AMHP – Specialist Hub

Global Healthcare Jobs, an innovative and committed recruitment agency has a new permanent position available for a Approved Mental Health Practitioner (AMHP) within the Specialist Hub Team to work full time based in Hillingdon.

The salary for this permanent AMHP job is up to £56,000 per annum.

Main duties:

• To ensure, as far as it’s possible, that the resources of the department and other statutory and voluntary organisations are effectively mobilised where relevant.
• To demonstrate understanding of the Council’s Customer Care Standards and ensure that these standards are met in order to deliver the Council vision of “putting our residents first”.
• To provide supervision for trainees or staff, other than social workers when required to do so.
• No direct supervisory responsibility however may be requirments to assist in induction and training of peers and new employees.
• Required to supervise Social Work trainees or non-social work staff and AMHP trainees.
• Working with either the Older People’s Service or the adult mental health team, he/she will, with supervision and advice, care coordinate/care manage a caseload of service users within the Care Programme Approach policy or Lead Professional Care and practice guidance for Hillingdon.
• They will undertake the tasks of assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of action or treatment, negotiating for and co-ordinating the application of resources and seeking modification of attitudes or behaviour when required.
• The caseload will include the most vulnerable service users or those with the most complex problems and he/she may be expected to accept responsibility for action in relation to the safety of service users, their carers or others in emergency situations.
• They will undertake the tasks of assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of action or treatment, negotiating for and co-ordinating the application of resources and seeking modification of attitudes or behaviour when required.
• The employee will operate as an Approved Social Worker under the Mental Health Act 1983, adhering closely with the requirments of the Act.
• To contribute to departmental research into the agency functioning and current service user need if required. To undertake training in the Department’s Protocol I.T. system which will equip the staff member with the required skills to enter referrals directly onto the system and maintain care packages on their personal data.
• Complete other reasonable tasks in order to fulfil role purpose or as instructed by management.

Requirements of this AMHP job:

• A social Work Qualification or equivalent.
• Understanding of relevant legislation.
• Continual professional development.
• Social Work England registered.

Contact:
This AMHP job is advertised by Zehnn Young; if you are interested in this position please click above to apply now.

Due to the high volume of applications we receive, regretfully we are only able to respond to candidates who meet our clients’ requirements.

As a pioneer of diverse recruitment, Global Healthcare Jobs is proud to encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds as our pool of candidates is very much reflective of the clients that candidates will support within their role. This very much played a significant in previously winning ‘Best Candidate Care’ at the Recruiter Awards as well being a two-time finalist for the same award.

Global Healthcare Jobs takes great pride in building candidate and client relationships that promote Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI).

With recruitment consultants and all other employees undertaking annual online training on EDI and many other compliance training courses, Global Healthcare Jobs is best placed to undertake a fair and thorough selection process.

Reasonable Adjustments:
If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into your work placement.