Approved Mental Health Professional - Emergency

Sanctuary Personnel; Northampton; On-site; GBP 50,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative recruitment agency is seeking an Approved Mental Health Professional for a permanent position within the Emergency Duty & Assessment Team. This role is crucial in providing emergency social work services, requiring autonomy and expertise in child protection and safeguarding. You will lead investigations and ensure compliance with legislative frameworks while supporting unqualified staff. This is an excellent opportunity for professionals passionate about making a difference in the community, working in a supportive environment that values diversity and inclusion.

Qualifications

• Social Work England registered with a relevant qualification.
• Strong understanding of relevant legislation and frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Provide emergency statutory social work duty service out-of-hours.
• Lead child protection and adult safeguarding investigations.

Skills

Autonomous Work

Child Protection Investigations

Adult Safeguarding Investigations

Mental Health Act Assessments

Education

Social Work Qualification or Equivalent

Job description

Approved Mental Health Professional - Emergency

Northampton, Northamptonshire, England
NN2

Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency, has a new permanent position available for an AMHP within the Emergency Duty & Assessment Team to work full-time based in Northamptonshire.

The salary for this permanent AMHP job is up to £49,955 per annum.

* The Emergency Duty team runs an out-of-hours service, responding to statutory emergencies and other social work matters within the childcare and adult arenas.

* The positions within the team are principal social worker roles. This is on a rota basis, and you will provide an emergency statutory social work duty service out-of-hours with minimal supervision. The ability to work autonomously is therefore paramount.

* You will provide guidance and support to sessional and unqualified staff. You will take the lead in child protection investigations, adult safeguarding investigations, and will undertake Mental Health Act assessments as Approved Mental Health Professionals, ensuring that services are delivered within the legislative and statutory planning frameworks, Government Guidance, the Trust's Core Values and Strategic Aims, and Service policies and procedures.

* The role includes assessing the needs of children and their families against the Department's agreed threshold criteria and in accordance with National Guidance with set timescales, the creation and implementation of culturally appropriate care plans that demonstrate flexibility and innovative use of resources, and which will fulfil the statutory requirements of the Department until the next working day.

Requirements of this AMHP job:

1. A social Work Qualification or equivalent.
2. Understanding of relevant legislation.
3. 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, 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.

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.