Health & Justice Practitioner (Herefordshire)

4 months ago


Hereford, United Kingdom Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust Full time

At MPFT we pride ourselves on staff wellbeing and development and can we offer you:

- Our SOOTHE resources - supporting staff across the trust with their physical, mental and financial health. In addition to the support offered from our occupational health provider Team Prevent.
- Counselling support and lifestyle information with advice on a variety of personal matters
- “In our Gift” providing a platform for your voice to be heard to inform change
- The opportunity to purchase additional annual leave
- Opportunities for flexible working (depending on the role)
- Career development opportunities and coaching plus access to in house training programs
- Innovative research training program entitled STARS (Supporting the advancement of Research Skills)
- Child Care Vouchers Scheme
- Recognition and engagement through our staff LOVE awards, LOVE long service awards and Staff Engagement Surveys
- NHS discounts available via the Blue Card and Red Guava schemes

If you recognise that a person's past experiences and needs can be a contributing factor to contact with the Criminal Justice System. And you recognise that individuals can be motivated and empowered to make positive changes and, in doing so, reduce the risk of reoffending.And you consider yourself to be proactive, forward thinking and enjoy working in a variety of settings (home, police stations, Court and community) please keep reading

An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Liaison and Diversion and Integrated Offender Health Service for a Liaison and Diversion Practitioner (RMN, RGN, Social Worker, Occupational Therapist or Speech and Language Therapist). The Liaison and Diversion Service operates across West Mercia (Shropshire, Worcestershire and Herefordshire). The vacancy is within the Herefordshire area.

The Liaison and Diversion role demands good working relationship with the police and healthcare in custody, alongside other Criminal Justice Partners and wider agencies / services. The team is looking for a dynamic, proactive, enthusiastic, and highly skilled professional who is confident to make sound clinical decisions and give appropriate recommendation.

Due to the working patterns, there is a high proportion of autonomous working within custody suites and courts across the area.

Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (MPFT) is an award winning organisation with over 9000 employees. We are one of the largest integrated Health and Social Care providers, covering services across North & South Staffordshire, Shropshire, Hampshire, Buckinghamshire, Isle of Wight and Essex.

We are embedding values based and inclusive recruitment practices to ensure that all applicants, from any backgrounds, have an equal chance of success in achieving a role with us.
- Working in a Liaison & Diversion service in Herefordshire, with the flexibility of working across West Mercia Liaison & Diversion Services, dependent on skill and service need.
- Delivering a high quality clinical service to patients and their families.
- Managing complex assessment in court, custody suite and Outreach Service. Responsible for clinical and caseload supervision of other team members where identified.
- Diverting and Liaising with multiple criminal police and other partners.
- To provide written reports for Crown or Magistrates Courts or to attend and give verbal evidence as required. To offer considered recommendations to these bodies.
- Responsible for participating in the setting of quality standards, including the auditing, monitoring and reviewing of practice in line with current clinical guidance practice and policy.
- Assess patient's individual care needs, agree and refer on to appropriate agency.
- Complete and contribute, where appropriate to robust risk assessments and risk management plans. Deliver and promote positive risk taking, where appropriate, to improve quality of life and maximise occupational performance/independence.
- Maintain an effective reporting system by observing and reporting verbally and in writing on patient condition
- Utilise agreed outcome measures to review the effectiveness of process, as part of Liaison and Diversion Service.
- Participate in the development of the service to ensure clinical governance processes are actively implemented at team level.
- Assist in ensuring that the aims and objectives of the service (as set by the Team Leader) are fulfilled and to identify factors which may inhibit these from being achieved.
- The post holder will be required to work within the HCPC Code of Practice and professional guidelines.
- Maintain an up-to-date level of professional competence within the specific environment.



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