AMHP / Approved Mental Health Professional

JOB-20241107-791d94d2

Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency has a new permanent position available for an Approved Mental Health Professional (AMHP) to work Full Time based in Tameside.

The salary for this permanent AMHP job is up to £47,551per annum.

Main duties:

* Assessment/formulation & monitoring of risk.
* To monitor, review and evaluate care for the service user in collaboration with the multi-disciplinary team, referring agent, family/carer and service user, where appropriate.
* To liaise with all agencies and members of the Muti-Disciplinary Team, Adult Social Care & PCFT to ensure the needs of the service user are met.
* Establish & maintain communication with individuals and groups on the caseload about difficult or complex matters, in such a way as to overcome any problems in communication.
* To offer peer supervision to local authority Community Support Workers/Social Workers as appropriate.
* To maintain accurate, up to date records on the local authority's electronic record system, for all service users referred and receiving assessment, care treatment and support in the mental health team.
* To offer initial social care assessments to those newly referred to the service.
* To participate in the Local Authorities Mental Health Duty system on a rota basis, & be able to offer a rapid response to service users immediate needs, including those arising from crises and support our health colleagues with understanding and implementing service users social care needs.
* To maintain a persistent approach to engagement where there are complex mental health difficulties.
* To have the capacity to prioritise and work flexibly with MDTs in order to respond to rapidly changing social care needs.
* To promote the physical health & wellbeing of service users.
* To undertake duties in ensuring Safeguarding is everyone's business in relation to an adult with care and support needs who may be at risk of abuse or neglect and any action required.
* To participate in the AMHP rota if appropriate, or train to be an AMHP.
* To support service young users that are transitioning from children's services, acknowledging the complexities involved with this work, including EHCPs, SEND and multi-agency working.
* Be accountable for your own practice and ongoing learning, contribute to the learning of the team through supporting colleagues and student's placements.
* Complying with departmental policies and procedures and quality standards.
* Exercising decision-making with reference to legal and ethical literacy.
* To engage in regular supervision and Annual Development Reviews.
* To develop the service and assist in continuous improvement programmes.
* To undertake the duties in accordance with the hours as may be required by the service.

Requirements of this AMHP role:

* A social Work Qualification or equivalent.
* Understanding of relevant legislation.
* Registered or eligible for registration.

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, Sanctuary Personnel 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.

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