Approved Mental Health Professional

Coventry City Council; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

A local government authority in Coventry seeks a highly motivated Mental Health Social Worker for its Community Mental Health Team. The role involves assessing and coordinating care for individuals with mental health concerns, emphasizing person-centered and strength-based approaches. Candidates must be registered Social Workers with excellent assessment skills and a passion for promoting independence. The team offers a supportive environment with training opportunities and career development. A flexible working arrangement is available, requiring office presence at least two days a week.

Benefits

Competitive salary

In-house and external training opportunities

Professional supervision from team leadership

Qualifications

• Passion for promoting independence and aiding recovery from mental health disorders.
• Provide your registration number with your application.

Responsibilities

• Assess, coordinate, and arrange care for individuals with mental health concerns.
• Develop personal home treatment plans.
• Work as part of a team in a flexible/hybrid environment.

Skills

Excellent assessment skills

Working knowledge of and application of MHA, MCA, The Care Act and Children’s Act

Excellent risk assessment and management skills

Ability to work in collaboration with people with lived experiences

Good IT skills

Education

Social Work England Registered

Job description

We value diverse perspectives and experiences and are striving to create a workplace culture that is inclusive, is accepting of all and is free from discrimination and bias. We have a simple vision and strategy that defines what we are trying to achieve, our purpose and our approach which underpin the principles of Adult Social Care, and we continue to work in support of this. In a simple sense all our work, at whatever level should continue to support the strategy of: ‘Providing support, in the least intrusive manner possible, based on the assets, resources and abilities that are available to people’. We are in line with Our One Coventry Values, ensuring our communities are represented across our workforce. A vital part of this is ensuring we are a truly inclusive organisation that encourages diversity in all respects, including diversity of thinking. We particularly welcome applicants from minority ethnic, LGBT+, disabled and neurodiverse communities to make a real difference to our residents so that equity and respect remains at the heart of everything we do.

Our Values

• Open and fair: We are fair, open, and transparent.
• Nurture and develop: We help and encourage everyone to be their best and do their best.
• Engage and empower: We talk and listen to others, working together as one.
• Create and innovate: We embrace new ways of working to continuously improve.
• Own and be accountable: We work together to deliver the best services for our residents.
• Value and respect: We put diversity and inclusion at the heart of all we do.

What is the job role?

We are looking for a highly motivated professional to join our Community Mental Health Team based at Swanswell Point in Coventry. The team incorporates Community Mental Health Nurses, Approved Mental Health Professionals, Social Workers, Occupational Therapists, Psychologists, Psychiatrists, Support Workers, and Clerical Staff. The team supports people to co‑produce recovery plans to enable better lives and to stay as independent as possible. All supports are person‑centred, strength‑based and designed for people to have choice and control in their lives. As a Mental Health Social Worker, you will also be involved in assessing, coordinating, and arranging care for people living with mental health concerns, both in the community and in hospital. If you are an Approved Mental Health Professional, you will be required to undertake assessments under the Mental Health Act as part of the city‑wide AMHP rota. For all posts, we operate a flexible / hybrid working week and you will be office‑based at least 2 days a week.

Who are we looking for?

Social Work England Registered Social Workers with a passion for promoting independence and aiding recovery from the effects of mental health disorders. (Please supply your registration number with your application). The successful candidates will have:

• Excellent assessment skills
• Working knowledge of and application of MHA, MCA, The Care Act and Children’s Act
• Working knowledge of the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards
• Excellent risk assessment and management skills
• Organisation, recording and workload management skills
• Diplomacy, negotiating, listening skills
• Ability to work in collaboration with people with lived experiences, carers and colleagues
• Will work as part of a team
• Autonomy and decision‑making skills
• Develop personal home treatment plans
• Good IT skills
• A vision for your own career development and future training
• Resilience, flexibility, stamina and a great sense of humour

In return you will benefit from:

• Being welcomed into a highly professional and thoroughly hard‑working, friendly team
• Group and individual professional supervision from the Team Leader/ Team Manager / AMHP Lead within the team
• Excellent in‑house and external training opportunities
• Opportunities to experience and present at various professional forums including our Pre‑Court Legal Panel and AMHP Forums
• Highly competitive salary with career development opportunities
• Supportive working environment with good camaraderie and inclusion initiatives

Guaranteed Interview Scheme

As part of our commitment to inclusion, we offer guaranteed interviews for specific groups of people. To qualify, you’ll need to meet the minimum requirements for the role and identify with one of the below criteria:

• Members of the Armed Forces and veterans
• Are currently in care or have previously been in care
• Consider yourself to be disabled or if you have a long‑term health condition

Contact and Application

For further information and an informal discussion please contact Mat Bilbe by email: [e-mail]

This post is exempted under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and appointment to this post will be conditional upon the receipt of a satisfactory response to a check of police records via Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). All candidates must have the Right to Work in the UK. We are currently not offering sponsorship for this role.

About Coventry

Coventry has a proud, innovative and creative spirit that throughout its history has seen communities come together to tackle problems and bring about real social change. We are cutting‑edge, challenging, youthful, vibrant and diverse. With around 5100 staff from a range of different backgrounds, our aim is to recruit and develop talented people who will focus on our customers, take responsibility, work together and find better ways of doing things. To deliver the best services to our residents, we need the best people working for us to make a difference to our communities.

Benefits package

To find out more please visit https://www.coventry.gov.uk/council-vacancies