Social Worker - Mental Health Advanced Practitioner

Sanctuary Personnel; Enfield; On-site; GBP 55,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative recruitment agency is seeking a Mental Health Advanced Practitioner Social Worker to join their team in Enfield. This exciting full-time role involves complex assessments, care planning, and providing professional guidance to ensure high-quality services. The position offers the opportunity to lead best practice development and work collaboratively with various stakeholders. With a competitive salary of up to £54,516 per annum, this role is perfect for a dedicated professional looking to make a meaningful impact in mental health services. Join a forward-thinking organization that values diversity and inclusion, and contribute to empowering service users and families.

Qualifications

• Professional Social Work qualification or equivalent is required.
• Understanding of relevant legislation is essential.

Responsibilities

• Undertake complex assessments and maintain a reduced caseload.
• Provide leadership in best practice development within the team.

Skills

Mental Health Assessment

Care Planning

Leadership

Professional Guidance

Policy Development

Education

Professional Social Work Qualification

Job description

Social Worker - Mental Health Advanced Practitioner

Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency has a new permanent position available for a Mental Health Advanced Practitioner Social Worker AMHP to work full time based in Enfield.

The salary for this permanent Mental Health Advanced Practitioner Social Worker AMHP job is up to £54,516 per annum.

1. To undertake complex assessments and care planning and to maintain a reduced caseload of complex cases.
2. To use skills, knowledge and understanding of AMHP Practice and law to support and deliver in the development of the AMHP Service, and to support development of understanding of such complexities within designated team.
3. To provide professional guidance and support to Social Work staff supporting the delivery of high-quality customer focussed services that encourage and enable independence and choice and manage risk.
4. To provide leadership role in best practice development, with specific responsibility within a specific area (e.g. Safeguarding Adults or Children, AMHP Practice, Care Management, Housing etc).
5. Initiate and/or engage with recommend best practice developments and implement changes in policy/procedures within a specialist area of the Service and participate in practice development by briefing colleagues in new procedures and/or different methods or approaches.
6. Carry out audits or participate in research to support quality assurance and develop standards as required.
7. Contribute to the development of action plans or work with existing action plans, producing evidence for the actions.
8. Establish effective links and working relationships with other key colleagues from different services within and external to the Council and Mental Health NHS Trusts, Acute NHS Trusts, ensuring a professional approach to team working and appropriate services for Service Users and Carers.
9. To maintain detailed, accurate and concise recordings of the planning and execution of assessments with clearly recorded decision-making processes and outcomes. And produce written reports of decision-making following completion of each assessment and application.
10. To keep abreast of relevant policy, procedures, local practice, and to maintain a working knowledge of local resources to empower service users and families to make informed choices in reducing risk in future Mental Health Crisis, and/or Hospital admission.
11. Engage in professional supervision to enhance knowledge and skills development to ensure lawful and quality practice and on-going professional development.
12. Any other duties appropriate to the post and grade as required.

Requirements of this Mental Health Advanced Practitioner Social Worker AMHP role:

1. A professional Social Work qualification or equivalent.
2. Understanding of relevant legislation.
3. Registered or eligible for registration.
4. Have a good working knowledge of the relevant legislation.

Contact:

This Mental Health Advanced Practitioner Social Worker 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.

Sanctuary takes great pride in building candidate and client relationships that promote Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI).

With recruitment consultants and all other employees undertaking annual online training on EDI and many other compliance training courses, Sanctuary is best placed to undertake a fair and thorough selection process.

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. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into your work placement.