STaR Worker in the Criminal Justice Liaison and Diversion Team
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About the role
Exciting Opportunity: Band 4 STaR Worker - Hertfordshire Criminal Justice Liaison and Diversion Team (CJLDT)
Please be aware that this role is NOT eligible for Sponsorship
Are you passionate about making a real difference in people's lives? We are delighted to announce a fantastic new role within our dynamic CJLDT, where you'll be part of a highly skilled team supporting individuals in the criminal justice system. As a Band 4 STaR Worker, you will play a pivotal part in guiding service users through challenging circumstances, enabling new beginnings and brighter futures.
Working primarily in the community, you'll deliver short-term interventions to those referred by senior staff members, helping individuals access vital first appointments for assessments with services such as drug and alcohol teams, community mental health services, autism support, and housing. You'll also champion the implementation of Mental Health Treatment Requirements, contributing to fairer outcomes under Community Orders.
Occasionally, you may assist senior colleagues with triage and assessment in court and custody settings, gaining invaluable experience and insight into specialist areas of practice. Your work will be varied and rewarding, offering unique career development opportunities.
You'll be based across Hatfield and Stevenage, working from satellite locations to ensure the highest level of care and support for our service users.
Please note: Appointment is subject to successful Police vetting.
Job description
For full details of the role and responsibilities for this vacancy please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification document attached.
Join our close-knit, friendly team and work in an environment unlike any other where every day brings fresh challenges and opportunities to learn. We pride ourselves on our specialist knowledge and supportive culture; were the trusted source for advice when service users feel overwhelmed by the criminal justice system. Here, your contribution matters and your professional growth is supported.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential
- NVQ level 3 qualification or mental health certificate level 3 or agreement to undertake such training as soon as resources permit
- NVQ/Mental Health Certificate Level 2
- Commitment to Continuing Personal Development
Experience
Essential
- Three years experience of providing mental health services from within a team setting, which may be combined with personal lived experience of mental health difficulties
About the employer
Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (HPFT) is an outstanding organisation with ambitions to match. We are one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of 'Outstanding' from the Care Quality Commission, and our aim is to be the leading provider of mental health and specialist learning disability services in the country.
Our family of over 4000 members of staff provide health and social care for over 400,000 people with mental ill health, physical ill health and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings. We also deliver a range of nationally commissioned specialist services including Tier 4 services for children and young people, perinatal services, plus medium and low secure learning disabilities services.
The care we provide makes a fantastic difference to the lives of our service users, their families and carers - everything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout:
Our Trust values are:
Welcoming. Kind. Positive. Respectful. Professional.
This description is the source posting as it read when we added it. We are not affiliated with Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust, so check their own site for the current details.
Where this offer sits in the market
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