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Northumberland County Council are looking for passionate Approved Mental Health Professionals (AMHPs) who are keen to deliver a high-quality, Adult Mental Health service.
If you want to work in an innovative learning organisation, with excellent training and great benefits, Northumberland County Council is the ideal place to progress your career. At Northumberland, we support our AMHPs to ensure they have the resources and environment they need to make a real difference. We are keen to appoint enthusiastic and experienced AMHPs who can share our vision in the development of the AMHP role.
We have a AMHP team manager, who is the single point of contact for all daytime requests for Mental Health Act assessment across the County and you will be part of an established AMHP team whose role includes following patients through their journey through hospital to discharge and ensuring successful return home. This allows the AMHP to see the whole story through to recovery rather than just intervening at the most difficult point in a patient’s experience. Full time AMHPs work four days including one 8AM to 8PM long day per week and carry a small case load of patients in hospital. This model offers the opportunity to continue the development and application of your Social Work/ Professional skills, values and specialist knowledge in the context of working with complex ethical and legislative processes. You must be able to work flexible hours which includes providing out of hour’s standby for AMHP duties only on a rota basis. The ability to drive and to have your own transport is required due to the nature of the work.
Main Responsibilities include:
· act as an AMHP on behalf of Northumberland County Council, undertaking Mental Health Act work.
· work autonomously and have extensive of working with individuals, carers and families in a mental health crisis.
· provide consultation, support, and assistance to the wider community teams.
· completing care act assessments for patients newly admitted to hospital
· provide a range of assessments and care interventions to promote mental health well-being and social inclusion wherever possible.
What we offer:
To support you in your AMHP role you will receive:
• 1 to 1 supervision
• Access to NCC AMHP Forums, for peer group discussion & intervention
• An AMHP mentor to provide additional support in your first year of employment
• 18 hours (3 days) of AMHP approval training in each year
• A structured induction service
• Access to our Mental Health Social Worker/Lead AMHP to support and develop your social work practice
• Access to protected time each year to work on your professional portfolio (Social Work England registration)
• Opportunity to be involved in the practice education of Social Workers and AMHPs undertaking professional training
• Access to NCC training programmes.
Essential requirements:
For these roles you must hold:
• A registered Professional/Social Work qualification.
• A current Approved Mental Health Professional (AMHP) qualification
• Registration with Social Work England or other Professional registering body.
• This role will require an Enhanced DBS check If you want to be part of this forward-thinking service and can help us to achieve our vision, please apply now.
For an informal discussion about these opportunities, please contact christopher.hardy01@northumberland.gov.uk 07976 512400
This role requires an Enhanced DBS. (This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act,1974)
All vacancies close at midnight unless otherwise stated
A full employment history is required for this role. Please provide a full employment history, together with a satisfactory written explanation of any gaps in employment.
The salary range is £42403 - 46464
- 26 days annual leave plus public/bank holidays, rising to 31 days after 5 years of service (pro rata for part-time employees)
- Automatic enrolment into the Local Government Pension Scheme
- Flexi scheme – up to 2 days flexible leave available per month (pro rata for part-time employees)
- Local government discount schemes available to all employees with offers at local businesses along with various national brands
- Commitment to work/life balance offering flexibility through various schemes including job sharing, home working, flexible working, term-time only, and compressed hours
- Car leasing scheme
- A range of salary sacrifice schemes are available
- Staff networks - run by staff, for staff, providing opportunities for peer networking, mutual support, staff development e.g. Apprenticeship, Armed Forces, ASD, Enable (disability), LGBT+, Menopause, Mental Wellbeing, Racial Equality
