Criminal Justice Liaison Team Leader
Betsi Cadwaladr University Health BoardSt Asaph, Wales, United Kingdom
Added 22 Aug · still live
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About the role
Job Overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a dedicated and motivated Criminal Justice Liaison Team Leader to join our established team. This is a key registrant post within the service, and as such applicants must hold a recognised professional registration such as a Registered Mental Health Nurse (RMN) or Social Worker (Social Care Wales).
The post holder will be responsible for ensuring that the resources within BCUHB CJLS are maximised and will also have responsibility for the day to day and strategic management of the Criminal Justice Liaison Service including:
This role is subject to successful police vetting.
Main duties of the job
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a dedicated and motivated Criminal Justice Liaison Team Leader to join our established team. This is a key registrant post within the service, and as such applicants must hold a recognised professional registration such as a Registered Mental Health Nurse (RMN) or Social Worker (Social Care Wales).
The post holder will be responsible for ensuring that the resources within BCUHB CJLS are maximised and will also have responsibility for the day to day and strategic management of the Criminal Justice Liaison Service including:
- Recruitment and supervision of staff
- Deputising for the service manager
- Formulating and presenting complex information for assurance reporting
- Ensuring day to day safe and effective running of the team and its duties
- Providing cover in force control room where needed.
- Undertaking complex clinical assessments within police custody, courts, Probation building and other areas across the division.
- Ensuring effective relationships and ways of working exist between CJLS and partner agencies when required by the Service Manager
This role is subject to successful police vetting.
Main duties of the job
- Overseeing the general day to day running of BCUHB North Wales Criminal Justice Liaison (CJLS).
- Working in Criminal Justice Liaison Service, with the flexibility of working across the areas, dependent on skill and service need.
- Supervision of and support to CJLS Practitioners. Informal support to BCUHB MH&LD Division colleagues.
- Delivering a high quality clinical service to patients and their families.
Working for our organisation
If you relish a challenge, have a passion to help others or simply fancy a fresh start, then Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board (BCUHB) North Wales, has all the right ingredients. The largest health organisation in Wales, providing a full range of primary, community, mental health, acute and elective hospital services for a population of around 700,000, across North Wales . Join our team and get the support you need, in line with our Organisational Values and ‘Proud to Lead’ competence framework.
Enjoy being part of working with engaged leadership at all levels, and be assured we are committed to promoting equality and diversity, and are proud to welcome applicants under the “Disability Confident Employer” scheme.
Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.
Applications may be submitted in Welsh. Applications submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application submitted in English.
Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities
You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click “Apply now” to view in Trac.
Person specification
Qualifications And/or Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Degree Educated in relevant field e.g. Mental Health Nursing or Social Work with relevant experience
- Existing accreditation relating to Practice Educator/Work Based Supervisor to support Student Social Workers / Nurses through placements.
- Qualification in providing supervision / training / development of staff
- Master qualification or working towards this level of qualification.
Essential criteria
- Experience of working in community setting and making decisions autonomously.
- Significant experience in Team Leadership / Team development.
- Experience supervising staff and managing a team / service.
- Experience of working with people who have difficulty in engaging with services and have complex mental health needs.
- Evidence of extensive post registration experience with working with adults experiencing mental health related difficulties.
- Experience of assessing, planning, co-ordinating and managing people with mental health problems in a community setting.
- Producing and developing policies & practice guidelines.
- Experience of presenting at local/national level.
Essential criteria
- Ability to work under pressure, deploy social resilience strategies
- Excellent verbal and written communication and presentation skills suitable for a range of audiences.
- A passion to develop services in accordance with health boards values to meet the needs of individuals with a range of vulnerabilities.
- Positive leadership skills; involving Practitioners in team changes / developments.
- An awareness and commitment to involving adults and carers in the planning and developing of services
- A commitment to equality of opportunities, and anti-oppressive/anti-discriminatory practice.
- A passion for promoting the rights and entitlements for those who face discrimination as a result of a range of vulnerabilities.
- A champion for the values and objectives of well-being, prevention, early intervention enabling people to exercise choice and control over their lives
- A desire for working in partnership with other statutory, voluntary, non-profit and private agencies.
- Robust negotiation, influencing and decision-making skills
- A passion for diversity and commitment to equal opportunities and anti-discriminatory practice
- Comfortable with presenting sensitive and contentious information at various levels.
- To behave with honesty and integrity.
- Ability to analyse and solve complex issues that arise
- Capable of acting as a positive role model for others.
- Welsh Language Skills are desirable levels 1 to 5 in understanding, speaking, reading, and writing in Welsh.
Essential criteria
- Satisfactory Standard/Enhanced DBS clearance including an Adults and Childrens Barred List check.
- North Wales Police Vetting to Level 2 clearance prior to any formal offer of employment.
- Ability to communicate in Welsh
This description is the source posting as it read when we added it. We are not affiliated with Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board, so check their own site for the current details.
Where this offer sits in the market
SOC 3553 · UK · ONS ASHE 2025 · ~13k in sampleP25 £28kP75 £41k
£28kmedian £33k£41k
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