Approved Mental Health Professional

Pertemps; Blackburn; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dedicated Approved Mental Health Professional to join a dynamic team in Lancashire. This role involves coordinating mental health assessments, ensuring compliance with the Mental Health Act, and delivering high-quality social care. You will be part of a supportive environment, responding to complex situations and safeguarding vulnerable individuals. This position offers the opportunity to make a significant impact within the community while working flexible hours. If you are passionate about mental health and social work, this role could be your next career step.

Benefits

Dedicated consultant

Access to roles across the UK

Easy registration

Referral schemes

Incentives

Reliable payroll

Qualifications

• Registered with Social Work England and qualified as an AMHP.
• Post-qualification experience with complex cases is essential.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate assessments and ensure humane treatment during hospital admissions.
• Provide emergency duty response outside of office hours.

Skills

Approved Mental Health Professional (AMHP)

Social Work

Mental Health Assessments

Safeguarding

Mental Capacity Act

Education

Professionally qualified Social Worker

Qualified AMHP

Job description

Approved Mental Health Professional
Qualified Social Worker

Location: North West
Pay rate: £35 per hour

We are looking for experienced and passionate Approved Mental Health Professional to join a dedicated Team in Lancashire. As part of the Team, you will be part of a fast-paced, busy, and supportive environment. You will have the responsibility to coordinate assessments and demonstrate the principles of the Mental Health Act, such as the least restrictive principle and the participation principle. Ensuring the person is appropriately interviewed and, if admitted to hospital, conveyed in a humane and dignified manner is essential.

You will provide the Council’s statutory emergency duty response outside of office hours, including weekends and bank holidays, in complex situations. The role involves responding to adults needing mental health assessments, safeguarding, and social care emergency interventions.

The role holder will be responsible for the safe delivery of social care, ensuring statutory responsibilities are met, and maintaining high service standards. Managing safeguarding risks effectively within a multi-agency environment, working holistically and person-centered, keeping customers and families central to processes, is crucial. The AMHP has the authority to apply for detention under the Mental Health Act and to approve requests for Community Treatment Orders and Guardianship. Trained Best Interest Assessors (BIAs) can recommend deprivation of liberty under the Mental Capacity Act.

Ideal candidate will be:

• Professionally qualified Social Worker registered with Social Work England.
• Qualified AMHP.
• Post-qualification experience, especially with complex cases.
• Willing to undergo an enhanced disclosure check.
• Available to work out of hours, including weekends and Bank Holidays, to provide a 24/7 service.

In this role, you will:

• Respond to out-of-hours referrals, making highly complex decisions across social work duties.
• Carry out assessments and share outcomes appropriately in emergency settings.
• Assess and facilitate hospital admissions or refer to less restrictive alternatives, liaising with crisis and medical teams.
• Ensure effective safeguarding interventions, managing investigations, protection planning, and thorough recording.
• Apply the Mental Capacity Act diligently, supporting vulnerable individuals, and seeking least restrictive options using professional judgment and flexibility.
• Engage informal supports, resolve conflicts, and coordinate with statutory, voluntary, and independent services. Prepare high-quality documentation.

This is an agency post, and Pertemps offers:

• A dedicated consultant with access to roles across the UK.
• Easy registration, referral schemes, incentives, compliance management, reliable payroll, and more.

This role is ideally suited for candidates traveling from areas including Blackburn, Fulwood, Rawtenstall, Blackpool, Morecambe, Darwin, Preston, Crosby, Chorley, Clitheroe, Oswaldtwistle, Burnley, Bootle, Lancaster, Middleton, Leigh, Ormskirk, Skelmersdale, Leyland, Accrington, Barrow, Wigan, St Helens, Liverpool, Birkenhead, Widnes, Warrington, Wirral, Huyton, Wallasey, Manchester, Rochdale, Oldham, Bolton, Altrincham, Cheadle, Stockport, Ashton under Lyme, Stretford, Bury, and other nearby areas.

We recruit across all areas of Qualified Social Work. If this role isn't suitable, contact us for other opportunities such as IRO, BIA, MASH, Children Looked After, Safeguarding, Duty & Assessment, Children in Need, Child Protection, EHCP, Youth Justice, Adult Social Work, Hospital Discharge, Homeless Intervention, Service Management, and more.