Forensic Practitioner (Care Coordinator)
At a glance
- Band
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 28/08/2026
- Closes
- 16/09/2026
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Role summary
This is an exciting opportunity for a Forensic Practitioner to join the Adult Community Forensic Team in Hull and East Riding. The role involves working as a care coordinator for a community forensic caseload, providing specialist assessment, therapeutic intervention, and care co-ordination. The successful applicant will be a registered Mental Health Nurse, Learning Disability Nurse, Occupational Therapist or Social Worker, delivering safe and effective care within a trauma-informed model.
Key responsibilities
- Utilise specialist forensic skills in consultation, assessment, intervention and care co-ordination.
- Deliver clinical care and promote evidence-based practice.
- Assist in assessment, formulation and care planning.
- Ensure patient safety.
- Support therapeutic interventions within a multi-disciplinary team.
- Provide clinical support and advice to colleagues.
Essential criteria
- Professional qualification relevant to practice area, with study to degree level, with evidence of additional post graduate study
- Registered practitioner with professional body
- Evidence of sound post-registration professional practice
- Evidence of continuing professional development
- Educated to degree level or be able to demonstrate equivalent knowledge or experiential learning/experience
- Ability to demonstrate effective communication skills
- Ability to manage exposure to emotional/distressing circumstances
- Ability to demonstrate ethical values and attitudes within a culture of equality and diversity
- Ability to attend and complete regular mandatory training.
Desirable criteria
- Member of organisational group/network, locally or nationally
- Relevant forensic experience in a range of settings
- Training or qualification in the delivery of therapeutic intervention
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 6 at £37,338 – £44,962 a year, across England.
This advert: £39,959 – £48,117 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust
Forensic Practitioner (Care Coordinator)
The closing date is 16 September 2026
Job summary
The Community Forensic Teams have undergone service transformation, and an exciting opportunity has arisen for a Forensic Practitioner to become part of our Adult Community Forensic Team providing a service across the Hull and East Riding area with a base at the Humber Centre for Forensic Psychiatry.
We are seeking to appoint a skilled practitioner as a care coordinator for a community forensic caseload. You will be a practitioner who is able to work compassionately, understanding the impact of trauma whilst also managing risk of harm. Who is excited by the opportunity of working alongside professional colleagues in a dynamic, growing, and evolving Adult Community Forensic Service.
The successful applicant will be a registered Mental Health Nurse, Learning Disability Nurse, Occupational Therapist or Social Worker and**** support the delivery of consultation, specialist assessment, therapeutic intervention, and care co-ordination within the Community Forensic Team. You will hold responsibility for delivering safe, effective, and evidenced care to support a community-to-community forensic pathway in the context of a trauma informed model of care.
The successful applicant will need to have the means to travel.
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