Liaison, Diversion & Reconnect - Women's Coordinator

Would you like a fascinating, fast moving, fulfilling and flexible role? If the answer is yes, then we are seeking to recruit a Women's Coordinator to join our established, successful and dynamic team.

Work with enthusiastic and passionate colleagues to make a real difference to women's lives by identifying their support needs and encouraging them to engage with services that can help them. Collaborate with a range of professionals across health, justice and social care to reduce reoffending and support safer communities.

The role of Women's Coordinator is both an interesting and challenging one, where you will experience all aspects of the criminal justice system. We are looking for a forward thinking and enthusiastic practitioner, with a keen eye for developing women specific initiatives, the ability to identify and manage safeguarding needs, enable the formulation of comprehensive court reports and the experience to support women with a wide range of identified health or social vulnerabilities.

The successful candidate will work in Police Custody Suites, Courts, Prisons and varying community locations across Kent and Medway so some experience of liaison, crisis intervention or Forensic services would be an advantage. You will be working with women who experience mental health needs, learning disabilities, communication difficulties, drug and alcohol misuse and other health and social vulnerabilities., The Women's Coordinator will work as a member of Liaison, Diversion & Reconnect providing screening and supported follow up for females coming to the attention of the criminal justice system.

By working across police custody suites, prisons, courts and the community, you will provide face to face screening/assessment of women which will inform appropriate methods of disposal. You will develop effective links with a multitude of services, enabling smooth pathways through the criminal justice system. You will provide women with supported access to community services, addressing health and social needs in an attempt to reduce reoffending. You will work closely with the key partners, reporting information directly to Magistrates, ensuring the most appropriate outcomes for women within the criminal justice system.

The post holder must hold a full, valid, UK driving licence and have access to a car/vehicle to use for business purposes (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010).

Come and work with us in the Garden of England where we combine exceptional professional development opportunities with a tremendous quality of life.

We are Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust (KMPT), providing mental health, learning disability and specialist services, serving 1.8 million people in Kent and Medway, as well as specialist services for adults in Sussex and Surrey. We are rated Good overall by the CQC.

Each year we care for over 2,000 people in our hospitals and 54,000 people in the community.

We are proud to employ over 3,800 people from 66 nationalities, and to serve an increasingly diverse range of communities across rural and urban areas.

You will be joining friendly, passionate colleagues, rich in their diversity, who are committed to providing excellent care to our service users and their loved ones.

The nature of our work attracts kindness and compassion as standard and everyone from our cleaners and porters to the chief executive and chairman are recognised as playing a vital role in providing an exemplary service.

Our strategy

Our mission is what we set out to do every dayWe deliver brilliant care through brilliant people

Our vision is where we want to be in the futureTo provide outstanding care and to work in partnership to deliver this in the right place, for every service user, every time.