Job overview

Are you an experienced, highly motivated mental health practitioner and who is passionate about improving health outcomes for those within the Criminal Justice system? Do you have excellent communication skills and an ability to build strong, robust relationships with others?

If you think that this is you, your enthusiastic and committed, then our friendly team is for you.

We now can recruit 1 full time vacancy (1.0 WTE) for Band 7 Senior Crown Court Practitioner to join our well-established Liaison and Diversion Service in West London. This is due to internal promotion. This will be based at Isleworth Crown Court, which serves several large diverse boroughs within the West London area. 

The Crown Court Practitioner will sit within a wider Liaison and Diversion service in West London NHS Trust, forensic community services, including Court Diversion at Westminster, Ealing, Police custody in Acton and Hammersmith stations and Youth Justice Tri Borough. The post holder will be part of an established liaison and diversion service, working in partnership with the health sector, social services and the criminal justice system focusing on the Crown Court.

Main duties of the job

This scheme, commissioned by NHS England operate to a standard model and similar schemes are now available in every part of the country. It is an all-age service and all women and people under the age of 18 are screened as mandatory due to their vulnerability within the system.

The post holder will

•         Improve court case management by providing relevant psychiatric information leading to informed court decisions.

•         Assist the court in providing up to date information on a defendant’s mental health.

•         Offer a single referral/contact point for all stakeholders, inside and outside the court in any court process when mental health issues arise such as to prisons, magistrates’ courts and secure facilities.

•         Carry out ad hoc assessments at Court and advise parties who have requested the assessments of any findings.

You will need excellent communication and risk management skills and demonstrate a commitment to close partnership working with the Court staff, prisons and other agencies, both statutory and voluntary.

Working for our organisation

West London NHS Trust is one of the most diverse healthcare providers in the UK, delivering a range of mental health and physical healthcare and community services. The Trust runs Broadmoor Hospital, one of three high secure hospitals in the country, with an international reputation.

Our high secure services care for patients from South of England and we provide low and medium secure services across eight London boroughs. The Trust also provides mental and physical healthcare in three London boroughs (Ealing, Hounslow and   Hammersmith & Fulham).  We employ over 5,000 staff, of whom 59% are BME. Our turnover for 2024-25 is over £500m.

The Trust is rated as ‘Good’ overall by the Care Quality Commission. Forensic services are rated as ‘Outstanding’.

The Trust is an established partner and contributor in the development of the evolving North West London Integrated Care System and the Integrated Care Board. The Trust leads the NW London Children and Adolescent Mental Health provider collaborative.