Liaison and Diversion Practitioner | Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 04 July 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £28,407 - £34,581 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 03 August 2024 |
| Location: | Workington, CA14 4AP |
| Company: | Lancashire Care Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6451100/351-SPS1147-CLK |
Summary
An opportunity has arisen within the Liaison and Diversion Team for the role of Liaison & Diversion Youth Worker based in Workington. This key position within the established Liaison and Diversion Service for Police Custody Suites and Magistrates Courts will be offered as a permanent post.
Essential Criteria: A minimum of NVQ Level 3 in relevant subject OR Diploma in Health and Social Care coupled with significant Experience of working with people with complex needs
Desirable: Professional recognised qualification such as RMN, Learning Disability Nurse, Social Worker, and Occupational Therapist. Psychology Degree CBT Diploma, Substance Misuse Diploma
(Please refer to the Job description and person specification for full details regarding the requirements of the post and essential and desirable criteria).
Liaison and Diversion (L and D) services identify people who have substance misuse, mental health, learning disability or other vulnerabilities when they first come into contact with the criminal justice system as suspects, defendants or offenders.
The service can then support people through the early stages of criminal system pathway, refer them for appropriate health or social care or enable them to be diverted away from the criminal justice system into a more appropriate setting, if required.
This is an ‘all age’ service and so you will be required to work with people from the age of 10 years upwards.
The main things that L and D services do for the people we see are identification, screening, assessment and referral to other services.
· We work in Police Custody Suites and Courts throughout Lancashire and Cumbria and offer assessments to individuals within the Criminal Justice system including Voluntary Attendees
· We look to identify unmet need and vulnerabilities that often lead to or exacerbate offending behaviour, offer onward referral and signposting as appropriate
· We liaise across agencies to support onward planning and intervention to address needs
· We offer some brief community based intervention to maximise service user access and engagement with those appropriate services
· We help to inform decision makers with relevant and timely information to support sentencing and disposal outcomes.
Important:This post is requires successful candidates to undergo NPPV Level 2 (full) Vetting from Cumbria Constabulary, of which clearance isessentialin order to fulfil the role.
This post may close early due to high numbers of applications so you
are advised to apply promptly.
The Trust is committed to equality and diversity in employment.
The Trust is committed to improving the working lives of its staff and may
have flexible working options available.
We are a no smoking organisation.
Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including secondary mental health care across this area. Specialist provision comprises inpatient child and adolescent mental health services, perinatal mental health and forensic services including low and medium secure care.
The Trust also provides a range of physical health and well-being services in the community alongside a range of partners in the Lancashire, Cumbria and Sefton area.
Lancashire & South Cumbria Foundation Trust encourages flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as; term time, part time, compressed hours, flexi-time and career breaks. We encourage applicants to state clearly on their application forms this request and discuss these options at interview.
For more information please visit our website via Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS FT
Please see attached the job description and person specification for more information about this role
This advert closes on Thursday 18 Jul 2024