Main duties of the job Your primary role will be to establish strong working relationships with agencies and services working within Court settings. You will possess excellent interpersonal skills that will enable you to challenge, motivate, influence and inspire your colleagues at all levels. The remit of a Crown Court Liaison and Diversion practitioner will be: To advise on the MHA 1983 (amended 2007), especially Part III. (Part III of the 1983 Mental Health Act (amended 2007) covers patients concerned with criminal proceedings). With mental health law arising comparatively rarely in barristers experience, they may value assistance from the Liaison and Diversion Service navigating mental health pathways. A good working knowledge of the Criminal Procedures and Insanity legislation governing unfitness to plead, insanity, and alternative disposals. A good working knowledge of risk analysis, to advise the Court whether pre-sentence psychiatric reports should explicitly address risk. Knowledge of potential special experts in forensic psychology and forensic psychiatry, to understand whether experts are available at short notice or have additional areas of expertise e.g. neuro-psychiatry and neuro-psychology etc. An understanding of responsibility for assessments and reports on defendants aged below 18. A need to be aware of referral mechanisms, who may act as special experts and under what conditions. Knowledge of the role and function of court appointed intermediaries. An understanding of referral pathways into local Secure Units, and relevant High Secure Services (names, mobile and landline numbers and email addresses). These are to facilitate, liaison and develop formal relationships and partnerships. It is important to know how long units take to conduct assessments and achieve transfers from prison. A good working knowledge of available General Adult Mental Health Services, Substance Misuse Services, Learning Disability Services, Children and Adolescent Services (CAMHS) and Old Age Psychiatry. An understanding of the role of the National Offender Management Service Public Protection & Mental Health Group. Where the Crown Court has a catchment area wider than that of the provider of the L&D service, the ability to establish formal links with all L&D services whose police stations and magistrates courts feed into that Crown Court. An understanding of what services the prison mental health services and primary care services provide. The ability to establish strong working relationships with agencies and services working within Crown Court settings. An understanding of the data collected in the minimum data set and how it can be used to inform service delivery and development You will be primarily based in Norwich Crown court but could be asked to work/cover in other judiciary areas as the service develops (e.g. some bank holiday court cover). It is essential that you are able to travel independently to other court sites - should the need arise. Other: Please find attached our Job Description and Person Specification for more detail on your Key Accountabilities, then if you feel you have what it takes to make a difference in your local communities, click APPLY! Candidates may only be given a minimum of 3 days notice regarding interviews. You will be contacted via email and invited to book a time. These emails may go to your SPAM, so please keep checking all your emails if applying.