Senior Social Worker - EDT - AMHP

St Helens Council; St Helens; Hybrid; GBP 39,000 - 49,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Welcome Gesture

Job summary

St Helens Council seeks experienced Social Workers to join the Emergency Duty Team in an out-of-hours capacity. The role focuses on safeguarding children and adults, including AMHP responsibilities and Mental Health Act assessments, with a strong emphasis on professional autonomy.

The EDT operates from Widnes with regular travel across the St Helens & Halton area. Flexible arrangements across home and office settings are in place to meet service needs.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering high-quality safeguarding work for vulnerable children and adults.
• Ability to operate with a high level of professional autonomy.
• Experience as AMHP or Eligible AMHP under Mental Health Act provisions.

Responsibilities

• Provide out-of-hours emergency social work response through EDT.
• Assess risk of immediate harm for children and adults.
• Collaborate with St Helens & Halton EDT and other agencies to safeguard service users.

Skills

Autonomy

Out-of-hours experience

Education

Approved Mental Health Professional (AMHP)

Job description

Our Social Care workforce provides services to children, young people and their families day in and day out, making a positive impact on the lives of people within the community. The dedication, professionalism and strength of our Children's workforce is demonstrated every day, and we welcome applications from experienced Social Workers who share our commitment and values and want to make a difference to our children and young people in St Helens. We are rated GOOD by Ofsted and OUTSTANDING with services for young people leaving care.

People are the most important resource we have which is why in addition to our fantastic employee benefits, we are also currently offering an additional £4,000 Welcome Gesture to the first 6 Post Qualified Experienced Social Workers appointed from our new Social Worker recruitment campaign (Terms & Conditions Apply, please contact us for further details).

Are you who we are looking for:

• Do you have the knowledge, skills and experience to deliver a high-quality service to vulnerable children and adults?
• Are you an Approved Mental Health Professional, able to undertake Mental Health Act Assessments.
• Do you have an awareness of the legislative and procedural issues relating to safeguarding work?
• Can you operate with a high level of professional autonomy?

Making a Difference as Senior Social Worker/ AMHP with the Emergency Duty Team

The St Helens Emergency Duty Team, who are also commissioned by Halton LA, deliver an out of hours emergency response in respect of risk of immediate harm for People's Services.

This encompasses immediate risk of harm to children and adults, mental Health support/ assessments, and homelessness.

EDT’s primary office base is situated at Municipal Building in Widnes.

Employees can regularly work away from Council workspaces (including home or other locations), alongside required office-based working. The balance between remote and office-based working is determined at service level based on operational need.

This post will require you to be based at our Widnes office and be able to attend the St Helens and Halton area regularly as part of your work.

As a member of the St Helens & Halton EDT Service, you will be part of a skilled and professional team supported by experienced colleagues and Team Manager.

Full Job Description & Person Specification Documents are included with this advert.

'details of the working arrangements can be found in the information for candidates'

This post is subject to Enhanced DBS disclosure and Social Work England

We reserve the right to close the advert early, with sufficient applications. Apply early to avoid disappointment.