Band 6 Children & Young Person Practitioner (Criminal Justice Service)

Are you looking for a role to diversify your skill set? Are you looking for a role that is unique and dynamic where no two days are the same? Do you relish a challenge and an opportunity to make real differences to people's lives? Do you have an interest in working with people engaged with the Criminal Justice System? This is the role for you. You will be one of the following: a Registered Mental Health Nurse, Learning Disability Nurse, Occupational Therapist or Social Worker trained in Mental Health. LaDS is an all age, all vulnerability service working in Police Custody Suites and Courts in the Wiltshire area. We are an assessment service who work closely with the Police and other CJS professionals to ensure the most effective pathway is for people in custody who may be vulnerable, or suffering mental health problems. We work with service users with a range of vulnerabilities and you will need to be able to confidently assess various needs in potentially difficult circumstances. You must be able to work with individuals experiencing mental health crisis, learning disabilities, drug and alcohol misuse, and extreme emotional distress. You will be expected to support with the Children and Young People coming through the CJS , offering an outreach service and liaising with other service., The aim of this role is to facilitate the following:

• Improved communication as a result of partnership working
• Improved police confidence in dealing with persons suffering with mental health issues
• Faster response to deal with those suffering from mental health problems
• Improved information sharing between agencies
• Improved patient outcomes and experience
• Improved working relationships between Police and Health Services
• Direct access to Mental Health Services
  
  We are AWP (Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust):a diverse organisation with over 5,000 dedicated staff providing inpatient and community-based mental health care.
We provide services from a range of locations to approximately 1.8 million people living in Bath and North East Somerset (B&NES), Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Swindon, across the county of Wiltshire and in parts of Dorset. Our outstanding people promote mental health and wellbeing. The expertise and resources within AWP are dedicated to a person-centred approach for those who use our services and for all employees. We recognise that happy and fulfilled employees give better care. At AWP we actively encourage applicants from all backgrounds; we are particularly keen to encourage applications from people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, those with disabilities and from the LGBTQ+ community. We want people to bring their unique blend of experiences, backgrounds, perspectives and knowledge to AWP, as diversity makes us stronger.