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Job requirements
Requirements from the employer’s person specification. These describe the role, not your personal match.
Essential
20 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Other
Demonstrate a commitment to respecting and displaying the Trust Values at all times
- Skills
Ability to work as part of an MDT
- Skills
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Skills
Ability to deal with sensitive issues with tact and diplomacy
- Skills
Good problem solving skills
- Skills
Flexible and responsive approach to care
- Skills
Ability to identify and support the management of risk to in a proportionate and defensible manner
- Skills
Understanding and experience of delivering care with compassion in a sometimes pressured environment
- Skills
Experience of the interface between Health Services and the Criminal Justice System
- Skills
Ability to work with minimum supervision in a safe and coordinated manner
- Knowledge
Awareness of children/vulnerable adults guidelines
- Knowledge
Knowledge or willingness to develop awareness of wider mental vulnerability as defined by PACE
- Experience
Experienced mental health, CAMHS or learning disability practitioner with a good working knowledge of how health and social care services are delivered in a community setting
- Experience
Experience of Multi-Disciplinary working
- Experience
Evidence of positive contribution to change management
- Experience
Demonstrate experience of problem solving approaches
- Qualifications
Professional qualification registered on the appropriate part of the NMC/HCPC register with current
- Qualifications
Assessor/Mentorship Training
- Qualifications
Post registration training in relevant
- Qualifications
Leadership/Management training
Desirable
4 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Skills
Ability to promote, develop and maintain effective interpersonal relationships with colleagues in health, social care and criminal justice settings
- Knowledge
Understanding of the interface between health, social care and criminal justice services and a commitment to overcoming potential barriers
- Experience
Experience or knowledge/understanding of the Criminal Justice system and settings.
- Experience
Experience of working with children/young adults
Job overview
Greater Manchester Liaison and Diversion Service
Committed to delivering outstanding care?
This ageless service will provide access to appropriately skilled and compassionate professionals in police custody suites and at courts across Greater Manchester.
The successful applicant will work to support the better identification of mental vulnerability for children and adults who are coming into contact with the criminal justice system. Working as part of a multi-agency, multi-disciplinary team, the successful candidate will provide screening and formal assessments that recognise when significant need or risk requires addressing. This will inform the Criminal Justice process and support individuals to access appropriate services in a timely manner.
Main duties of the job
The Liaison and Diversion Senior Practitioner will function at a high competency level. He/she will have responsibility for actively participating as a key member of the multi-disciplinary team within the trust wide CJL Team. The post holder will:
Act as senior duty as per rota
Improve identification and screening of mental vulnerability in children and adults in contact with or at risk of involvement with the criminal justice system. .
Facilitate assessments in accordance with CPA, MHA, MCA, Equality Act 2010 and local and national service pathways.
Share relevant information with Criminal Justice decision makers, to inform charging, sentencing and diversion.
Support access to appropriate health and social care for individuals in contact with the criminal justice system.
Support and contribute to the management of risk to the public.
Positively contribute to the improvement of awareness and reduction of stigma in criminal justice, health and social care settings
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached job description and person specification
Staff benefits
- Pay Enhancements:
| Band | Saturday (midnight to midnight) and any week day after 8pm and before 6am | All time on Sundays and Public Holidays (midnight to midnight) |
| 1 | Time plus 47% | Time plus 94% |
| 2 | Time plus 41% | Time plus 83% |
| 3 | Time plus 35% | Time plus 69% |
| 4 – 9 | Time plus 30% | Time plus 60% |
- 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays rising to 29 after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years
- Excellent pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Salary sacrifice car scheme
- Wellbeing programme
- Blue Light Card Discounts
- fuelGenie Fuel Cards (for applicable roles)
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.
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This advert is for Senior Liaison and Diversion Practitioner with Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust in Manchester, England. It is listed as a Band 6 Practitioner role. The advertised salary is £39,959 - £48,117 per annum pro rata. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 01 Oct 2026.
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