# Experienced Mental Health Practitioner

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
- **Location:** C & E Centre
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Mental health professionals
- **Grade:** Band 6
- **Salary:** £39,959 - £48,117 Per annum
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Job share considered)
- **Closing date:** 2026-08-30T22:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-08-14T12:50:47.544Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Essex/Chelmsford/Essex_Partnership_University_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Health_Justice_Service/Health_Justice_Service-v8230612
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8230612?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.eput.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

POLICE VETTING CLEARANCE IS A REQUIREMENT FOR THIS POST.

Essex Liaison & Diversion Service (Criminal Justice)

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced mental health practitioner to join our Essex Liaison & Diversion Service, providing expert advice and interventions within our Essex wide Police Custodies and magistrates courts across Essex.

The shift patterns covering the Essex County Wide Service provides flexibility with 3 weeks of 3 long days and one week of 4 long days in the custody suites or 9-5 inside magistrates courts covering Essex.

### Main duties of the job

You will join an expert team who are committed to providing outstanding care within these settings, working closely with all agencies involved in the criminal justice system and working autonomously providing written reports and assessments/screening

If you have what it takes to work with individuals who are vulnerable and challenging who require diverting away from the criminal justice system this could be the role for you.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For full details please refer to Job Description and Personal Specification

For further details / informal visits contact: Cathy Orchard Service Manager/Nicky Green Clinical Lead 01245 315121

### Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

## Person Specification

### Knowledge

**Essential**

- Good understanding of the Community Care Act, Mental Health Act. Mental Capacity Act,
- Good understanding of the Bradley Report and Supporting Health, Improving Justice Report, national policy and the implications for mental health e.g. crisis care concordat
- Understanding the principles and practice of leadership, supervision and management.
- Understanding of Clinical Governance and Safeguarding.

**Desirable**

- Awareness of working within secure environments

### Skills and Experience

**Essential**

- Literate in IT/Computer Skills
- Good oral communication skills based on fluency on the English language
- Experience of working as a band 5 (at least 12 months post basic experience).
- Prioritising of own and others workload demands, in the face of competing pressures.

**Desirable**

- Experience of working with children and young people

### Education and Qualifications

**Essential**

- RMN or RNLD Qualification with 12 months post qualification
- Evidence of post qualification training

## Documents

- [staff benefits (pdf, 152.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2990)
- [job description (pdf, 736.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10540529)
- [person specification (pdf, 376.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10540530)
- [candidate privacy policy (pdf, 336.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1853)
- [right to work information (pdf, 293.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2355)
- [values of the nhs pension (pdf, 151.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2659)
- [why join the nhs pension scheme (pdf, 91.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1849)
- [employer recognition scheme - gold award (pdf, 27.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2451)

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