# Health & Justice Liaison and Diversion Practitioner

**Company**: Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust
**Location**: London
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: £55,524 to £62,652 a year
**Category**: Healthcare
**Industry**: Healthcare

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## Description

The Health & Justice Liaison and Diversion Practitioner role involves working with various services such as police, probation, courts, and legal services, as well as health and social care services.

The successful candidate will need to have excellent communication skills, be flexible, and able to work autonomously in a range of environments.

The post holder will be responsible for:

- Conducting mental state assessments and risk assessments for individuals in police custody suites and court detention

- Implementing care pathways for individuals

- Preparing accurate written reports following assessments

- Screening youths in police custody during shifts in police stations

- Making onward referrals to services such as safeguarding, youth offending teams, and CAMHS

The role requires a Qualified Registered Mental Nurse, Mental Health Social Worker, or Occupational Therapist with current registration with the relevant professional body.

The salary for this role is £55,524 to £62,652 per annum, inc HCAS (pro rata if part-time).

The working pattern is full-time, and the contract is permanent.

## Skills

### Required
- Effective written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to make comprehensive psycho-social assessments
- Good report writing skills
- Ability to make sound and safe risk assessments
- Evidence of effective time management and organisational skills
- Ability to work independently with minimal supervision

### Nice to have
- Post registration qualification in forensic mental health
- Experience of working in forensic psychiatry
- Experience of the assessment of clients with drug/alcohol related problems

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