Band 6
Main area Police Liaison Mental Health Professional Grade Band 6 Contract Permanent Hours Full time – 37.5 hours per week Job ref 270-TH421-MH
Site Highfield Clinical Care Centre Town Northampton Salary £39,959 – £48,117 pa pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 01/11/2026 23:59
Job overview
The street triage and police liaison services sit within our busy crisis pathway. The pathway incorporates the Acute Liaison Teams at the general hospitals, our Crisis Café work, The MH Hub, and Police Custody. This post will be predominantly based on the Street Triage and Force Control Room team, but you may be asked to work some of your shifts across the pathway as appropriate.
The work in the force control room focuses on offering triage, advice and liaison to police officers at incidents where there are mental health concerns. It may also be necessary for you to attend incidents where officers are present to support the delivery of improved mental health pathways and specialist mental health assessment.
Following triage to advise police on appropriate pathways, management strategies and care needs. If required provide assessment at community incidents. It may be that referrals will be made to outside agencies following these contacts and police will require support to access NHFT pathways as appropriate. This role will include the practical management of incidents that involve potential arrest under section 136 of the mental health act and arrangements regarding section 135 management.
Main duties of the job
Improve mental health outcomes of those who have police contact presenting with mental health needs.
- Increase engagement in health and social care services
- Contributing management plans and engagement with community agencies such and the voluntary sector
- Information sharing with GPs and developing information consent process
- Improve response times of mental health assessment to officers in the community
- Reduce officer numbers and time at incidents involving mental health concerns
- Reduce numbers of inappropriate section 136 arrest and improve crisis pathways
- Diversion from Accident & Emergency
- Provide training for police officers and control room staff
- Support continued improvements in frontline mental health responses through possible collaboration with partner agencies such as EMAS.
- Crisis Pathway roles provide specialist mental health assessment in various venues across the county to improve service user experience of mental health pathways.
- Your assessments will seek to reduce the impact of mental health presentations on partner organisations including police, EMAS and the acute hospitals
The Post Holder will need to implement data collection across health and police systems. The primary IT system for recording will be SystmOne in line with NHFT requirements.
Working for our organisation
NHFT is an NHS Community and Mental Health Foundation Trust, providing physical, mental health and specialty services in hospital settings and in the community. We provide over 200 services across the county – as well as some specialist services in bordering and nearby counties. We work together with our partners to ensure that everyone who comes through our doors receives compassionate, person-centred care, regardless of their background or circumstances.
NHFT promotes a culture of learning, to improve the care and safety of our patients and colleagues. We have achieved our ‘outstanding’ rating by encouraging opportunity, innovation, development and growth across our workforce.
At NHFT we believe that work should be rewarded in every sense which is why we are proud to an accredited living wage employer.
We aim to support financial wellbeing and create an environment where are people feel valued and able to thrive.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading. The full person specification can be accessed under the ‘About You’ Section of the document.
Person specification
Qualifications
- Registered with a qualification for role (RMN/OT/SW)
Experience
- Experience in working within mental health
- Mental Health community experience
- Experience in partnership working
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You must ensure that your application, including supporting statements and behaviour examples, are truthful and factually accurate. Please note plagiarism can include presenting the ideas and experience of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own.
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We are an equal opportunities employer, which aims to employ a workforce that reflects the diverse communities we serve. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons from all backgrounds.
All roles are subject to the home office immigration rules and therefore eligibility must meet certain requirements for any sponsorship to be considered. Please visit the government website for more information regarding eligibility,
At NHFT we support many of our colleagues to work flexibly and we will consider requests for flexible working from day one. For this role, we are open to discussing a range of options including flexible hours, agile/home working, compressed hours and part time hours. Please have a conversation with the recruiting manager about the flexibility you need and we will promise to explore what is possible with you.
Applicants who have a disability and meet the essential criteria for the job will be considered under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme. If you require a reasonable adjustment at any stage of the recruitment process please make the recruitment services team aware as soon as possible.
All posts that are engaged in a regulated activity will be subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and a DBS re-check on a three yearly basis whilst employed in such a role. Staff employed in these posts will therefore be asked to register with the DBS Automatic Update Service upon receipt of their DBS certificate and must update yearly , the annual fee will be reimbursed subject to Trust policy. For further information please visit: DBS Update Service: applicant guide – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
Please note if a DBS is applicable for the position then a charge will be deducted from your first salary.
Please note that all new starters to the trustare subject to a probationary period.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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