Job summary
A unique opportunity has arisen within the Criminal Justice & Liaison & Diversion (CJLD) service, for a Registered Nurse, Social Worker, Occupational Therapist, Paramedic or Speech and Language Therapist OR those with specialist knowledge and relevant mental health experience to work as part of our Custody service. You must be educated to degree level in an area particularly relevant to mental health and/or criminal justice processes.
As a key member of CJLD you will be part of service development and will have opportunities to work across the CJLD pathways (custody and courts) enhancing your skills and knowledge in the health and justice arena.
CJLD provides high quality mental health and vulnerability screening and specialist assessment to people of all ages who have become involved in the criminal justice system. The base for this post is Boston Custody suite, outreaching to Skegness custody suite. The practitioner will be expected to travel between the two sites depending upon service need.
You will have knowledge of both the criminal justice and mental health systems, and experience of working with people who are at risk of poor health and social care outcomes.
Closing date 13/12/23
Interview date to be arranged (likely first week Jan 24)
This is a fixed term 12 month contract or a 12 month secondment opportunity
Main duties of the job
Please refer to Job Description and Person Specification for full details.
You will have meticulous attention to detail in gathering and recording health, social circumstances, and risk information, sometimes under pressure. You will be able to develop clear risk management plans, and ensure safe care and treatment pathways for the vulnerable people you assess as they leave custody, whether remanded to court, or returning to potentially complex situations in the community.
Your written assessments will effectively support agencies to understand and respond to the assessed person's needs appropriately, including advising on appropriate disposals.
About us
Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health services and a number of learning disability, autism and social care services in the county of Lincolnshire. Employing around 2,800 staff, and serving a population of over 766,000, our people lie at the heart of everything we do.
You could be part of a Trust rated by staff as one of the best mental health and learning disability trusts in England. We firmly believe the key to high quality care is a contented workforce. This is reflected in our Care Quality Commission rating of 'outstanding' for well-led and 'good' overall. In the most recent National NHS Staff Survey, our staff rated us as the number one trust nationally for staff morale and one of the top scoring NHS Trusts in the Midlands for being compassionate and inclusive. We're really proud of this!
We offer options for flexible working and provide a wide range of training and promotion opportunities in all professions. We support and celebrate diversity, have active staff networks groups and are always looking at what more we can do to support our staff.
Whether you're taking the first exciting steps in your career, itching for a new challenge or searching for a better place to raise a family, Lincolnshire has arange of rewarding health and social care careers in a county that's friendly, fascinating, affordable and brimming with everything you need to live a happy life.Visitbeinlincolnshire.comto find out more.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To act as L&D custody lead when on shift across policy custody suites and magistrates courts and carry out assessments on complex and high-risk individuals providing advice where a potential vulnerability has been identified.
To be the senior point of escalation for L&D practitioners to resolve complex and high-risk presentations.
To act as a point of contact for police, probation, LPFT and other agencies to escalate complex and high-risk issues.
To ensure any concerns identified in the L&D pathway during shift are escalated to the Team Manager in a timely fashion.
To ensure the workflow during each shift is manageable and that all tasks are allocated according to need.
To ensure that clinical systems are updated and completed as per LPFT policy during each shift and that data is recorded as service requirements.
To ensure L&D provide the police and magistrates courts with written information pertaining to the person in a timely fashion to inform disposal.
To work closely and build links with all referring agencies within the custody suites, magistrates.
courts and probation acting as a single point of contact for health.
To address the courts in person, when necessary, to advise the court in the disposal and
care pathway of a particular case
To make recommendations to the CPS/Police or magistrates courts whether the criminal justice
system remains involved or if diversion is indicated.
To build a good working knowledge of the MHA in relation to the police, magistrates courts and
criminal justice system
Where diversion is indicated, to facilitate MHA assessments at the police station or magistrates.
courts in conjunction with the local authority Approved Mental Health Practitioner Service
To ensure referrals to the prison in-reach teams are made by L&D where custody is indicated ensuring appropriate information is received along the criminal justice pathway.
To ensure L&D provide health information to probation to aid in the formulation of pre-sentence reports where a potential vulnerability need has been identified through assessment in custody
Job description
Job responsibilities
To act as L&D custody lead when on shift across policy custody suites and magistrates courts and carry out assessments on complex and high-risk individuals providing advice where a potential vulnerability has been identified.
To be the senior point of escalation for L&D practitioners to resolve complex and high-risk presentations.
To act as a point of contact for police, probation, LPFT and other agencies to escalate complex and high-risk issues.
To ensure any concerns identified in the L&D pathway during shift are escalated to the Team Manager in a timely fashion.
To ensure the workflow during each shift is manageable and that all tasks are allocated according to need.
To ensure that clinical systems are updated and completed as per LPFT policy during each shift and that data is recorded as service requirements.
To ensure L&D provide the police and magistrates courts with written information pertaining to the person in a timely fashion to inform disposal.
To work closely and build links with all referring agencies within the custody suites, magistrates.
courts and probation acting as a single point of contact for health.
To address the courts in person, when necessary, to advise the court in the disposal and
care pathway of a particular case
To make recommendations to the CPS/Police or magistrates courts whether the criminal justice
system remains involved or if diversion is indicated.
To build a good working knowledge of the MHA in relation to the police, magistrates courts and
criminal justice system
Where diversion is indicated, to facilitate MHA assessments at the police station or magistrates.
courts in conjunction with the local authority Approved Mental Health Practitioner Service
To ensure referrals to the prison in-reach teams are made by L&D where custody is indicated ensuring appropriate information is received along the criminal justice pathway.
To ensure L&D provide health information to probation to aid in the formulation of pre-sentence reports where a potential vulnerability need has been identified through assessment in custody
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- A professional qualification relevant to health and social care practice. RMN/RGN/RNLD Degree/Diploma in Nursing or CQSW/Degree/Diploma in Social Work, or Degree in Occupational Therapy/SALT/Paramedic
- Specialist knowledge and experience of working with groups likely to be disadvantaged by their involvement in the criminal justice system
- Educated to diploma/degree level or equivalent
- Evidence of CPD relevant to area of practice/specialism with a commitment to undertake additional learning relevant to role
Desirable
- Qualification in management and/or leadership.
Experience
Essential
- Experience of undertaking autonomous holistic assessments
- Experience of providing supervision
- Experience of working in health and social care settings.
- Experience of working within a Forensic/Criminal Justice environment
- Experience of assessing risk and developing risk management plans
- Experience and knowledge of effective caseload management
- Experience of working in partnership with different agencies
Desirable
- Experience of the assessment of drug/alcohol related problems and individuals with a history of transience or homelessness.
Skills
Essential
- A good understanding of holistic assessment and recovery principles in the delivery of care
- The ability to complete comprehensive psycho-social assessments and provide excellent written reports.
- Knowledge of engagement and intervention strategies
- Harm reduction, suicide, and self-harm aware
- Ability to work under pressure and on own initiative.
- Ability to compile and present written and verbal reports
- Organised with IT skills.
- Ability to manage own time, prioritise activities and maintain accountability for your work
- Maintain clear professional boundaries
Desirable
- Knowledge of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act (PACE) 1884 and PACE Codes of Practice 2004
Special Requirements
Essential
- Ability to travel independently throughout the county, without the use of public transport
- Ability to lift and carry IT equipment (laptop, mobile phone)
- Police level 2 vetting is required for this post and is a condition of employment.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- A professional qualification relevant to health and social care practice. RMN/RGN/RNLD Degree/Diploma in Nursing or CQSW/Degree/Diploma in Social Work, or Degree in Occupational Therapy/SALT/Paramedic
- Specialist knowledge and experience of working with groups likely to be disadvantaged by their involvement in the criminal justice system
- Educated to diploma/degree level or equivalent
- Evidence of CPD relevant to area of practice/specialism with a commitment to undertake additional learning relevant to role
Desirable
- Qualification in management and/or leadership.
Experience
Essential
- Experience of undertaking autonomous holistic assessments
- Experience of providing supervision
- Experience of working in health and social care settings.
- Experience of working within a Forensic/Criminal Justice environment
- Experience of assessing risk and developing risk management plans
- Experience and knowledge of effective caseload management
- Experience of working in partnership with different agencies
Desirable
- Experience of the assessment of drug/alcohol related problems and individuals with a history of transience or homelessness.
Skills
Essential
- A good understanding of holistic assessment and recovery principles in the delivery of care
- The ability to complete comprehensive psycho-social assessments and provide excellent written reports.
- Knowledge of engagement and intervention strategies
- Harm reduction, suicide, and self-harm aware
- Ability to work under pressure and on own initiative.
- Ability to compile and present written and verbal reports
- Organised with IT skills.
- Ability to manage own time, prioritise activities and maintain accountability for your work
- Maintain clear professional boundaries
Desirable
- Knowledge of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act (PACE) 1884 and PACE Codes of Practice 2004
Special Requirements
Essential
- Ability to travel independently throughout the county, without the use of public transport
- Ability to lift and carry IT equipment (laptop, mobile phone)
- Police level 2 vetting is required for this post and is a condition of employment.
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).
