Kent & Medway NHS & Social Care Partnership Trust

Administrator

The closing date is 06 August 2025

Job summary

The Liaison, Diversion and Reconnect (LDR) Service is a countywide assessment service, serving Kent and Medway's police custody suites, magistrates, crown courts and the wider community.

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the team as a Band 3 Administrator. This is key role within the service, providing a flexible and comprehensive admin provision to enable us to deliver the best possible service user experience we can.

You will join an established team of admin and clinical staff, in a friendly and welcoming environment.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate should have excellent communication skills, be a professional representative for the service and be a conscientious, adaptable administrator.

LDR is an all age, all-vulnerability service, providing liaison and diversion both inside and outside of the criminal justice system. We screen and assess individuals over the age of 10, suspected of committing a crime, to identify health and social care vulnerabilities. The aim of the service is to improve the service user experience by connecting them with the right service at the right time.

About us

Come and work with us in the Garden of England where we combine exceptional professional development opportunities with a tremendous quality of life.

We are Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust (KMPT), providing mental health, learning disability and specialist services, serving 1.8 million people across the county.

The Trust (rated Good overall by the CQC and Outstanding for care) has 3,283 staff working in 66 buildings across 33 locations, covering an area of 1,450 square miles.

You will be joining friendly, passionate colleagues, rich in their diversity, who are committed to providing excellent care to our service users and their loved ones.

The nature of our work attracts kindness and compassion as standard and everyone from our cleaners and porters to the chief executive and chairman are recognised as playing a vital role in providing an exemplary service.

Here are some clips of our KMPT staff, speaking about their role and why they enjoy working for us.

Working at KMPT (youtube.com)

Canterbury site tour (youtube.com)

Dartford site tour (youtube.com)

Jessica Delo - Clinical Associate Psychologist (youtube.com)

Details

Date posted

23 July 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£24,937 to £26,598 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

380-FR0535-B

Job locations

Liaison, Diversion and Reconnect

Poppy House 20-22 Oakapple Lane

Maidstone

ME16 9NW


Job description

Job responsibilities

We are a multidisciplinary team consisting of mental health nurses, social workers, liaison and diversion workers, apprentices, lived experience practitioners and a consultant psychiatrist. We work closely with the police, courts, youth offending teams, probation, community mental health teams, community mental health teams, social care providers and many more health and social care partners.We will offer full support in the form of supervision, appraisal and personal development plans, as well as a real investment in your training and development.

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the team as a Band 3 Administrator. This is key role within the service, providing a flexible and comprehensive admin provision to enable us to deliver the best possible service user experience we can.

Job description

Job responsibilities

We are a multidisciplinary team consisting of mental health nurses, social workers, liaison and diversion workers, apprentices, lived experience practitioners and a consultant psychiatrist. We work closely with the police, courts, youth offending teams, probation, community mental health teams, community mental health teams, social care providers and many more health and social care partners.We will offer full support in the form of supervision, appraisal and personal development plans, as well as a real investment in your training and development.

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the team as a Band 3 Administrator. This is key role within the service, providing a flexible and comprehensive admin provision to enable us to deliver the best possible service user experience we can.

Person Specification

Skills and experience

Essential

  • Excellent communication skills
  • Educated to NVQ level 3 /GCSE English, maths or equivalent
  • IT skills
  • Customer service experience

Desirable

  • supervising others
  • working independently

Knowledge

Essential

  • General Office procedures
Person Specification

Skills and experience

Essential

  • Excellent communication skills
  • Educated to NVQ level 3 /GCSE English, maths or equivalent
  • IT skills
  • Customer service experience

Desirable

  • supervising others
  • working independently

Knowledge

Essential

  • General Office procedures

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.

Employer details

Employer name

Kent & Medway NHS & Social Care Partnership Trust

Address

Liaison, Diversion and Reconnect

Poppy House 20-22 Oakapple Lane

Maidstone

ME16 9NW


Employer's website

https://www.kmpt.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)


Employer details

Employer name

Kent & Medway NHS & Social Care Partnership Trust

Address

Liaison, Diversion and Reconnect

Poppy House 20-22 Oakapple Lane

Maidstone

ME16 9NW


Employer's website

https://www.kmpt.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)


Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Business Administration Co-ordinator

Caroline Higgins

caroline.higgins11@nhs.net

08001975542

Details

Date posted

23 July 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£24,937 to £26,598 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

380-FR0535-B

Job locations

Liaison, Diversion and Reconnect

Poppy House 20-22 Oakapple Lane

Maidstone

ME16 9NW


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