Registered Professional - Forensic Team / CMHT

Overview

Go back Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust

The closing date is 21 September 2025

Do You Want to Make a Difference to Offender Care Across Coventry and Warwickshire?

Come and Join Our Growing Forensic CMHT

We are looking to recruit 4 skilled professionals with forensic experience to work across our Community Mental Health Services. This project aims to enhance the confidence and competence of Forensic knowledge throughout Community Mental Health.

Exciting investment at Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust (CWPT) allows us to expand our existing Forensic Community Mental Health Team. We're building a dynamic, multi-disciplinary team of 27 skilled professionals to deliver outstanding mental health care to adults with forensic presentations. This ambitious, 2-year project is backed by significant funding and is focused on transforming mental health services for people who are a risk to others.

What We're Working On

• Setting up a dedicated clinic space within a local remand prison
• Improving the transition pathway from secure care to community services
• Embedding forensic specialists into each Community Mental Health Team (CMHT)
• Providing consultation and formulation support to staff and services
• Creating a co-production forum for collaborative service development
• Offering targeted risk reduction interventions in the community
• Delivering comprehensive forensic training for all CWPT staff
• Leading research on community forensic services to shape future care

Main duties of the job

Who We Are Looking For:

We're seeking passionate individuals with a background working with forensic service users and those with complex mental health needs. The roles will involve building care pathways and fostering strong working relationships with other teams and external agencies, so excellent communication and collaboration skills are essential. If you're experienced in forensic settings (e.g., prisons, secure hospitals, probation) and have a solid understanding of the relevant legislation, we'd love to hear from you.

What We Offer

• A supportive and enthusiastic work environment with a focus on growth
• Weekly team supervision to ensure ongoing professional development
• Generous opportunities for CPD, tailored to your interests and career goals
• Roles that match your skills and strengths, ensuring you thrive in your position
• A chance to be part of a transformative project that will shape the future of forensic mental health services

At CWPT, we're committed to nurturing a team of motivated and compassionate professionals who can make a real impact in the lives of those with complex mental health needs. If you're ready to take on this exciting challenge, we'd love to hear from you and discuss how you can contribute to this innovative project.

Interested? Reach out today to learn more or ask any questions you may have about the roles and the team.

About us

At Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust (CWPT), we deliver a wide range of physical, mental health, learning disability and autism services, and are proud to serve communities across Coventry, Warwickshire and beyond.

We put 'people at our heart'; this ethos is at the centre of everything we do and how we do it. We care for our staff and colleagues as much as they care for others and offer a wide range of benefits and development opportunities.

These include:

• Generous annual leave entitlement which increases during your time with us
• Excellent learning and development opportunities, including apprenticeship frameworks, distance learning, internal training, coaching and mentoring, and much more
• Salary sacrifice schemes for lease car/ vehicle, Cycle to Work, home and electronics, gym membership and more
• Discounts with a range of retailers, restaurants and entertainment venues through our Employee Assistance Programme and NHS discount schemes
• Wellbeing support, including an in-house counselling service, external helpline and more
• Staff networks and support groups

We're always on the lookout for people who share our passion for improving the lives and wellbeing of people in our community, as well as our values of compassion, collaboration, excellence, integrity and respect.

Job description Job responsibilities

An interest in working with people with complex and significant mental health problems is vital and we see this as an ideal opportunity to develop more specialist skills. It's important you have strong communication skills and you can work on your own initiative as well as collaboratively with colleagues. A willingness and enthusiasm to learn new skills and develop your practice is vital. There are tight deadlines, and you will be often under pressure but you will be supported throughout your time with the team and we invest time and energy in developing you as a clinician. You will have to make difficult decisions but having a supportive and experienced team and management alongside you, helps with that process.

Person Specification Qualifications Essential

• Current unrestricted registration with HCPC/NMC

Knowledge and Skills Essential

• Ability to demonstrate and apply understanding of policies and procedures
• Ability to demonstrate and apply understanding of Equal Opportunities
• Ability to demonstrate and apply understanding of confidentiality
• Ability to demonstrate and apply understanding safety issues
• Ability to demonstrate and apply problem solving skills to a variety of situations

Experience Essential

• Substantial experience in a Community Mental health care setting
• Significant experience of undertaking assessment, formulation, risk assessment and positive risk management

Other Essential

• Must have full driving licence and access to a motor vehicle for business use

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details Employer name

Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust

Address

Swanswell Point

Stoney Stanton Road

Coventry

CV1 4FS

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