Approved Mental Health Practitioner

Bury Council; Radcliffe; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

Bury Council is seeking an AMHP to provide a dedicated daytime AMHP response, Monday to Friday from 9.00am to 5.00pm. The post is supported by a backup rota and contingency rota from other AMHPs across Adult services, and the service is embedded in the community mental health team based at Humphrey House.

The role supports statutory AMHP responsibilities under the Mental Health Act 1983, aims to manage referrals within rota resources, and offers ongoing professional development and regular

Job description

About the role

The post holder will provide a dedicated AMHP response during daytime working hours Monday to Friday 9.00am 17-00pm. The role will be supported by a backup rota and contingency rota from other AMHPs from across Adult service in the borough. The AMHP service is embedded in the community mental health team based at Humphrey House.

The main purpose of the AMHP post is to provide an effective AMHP service to meet the needs of Bury residents who might also be residing in a wider geographic area in keeping with Bury council’s statutory AMHP responsibilities under the Mental Health Act 1983.

The AMHP role will ensure wherever possible that referrals to the service are managed within the resources provided in the scope of the AMHP rota. This may require the post holder to complete multiple assessments to meet the service demand and occasionally there may be the necessity to work outside of the allocated working day. Bury local authority have a robust Time off in Lieu (TOIL) in place to support a work-life-balance.

To maintain and improve professional standards of your practice and across the wider AMHP service through personal development and specialist AMHP related training including regular supervision.

To promote and incorporate principles and values set out in the mental health act and the mental health act code of practice and other relevant legislation.

To participate in undertaking all duties associated with the role of an AMHP.

Normal hours of work are 37 hours per week based around the usual business working week. Dependent on service requirements, you may be required to work on a rota basis.

About Bury

The Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share this commitment. Appointment may be subject to a satisfactory disclosure at the appropriate level under the Disclosure and Barring Service. In line with safer recruitment, please ensure that your application/CV covers your full employment history and there is a reason noted for any gaps in employment. Successful candidates will be asked to provide relevant references for the past ten years and character references will not be accepted.

Please note we are unable to support with sponsorship at this time.

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We are committed to Bury being an equal society that recognises values and embraces all people, regardless of any difference, for the skills, abilities and experiences they bring into the workforce and the wider community. Therefore we guarantee an interview for disabled people, looked after children/ care leavers, armed forces personnel (including reservists and veterans) and carers of adults or disabled children if they meet the essential criteria.

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