Band 6 Integrated Non-Custodial Services Practitioner - Melksham
At a glance
- Band
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 14/09/2026
- Closes
- 28/09/2026
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Role summary
This role involves working as an Integrated Non-Custodial Services Practitioner within the Liaison & Diversion Service, primarily based in police custody suites. You will assess individuals in contact with the criminal justice system, identifying vulnerabilities such as mental health needs, substance misuse, and learning disabilities. The practitioner will provide assessments, support, signposting, and diversion to appropriate care pathways, working closely with criminal justice partners. This position requires informing case disposal and identifying robust care pathways for service users.
Essential criteria
- Hold current registration with pertinent body.
- Ability to carry out assessments requiring intense and prolonged concentration in stressful environments i.e. Holding Cells at the Courts.
- Ability to work on own initiative and take responsibility for own practice within the broad context of clinical and professional policies and service level agreements while working in the Court and prison settings.
- A commitment to clinical supervision and continuing professional development. Experience of providing clinical supervision to junior staff.
- Able to maintain/forge good relationships with partnership agencies.
- Experience of working with individuals with complex and diverse needs including enduring mental health needs and dual diagnosis.
- Can demonstrate experience and commitment to working in a team and an understanding of the whole team approach.
- Ability to gather and process information in the formulation of client risk.
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working within the criminal justice system.
- Knowledge /understanding of the criminal justice system.
- Registration and Experience
- Hold current registration with pertinent body.
- Ability to carry out assessments requiring intense and prolonged concentration in stressful environments i.e. Holding Cells at the Courts.
- Ability to work on own initiative and take responsibility for own practice within the broad context of clinical and professional policies and service level agreements while working in the Court and prison settings.
- A commitment to clinical supervision and continuing professional development. Experience of providing clinical supervision to junior staff.
- Able to maintain/forge good relationships with partnership agencies.
- Experience of working with individuals with complex and diverse needs including enduring mental health needs and dual diagnosis.
- Can demonstrate experience and commitment to working in a team and an understanding of the whole team approach.
- Ability to gather and process information in the formulation of client risk.
- Experience of working within the criminal justice system.
- Knowledge /understanding of the criminal justice system.
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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Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust
Band 6 Integrated Non-Custodial Services Practitioner - Melksham
The closing date is 28 September 2026
Job summary
The Integrated Non-Custodial (IN-CS) Liaison & Diversion Service is an NHS England-commissioned service that is looking for an experienced RMN, RNLD, Social Worker or OT to join the team.
The service is an all-age, all-vulnerabilities model, identifying care pathways for a wide range of support needs, including mental health needs, substance misuse issues, learning disabilities and neurodiversity. The practitioner, upon identifying vulnerabilities, will offer assessment, support, signposting and diversion to hospital when indicated. The successful candidate will be predominantly based in police custody suites, working alongside other criminal justice partners within Wiltshire.
NOTE: This post is open to newly qualified social workers. In line with AWP Trust policy, all newly qualified social workers (NQSWs) will be recruited initially at Band 5 level, regardless of the advertised role banding. All NQSWs are expected to successfully complete their ASYE within 2 years of employment, unless there are exceptional circumstances, in which case it may be extended for a further 2 years.
If you have been appointed to an advertised Band 6 role, this will be an automatic progression following confirmatio
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