Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a forward thinking and motivated senior mental health practitioner to work within the police and court liaison and diversion service across north and central London sites which are part of the North London Foundation Trust. The post holder will remain flexible working across the north and central London sites which include police custody suites, Magistrate's and Crown Court's and offer a clinical supervisory oversight function for a third sector community outreach partnership. Working alongside the Marine policing unit and Mental Health Treatment Requirement (MHTR) court orders are also part of the overall role.
The service currently runs 7 days per week which includes bank holidays and weekends covering across the hours of 7am - 10pm. The service provides provision at the following sites and practitioners are expected to work across all sites.
Police Custody Suites: Wood Green, Colindale, Islington, BTP Islington, Holborn
Highbury Magistrates Court and Wood Green Crown Court
Marine Policing Unit
Main duties of the job
The service is a coordinated and integrated approach by secondary care mental health services to identify, triage and engage those in police custody and courts that present with either existing or acute health or social vulnerabilities, and to provide earlier intervention within the non-custodial pathway. This service is for people of all age and vulnerabilities and offers a comprehensive pathway service for those entering and exiting the criminal justice system.
A team of autonomous mental health liaison workers are based within police custody suites and courts across Camden, Islington, Barnet, Enfield and Haringey feeding into Wood Green Crown Court and Highbury Corner Magistrates Court. There is also a community link service across the aforementioned areas where staff are expected to provide a supervisory service. There is an expectation for staff to work across all services within the contract specification with support and supervision provided by the Clinical and Operational Leads.
The role is to screen individuals identified as having mental health ilness, and any other vulnerabilities, provide on-going assessment (including awareness and understanding of other factors including physical health, use of drugs and alcohol, learning difficulties and speech, language and communication issues), immediate case management and to formalize timely and sensitive sharing of information between police, court and mental health services.
About us
North London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT) is committed to improving mental health care across North London to deliver excellent services to our local people.Our Five-Year Strategy:
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We will provide consistently high-quality care closer to home.
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With our partners in North London and each borough we will ensure equity of outcome for all
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We will offer great places to work, providing staff with supportive environment to deliver outstanding care.
Why NLFT?
In order to meet the needs of the Trust you may be required from time to time to work at different locations to your normal place of work. This may mean that you are required to work at any location that fall under Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Haringey or Islington. The Trust reserves the right to require staff to work at such other places or locations as it considers reasonable and necessary on a temporary or permanent basis.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description and Person specification for more information on the role requirements and duties.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description and Person specification for more information on the role requirements and duties.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC), Social Work England, Occupational Therapy
- Education and qualifications: Master's degree or equivalent demonstrable experience in relevant area
- Advanced professional skills based post-basic training / development and qualifications
Desirable
- Approved Mental Health Professional
experience and knowledge
Essential
- Advanced professional skills based post-basic training / development and qualifications
- Significant experience and knowledge of working with people with mental health problems.
- Experience in acute adult, multi-disciplinary community mental health services.
- Significant experience of assessing risk and developing risk management plans
- Significant experience of undertaking autonomous assessments.
- Experience of care co-ordination, including health and social care assessment, risk assessment and carer planning.
- A good understanding of recovery principles, the care programme approach (including health and social care assessments) and the role of secondary mental health services in the delivery of care.
Desirable
- Experience of giving written and oral evidence in a court or tribunal setting
- Good knowledge of resources and working practices across Health and Social Care, including substance misuse, learning disability, children's services and housing.
- Experience of working within a Forensic/Criminal Justice environment.
- Ability to be innovative in practice.
SKILLS AND ABILITIES
Essential
- Compassionate - Exceptional interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate effectively with patients, carers and relatives about complex and sensitive issues remaining sensitive and empathetic
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, including presentation of cases Ability to work under pressure and on own initiative
- Ability to treat Service Users with respect and dignity, being culturally sensitive as appropriate, and consider the needs of the whole person
- Able to negotiate and form collaborative partnerships with other agencies
- High standards in written and verbal skills with ability to compile and present written and oral reports
- Basic computer literacy and commitment to develop further
- Ability to manage highly pressured workload
- Ability to represent the Trust within the Criminal Justice System
Desirable
- Self-reliant and resilient able to respond positively to challenging situations
- Willing to embrace organisational change
- Experienced and confident in positively managing risk
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC), Social Work England, Occupational Therapy
- Education and qualifications: Master's degree or equivalent demonstrable experience in relevant area
- Advanced professional skills based post-basic training / development and qualifications
Desirable
- Approved Mental Health Professional
experience and knowledge
Essential
- Advanced professional skills based post-basic training / development and qualifications
- Significant experience and knowledge of working with people with mental health problems.
- Experience in acute adult, multi-disciplinary community mental health services.
- Significant experience of assessing risk and developing risk management plans
- Significant experience of undertaking autonomous assessments.
- Experience of care co-ordination, including health and social care assessment, risk assessment and carer planning.
- A good understanding of recovery principles, the care programme approach (including health and social care assessments) and the role of secondary mental health services in the delivery of care.
Desirable
- Experience of giving written and oral evidence in a court or tribunal setting
- Good knowledge of resources and working practices across Health and Social Care, including substance misuse, learning disability, children's services and housing.
- Experience of working within a Forensic/Criminal Justice environment.
- Ability to be innovative in practice.
SKILLS AND ABILITIES
Essential
- Compassionate - Exceptional interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate effectively with patients, carers and relatives about complex and sensitive issues remaining sensitive and empathetic
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, including presentation of cases Ability to work under pressure and on own initiative
- Ability to treat Service Users with respect and dignity, being culturally sensitive as appropriate, and consider the needs of the whole person
- Able to negotiate and form collaborative partnerships with other agencies
- High standards in written and verbal skills with ability to compile and present written and oral reports
- Basic computer literacy and commitment to develop further
- Ability to manage highly pressured workload
- Ability to represent the Trust within the Criminal Justice System
Desirable
- Self-reliant and resilient able to respond positively to challenging situations
- Willing to embrace organisational change
- Experienced and confident in positively managing risk
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
