B6 Criminal Justice Liaison and Diversion Practitioner

We are an all age, all vulnerability service identifying and supporting mental health concerns, as well as unmet social needs, with the aim to reduce the cycle of reoffending.
Based within Mental Health Urgent Care Sub-Directorate, we are a referral, assessment and signposting service embedded at the heart of the criminal justice system across Coventry and Warwickshire. We work in Police Custody and Court Services, 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 based within the existing Leamington Police Custody area of the service supporting referrals from our partners via police as well as external referrals from key partners in line with the service model.
The successful applicant will undertake holistic assessments, identifying vulnerabilities and liaising with appropriate stakeholders such as Police and Courts, as well as other services within our Trust, the third sector and beyond to meet unmet needs and reduce the cycle of reoffending., The Criminal Justice Liaison and Diversion service is a an existing successful service embedded in the heart of the criminal justice system, all age/all vulnerability we support some of the most marginalised 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, innovative and supportive team. The service has expanded significantly since its inception in 2014 and will continue to do so into the future.
The post holder will work alongside existing team members as well as our key stakeholders - Police/Magistrates/Probation and other third sector and voluntary areas.
The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of individuals and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. As part of our safe recruitment practice, if appropriate for the role, it is mandatory requirement for all newly appointed staff to be registered with the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Update Service.
The Trust is committed to Equal Opportunities and welcomes applications regardless of age, gender, race, disability or sexual orientation. Guidance and criteria on the filtering criminal cautions and convictions can be found on the Disclosure and Barring Service website.
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Are you an experienced Registered Mental Health Nurse, Learning Disability Nurse, Occupational Therapist and Social worker with a mental health background?
Are you able to demonstrate a commitment to high quality care and service provision?
Have the ability to work flexibly, encourage innovation and work as part of a multi-agency team?
Have the ability to assess and formulate risk plans?
Have enhanced communication, problem solving and inter- personal skills?
And happy to be police vetted?
Then we would like to hear from you!

Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust provides a full range of expanding physical, mental health and learning disability services to children, young adults, adults and older adults over many sites across Coventry, Warwickshire and Solihull.
Services are provided to a population of over one million people living in Coventry and Warwickshire and also a wider geographical area in some of our specialist services

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.