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What we do?
Cheshire Liaison and Diversion Service aims to improve overall health and justice outcomes for people with a range of vulnerabilities or complex needs. We aim to support people in reducing reoffending. We provide initial screening, case identification, rapid assessment, liaison, signposting and support to people through the criminal justice process. We make onward referrals into appropriate health and social care services, which enables people to be diverted from the criminal justice system into the most appropriate service required.
We ensure that people with mental health, learning disability, substance misuse problems and other vulnerabilities are identified and assessed as early as possible, to ensure the right support is put in place from the start as they pass through the criminal justice system.
Who we are
The team has clinical managers, liaison and diversion practitioners (mental health nurses, learning disability nurses, occupational therapists and social workers), health liaison and diversion facilitators (HLDF), support navigators and peer support workers.
Who is our service for?
Our service is an ageless service, accessible to all vulnerable people who are in contact with the criminal justice system.
Locations and operating times
Runcorn Custody Suite: 7am to 10pm, seven days a week
Warrington Magistrates Court: 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday and occasional Saturday or bank holiday court 9am till 12 noon
Community input: 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday. Call us and leave a message on 0800 888 6714 (we aim to respond within 48 hours).
Who can refer?
● Self-referral is accepted by contacting us on 0800 888 6714, or ask to see us in our locations
● Police can refer to us in custody suites
● Any agency can make a referral, providing the person is in contact with the criminal justice system
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