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Job reference REQ8387 Date posted 22/09/2026 Application closing date 06/10/2026 Location Hybrid working - Home and Leicester City Offices Salary £48,738 - £51,928 Per Year Package Total benefit value (includes pension contribution and full holiday entitlement):£70,547 Contractual hours 37 Basis Full time Job category/type Adult Social Care Attachments Job Specification.pdf
Full Time / 37 Hours Per Week / Fixed Term for 12 Months
Looking for a rewarding AMHP role where you can make a real difference at the point people need support most? Join our small, dedicated team working within the Urgent Care Pathway, partnering with healthcare professionals across Leicester's hospitals. This unique opportunity offers a blend of office, hospital and home-based working, giving you the flexibility to develop your expertise while helping shape and grow an innovative service.
This is a full time, fixed term post working 37 hours per week (for 12 months). Primarily this will be Monday to Friday however, some weekend work may be required.
What you’ll be doing
As an Adult Social Worker/AMHP, you'll provide a specialist Approved Mental Health Professional service within the Urgent Care Pathway, including the Liaison Mental Health Service. Working as part of a small, dedicated team, you'll collaborate closely with mental health nurses, consultant psychiatrists and acute hospital colleagues to support people experiencing mental health crises and ensure they receive timely, person-centred interventions.
You’ll use your professional expertise to provide advice, guidance and consultation on the Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity Act, Care Act, safeguarding and wider adult social care legislation. Alongside multidisciplinary partners, you'll undertake Mental Health Act assessments, make well-informed and defensible decisions, and help ensure the rights, wellbeing and safety of some of the most vulnerable people in our community are upheld.
This is a unique opportunity to work at the interface of health and social care, influencing outcomes, supporting colleagues and contributing to the continued development of an innovative and evolving service.
What you’ll need
You'll be a qualified Approved Mental Health Professional (AMHP) with a passion for delivering high-quality, person-centred support within a fast-paced, multidisciplinary environment. You'll thrive working alongside health colleagues from a range of professional backgrounds, building positive relationships and contributing to effective decision-making across services.
We're looking for someone who can balance collaboration with confidence and autonomy, using sound professional judgement to make clear, defensible decisions in complex situations. You'll be motivated to help shape and develop this evolving role, bringing fresh ideas and a commitment to continuous improvement.
You'll also need a valid driving licence and the flexibility to work beyond standard hours when required, including supporting the daytime AMHP rota and occasional weekend working as agreed.
What we can offer you
As well as the satisfaction of helping to improve thousands of lives across Leicester, you can lookforward to a work environment that encourages a healthy work/life balance. You’ll enjoy generousannual leave, membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme and the option of flexibleworking. We’ll also give you the chance to develop your skills and expertise with a variety of trainingand development opportunities. In addition, you can choose froma number offlexible benefits,including discounts on city buses and trains. Foran illustrative value of your benefits package,take a look at ourbenefits calculator.
We’re committed to recruiting a diverse and highly-talented workforce as we continue to build acouncil that is fitting and representative of our great city. That’s why we’ve designed ourrecruitment process to put you at your ease, make you feel welcome and bring the best out of you.We’ll do all we can to make our recruitment process as fair as possible. To help you with yourapplication,take a look at the ‘our approach to recruitment’ page.
Interviewing on Wednesday 14th October 2026.
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