as other third sector and voluntary areas.