Approved Mental Health Professional

Approved Mental Health Professional (AMHP)
£41.80 per hour
South West England
37 hours p/w, daytime hours Mon-Fri

About the role:
An exciting opportunity for an experienced AMHP to fulfil the role of AMHP Lead with responsibility for routine and urgent work subject to the Mental Health Act (1983), as amended 2007. You will provide operational leadership and triage support for the service and working closely with the Head of Service Integrated Pathways to ensure the AMHP service delivers its statutory obligations. You will be leading on professional support and development of others, including the provision of supervision and overseeing legal compliance of the AMHPs. As AMHP Lead you will be responsible for a managerial and senior clinical duties including providing advice and consultation to multidisciplinary colleagues and partaking in Mental Health Act assessments.

You must be qualified as an Approved Mental Health Professional (AMHP) with evidence of your practice to support Approval (warranting). You must have an enhanced level knowledge of the Mental Health Act 1983 (2007), the Codes of Practice 2018, the Human Rights Act 1998 and other relevant legislation, such as the Mental Capacity Act 2005 and The Care Act 2014. 

The AMHP Service focuses strongly on quality of s.13(1) ‘triage’, with emphasis on promoting the rights of vulnerable individuals, advocating for the independence and empowerment of people to make choices where they can. To this end, we encourage and assist our partners with exploring least restrictive options, utilising our knowledge of evidence-based research and balancing this with sound risk management. In turn, the AMHP Service provides excellent collegiate support, including daily AMHP briefings at start and end of the day, when possible depending on the demands of the day. 

You will be required to demonstrate skills in the ability to assess manage and work in situations which may involve risk and by extension using initiative to address safeguarding issues.   You will have excellent communication and Leadership skills and you must demonstrate a track record for working collaboratively with individuals, families, and multi-disciplinary professionals. 

Swindon Daytime AMHP service is a small but supportive workforce, passionate about our community, with all members of the team having years of experience working with functional and organic illness within Mental Health teams locally and neighbouring Local Authorities. The Service operates between the hours of 9am and 5pm, with some flexibility outside of these hours required on some occasions. The service benefits from co-location with Mental Health NHS Trust partners at Sandalwood Court, Swindon which will form your main base, although hybrid working is supported. You must have the ability to respond to referrals from a wide variety of areas, including a dedicated ‘Place of Safety’ located within the neighbouring County (for s.136 and s.135(1) work). 

We have excellent working relationships with our Mental Health Partners, local General Hospital, CAMHs and Police Colleagues, amongst others. As such, there is an expectation of collaborative working with all agencies including our Social Care colleagues in Swindon and neighbouring Local Authorities, in the best interests of the diverse Community we seek to serve.   

The AMHP Service focuses strongly on quality of s.13(1) ‘triage’, with emphasis on promoting the rights of vulnerable individuals, advocating for the independence and empowerment of people to make choices where they can. To this end, we encourage and assist our partners with exploring least restrictive options, utilising our knowledge of evidence-based research and balancing this with sound risk management. In turn, the AMHP Service provides excellent collegiate support, including daily AMHP briefings at start and end of the day, when possible depending on the demands of the day. 

To be considered for this post you must be registered with Social Work England and at least 3 years’ post qualifying experience across permanent positions in England.


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