Liaison and Diversion Mental Health Court Practitioner | Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust

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Merseyside  Liaison and Diversion  - Mental Health Practitioner  

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Mental Health Practitioner to join the Women's Intensive Support Court (ISC) pathway. The post will provide trauma - informed, person centred assessment and support to women involved in the criminal justice system, facilitating access to appropriate health and wider support services to improve engagement and outcomes.

Liaison and diversion and RECONNECT is a process whereby people of all ages with mental health problems, learning disabilities, substance misuse problems and other vulnerabilities are identified and assessed as early as possible as they pass through the youth and adult criminal justice systems.

The post holder will work within the Women's Intensive Support Court (ISC) pathway, providing specialist mental health assessment and support to women involved in the criminal justice system. The role will include collaborative working with court teams, probation, mental health services ad other partner agencies to identify needs, manage risk, facilitate access to appropriate support and promote engagement with the court pathway. 

You will be a registered practitioner within mental health (Allied Health Professions: Mental Health Nurse; Social Worker; Occupational Therapist; Learning disability Nurse) with demonstrable extensive post registration experience. You will have experience in undertaking specialist mental health assessments and have a sound knowledge of the Mental Health Act/Capacity Act and criminal justice systems

Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands.

We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.

At the heart of all we do is our commitment to ‘perfect care’ – care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We’re currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.

Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.

To understand the full duties of this new role please refer to the specific job outline attached.

Please ensure that you evidence in your supporting information how you meet the person specification for both the generic and the specific job outlines.

 If you are shortlisted we encourage all applicants to arrange an informal conversation with the team before attending for interview. You can also contact the team prior to submitting an application if you require anyfurtherinformation. 

This advert closes on Sunday 15 Nov 2026