Approved Mental Health Professional

Approved Mental Health Professional

Location: County Hall, Glenfield, LE3 8RA (Hybrid Worker)

Salary: £42,498- £46,344 per annum (pro rata for part-time) plus a market supplement of two increments taking salary to £44,961 to £49,098 per annum (pro rata for part-time).

Working Hours: 26 hours per week

The council are looking for a positive, flexible and enthusiastic AMHP to join their Core AMHP Team.

The team is supportive, welcoming and knowledgeable and they’re keen to recruit someone who will contribute to this dynamic as well as being independently confident in their practice. They’re keen to promote AMHP’s who can assert a socially informed, personalised model of assessment and support for those experiencing mental distress, often at times of significant crisis.

The Role

Skilled in risk management, you will be able to work in partnership with people, their families, communities and across their interagency colleagues to help to identify the most appropriate options for support. You will be able to provide specialist support and advice to colleagues and peers across the Council as needed. Core AMHP’s take an active role in developing the service and the successful candidate will be encouraged to play a part in this ongoing.

They are aware of the challenging and demanding role of the AMHP and continue to work hard to encourage a working pattern that promotes resilience and a positive work/ life balance for their core staff. There is some flexibility on which days and shifts this role can cover within their core hours but for part time staff this will generally be 2 days a week on rota completing assessments under the Mental Health Act 1983, with 1 days administration time (which also gives the opportunity to take back TOIL).

Working in a core team of 5 FTE AMHP’s and supported by pooled AMHP’s from their locality teams across the County, you will be working on a rota of split shifts (either 08:30- 17:00 or 12:00- 20:00, Monday to Friday) to complete Mental Health Act considerations and assessments for the people of Leicestershire and Rutland. Ideally you will be an experienced AMHP professional, however they are happy to encourage applications from all levels of AMHP experience from diverse social work backgrounds.

At times additional tasks such as CTO considerations, social circumstances reports, Tribunal/ Managers hearing attendance, safeguarding enquiries, and other social care duties as per the job description may be required. They also have an expectation that AMHP’s undertake their stage 3 Higher Specialist training and provide PMA support to trainee AMHP’s, as well as providing staff with a comprehensive package of AMHP specific and mandatory training. On occasions of exceptional demand, they may also require core AMHP’s to complete Mental Health Act assessments on their administration days, but aim to protect this time as far as possible with all additional tasks being negotiated and completed within your agreed hours.

Any additional hours accrued due to the unpredictable nature of Mental Health Act assessments will be remunerated as TOIL or paid back if this cannot be accommodated in line with their local policy. Travel outside of the Leicestershire and Rutland area may be required at times, however this will be agreed in advance with the AMHP team manager and is usually an exceptional occurrence.

Skills and Qualifications

• Be a registered social worker, mental health nurse, occupational therapist or clinical psychologist and have completed the required approved mental health professional training.
• Have experience of assessing a range of complex needs in the fields of mental health and/or learning disability, and/or brain injury and/or older and disabled adults.
• Have highly developed analytical skills and experience of providing effective assessment and risk management and of person-centred, solution focussed and resource efficient options.
• Have knowledge of social work methodologies, social care policies such as asset based social work, and relevant legislation including The Care Act, Mental Health Act, and Mental Capacity Act.
• Be a confident communicator who is skilled in diplomacy, persuasion, assertiveness, and conflict management and able to build effective working relationships.
• Be able to work proactively both as an individual and as part of a team and know when to seek advice and support from others.
• Be able to supervise, coach and mentor less experienced social care practitioners.

The council also expect you to share their commitment to their values and will ask you to evidence when you have demonstrated them as part of the interview process.

To Apply

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A DBS enhanced check for a regulated activity is required for this post.