Amhp Social Worker

About Us:

THE EXTRAORDINARY STORY OF INDEPENDENT LIVES

Adult Social Care in Westminster City Council is a world of extraordinary stories, where our passionate, caring and committed professionals do brilliant work every day.

Mrs D was frail and unwell. Her son was her main carer, but he wasn’t coping. We stepped in to help, but they were hostile to outside agencies. They’d always lived together and were terrified they’d be split up. Our Social Worker did a great job persuading Mrs D to get hospital treatment and a temporary stay in a care home. In an epic effort throughout COVID, she gained the son’s trust and sorted all the repairs, carers and nurses needed so that Mrs D could come home to live with her son. We also got Mr D regular respite and a personal budget awarded in recognition of him as her carer. After all, there’s nothing more important than living the life you want.

The Role:

As a Social Worker you can make your own powerful contribution to Westminster’s success. You’ll be working with adults who have mental health issues, so you’ll assess their needs and the risks they might face in their day-to-day lives, and generate and review care and support plans. Identifying suitable carers and any safeguarding issues that might arise, you’ll also maintain up-to-date records of your work, including entering data on the IT systems used by us and our partners.

Committed to keeping up-to-speed with the latest developments in legislation, policies and procedures, and ready to attend local social work forums, you’ll use supervision sessions with your managers to organise your workload and boost your personal development. We’ll also expect you to contribute to social work and multi-disciplinary team meetings, ward rounds, liaison groups, case reviews and other relevant meetings.

When you’re registered as an Approved Mental Health Professional (AMHP) with the City of Westminster, you’ll contribute towards our duty system of managing Mental Health Act requests, referrals and assessments. We’ll also expect you to undertake AMHP-related training, act as a Practice Assessor for AMHP and other profession-specific students, take responsibility for decision making and – if qualified as a Best Interest Assessor –  help to manage BIA assessments. 

Please refer to the Job Description for more information

About You:

With a degree in Social Work or its equivalent, and registration with Social Work England, you’ll have an Approved Mental Health Professional qualification or be keen to train for this. It’s important that you have well developed experience of working with adults from a range of ethnic and cultural groups, and you should also possess post-qualification experience of working with people with severe and enduring mental health problems.

You’ll be working as a key member of a multi-disciplinary team, so we’ll look for excellent communication and interpersonal skills as well as an empathetic understanding of the different levels of disadvantage which can affect diverse communities. It’s vital that you have a good understanding of current legislation and guidance, and you’ll also be ready to establish excellent working relationships with other teams and external agencies.

Capable of prioritising your timetable and working positively in a potentially stressful environment, you’ll have a flexible attitude to your practice and be willing to occasionally extend your working day if required. Dedicated to treating our service users with respect and dignity, and with a culturally sensitive approach which considers the needs of the whole person, we’ll also expect you to be ready to teach, mentor and assess our junior staff and other learners.

What We Offer:

Westminster is an amazing place. We are home to more than 200,000 residents from all backgrounds, over 50,000 vibrant and vital businesses and three-quarters-of-a-million people work in Westminster. Westminster City Council’s strategy is to work towards a Fairer Westminster. A Fairer Westminster is one in which our communities are at the heart of our decision-making and help to determine the city’s future. By working directly with our communities and other partners, we can build a more inclusive city that celebrates our diverse communities, and where residents, workers and visitors from all backgrounds will feel welcome and safe.

At Westminster City Council, we pride ourselves on being an inclusive workplace and employer of choice. We encourage and welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and aim to have a workforce that, at all levels, represents the communities we serve. We champion equality, diversity, inclusion and wellbeing and aim to create a workplace where everyone feels valued, has a sense of belonging and is empowered to be their best, that is the Westminster Way. To find out more about how we do this visit  https://www.westminster.gov.uk/health-and-social-care/public-health-strategy-policies-and-reports/equality-duties

As a forward-thinking Council we appreciate that people work in different ways, therefore our staff benefit from working a range of flexible working patterns as well as Agile working.

The Council is a Disability Confident Employer. If you have declared a disability in your application, we guarantee an interview if you meet the essential criteria of the job. If you are invited for interview, you will be asked if you need any reasonable adjustments in order to attend, and we will make these wherever possible.

Closing date: 2 April 2024.

Contact details for Informal discussion: Hamish Mackay, Team Manager, via email: HAMISHMACKAY@NHS.NET