Criminal Justice Liaison and Diversion Practitioner

The service has its main bases at Hatfield and Stevenage Police Stations. The team work across Hertfordshire in police custody, the Magistrates’ Courts, and Crown Court; you will be expected to work across all bases. We will also be working with Voluntary Attendees.

The service operates from 8am to 8pm seven days a week and you will be expected to work to a rota which will include working some 11 hour shifts subject to negotiation and the demands of the service.

You will also have knowledge and/or experience of working with one or more of the above identified groups of people and this could be in the NHS, the Local Authority, CAMHS, or other services such as alcohol and substance misuse services. Most importantly, you will be dynamic and persevering in your work, be naturally enquiring and inquisitive, have excellent risk assessment and report writing skills, and the ability to quickly establish and develop rapport with service users and carers.

Appointment will be subject to successful Police vetting.

We are a small unique and friendly team, working in a setting that you will not normally encounter in your career. We are close knit with specialist knowledge that we are pleased to share with our colleagues in other parts of the community. We are recognised by many of our colleagues as the go to people for advice when their service users are distressed by being with in the criminal justice system.

Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (HPFT) is an outstanding organisation with ambitions to match. We are one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of ‘Outstanding’ from the Care Quality Commission, and our aim is to be the leading provider of mental health and specialist learning disability services in the country.

Our family of over 3500 members of staff provide health and social care for over 400,000 people with mental ill health, physical ill health and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings. We also deliver a range of nationally commissioned specialist services including Tier 4 services for children and young people, perinatal services, plus medium and low secure learning disabilities services.

Our Trust Values Are

The care we provide makes a fantastic difference to the lives of our service users, their families and carers – everything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout:

Welcoming. Kind. Positive. Respectful. Professional.

These values are at the core of who we are, everything we do, and how we do it!

Would you like to be part of the HPFT family? Would you like work with us to ensure our service users live the fullest lives possible they can? Would you like to be supported in your career to be the best that you can be?

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Monika Tolofari Job title: Team Leader Email address: [email protected] Telephone number: 01707 806060

Deanna Hancocks 01438 757099