Liaison & Diversion Team Manager: Sponsorship Available

Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

We are looking for an innovative and motivated Team Manager to support in the development, leadership and management of the Nottinghamshire Liaison and Diversion service.

The service is a community based multi-disciplinary team delivering assessment, sharing information, referring, and supporting vulnerable people of all ages at all points of the criminal justice system up until sentencing or diversion.

The service delivery is in line with the Liaison and Diversion National Operating model, though there is a lot of scope for innovative, creative thinking and implementation.

The overall aim of the service is to prevent health and social inequalities, offering support at the earliest point of the criminal justice system.

Key to this service success is close partnership working with justice agencies, health and social care and third sector voluntary agencies.

If you would like a challenge and the opportunity to be an inclusive, creative leader and manager, this job may be for you.

Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. The cost of the DBS application is £26.40 (standard) or £54.40 (enhanced), this cost will be deducted from your salary over the first 2 months of employment.

You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. An annual fee of £16 per year applies.

Main duties of the job

The Team Manager will deliver informed clinical and managerial support/advice to team members and to provide leadership and direct line management to a team of multi-professionals. The role will also have a key element in the on-going support of the various pathways within the service and wider service developments.

Suitable applicants will:

be a qualified RMN/RNLD, Occupational Therapist/AHP or Social Worker or hold professional registration (such as BPS/HCPC)have experience of working with people with mental health problems, particularly working with service users with complex presentations/engagement issues.be reliable and motivatedskilled in undertaking detailed assessments to inform the service users treatment plan and formulationbe able to demonstrate high functioning in risk assessment/managementhave skills to contain and manage high levels of emotional distress and disturbance in self and otherscompassionate, person-centered individual who is hard working and can be flexible in their approachhave excellent verbal and written communication skills

Appointed applicants will have access to robust clinical and managerial supervision and career development opportunities. The service is committed to ensuring the staff in the team are well equipped to work with the complex service users accessing the service and so training is well supported and there is a range of access to robust supervision.

Person Specification

Knowledge / Training

Essential

  • Recognised qualification in one of the core mental health professions e.g. psychiatric nursing, clinical psychology, social work and occupational therapy.
  • Demonstrates an awareness of wide range of vulnerabilities inclusive of mental health/LD needs.
  • Leadership training and/or experience.

Desirable

  • Have an understanding of the purpose and role of the L&D service.

Experience

Essential

  • Experience of working effectively in multidisciplinary settings.
  • Experience of working in a leadership position.
  • Substantial post registration experience of working with individuals of all ages within a healthcare/social care setting.
  • Substantial post registration experience of assessing service users with a broad range of mild to moderate mental health issues.
  • Skill/experience in delivering clinical and professional supervision and understanding the importance of supervision

Desirable

  • Experience of line management.
  • Experience of working in/alongside the Criminal Justice System.

Skills

Essential

  • Experience of working with complex service users with multiple vulnerabilities.
  • Awareness of the interface of the Health, Social Care and Criminal Justice Systems.
  • Experience of working in an enabling and creative way and skill/ability to motivate others.
  • Understanding, and experience of, the importance of maintaining boundaries in the workplace.
  • Ability to manage and contain distress in self/others.

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).

Closing Date: 4 October 2026

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