Liaison and Diversion Court Practitioner

Job overview

An opportunity has arisen within the Liaison and Diversion Team for the role of Liaison & Diversion Practitioner based in the Magistrates Court in Workington, Cumbria. This key position within the established Liaison and Diversion Service for Police Custody Suites and Magistrates Courts.

Essential Criteria:  A minimum of NVQ Level 3 in relevant subject OR Diploma in Health and Social Care AND/OR Experience of working with people with complex needs for a minimum of 2 years

This post requires successful candidates to undergo NPPV Level 2 (full) Police Vetting of which successful clearance is essential in order to fulfil the role and as part of this vetting process the candidate is required to have been resident in the UK for at least three years.

Desirable:  Professional recognised qualification such as RMN, Learning Disability Nurse, Social Worker, and Occupational Therapist. Psychology Degree CBT Diploma, Substance Misuse Diploma

Main duties of the job

Liaison and Diversion (L&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&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 & 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.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For more details on this vacancy please review the attached job description and person specification.