Advanced Practitioner - Approved Mental Health Professional

Greenwich 24 Hour Central AMHP Team is looking for a full-time Advanced Practitioner/Approved Mental Health Professional. We are passionate about delivering high-quality Adult Mental Health services and are seeking individuals who want to work in an innovative learning organisation and develop their leadership role as an Advanced Practitioner/AMHP.

With excellent training and great benefits, Royal Greenwich is the ideal place to progress your career. Our extensive benefits include:

• A generous annual leave entitlement of up to 31 days plus bank holidays.
• Hybrid working opportunities to support your wellbeing and work-life balance.
• Local government pension scheme with death in service benefits and ill health retirement provisions.
• Career development through internal and external training opportunities.
• Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) to support your health and wellbeing.
• An inclusive and social working environment with various staff networks, employee recognition schemes, and charitable giving schemes.
• Interest-free loans for season tickets and bikes, childcare vouchers, personal mobile, computer and leisure discounts, and a Greenwich One Card for discounts at local businesses.

The Central AMHP Team provides a single point of access to all requests for assessment under the Mental Health Act 1983 (2007). The team consists of Advanced Practitioners who are qualified practicing AMHPs, an AMHP team manager, and a team administrator. The aim of the team is to provide a timely response to all requests for assessment and a clear management framework for delivering services to those experiencing a mental health crisis.

What We Look For:

• The applicant must be able to work flexible hours, including providing out-of-hours standby and call-out cover on a rota basis.
• The ability to drive and have your own transport is required due to the nature of the work.
• You must provide professional support, supervision, expertise, and leadership to social work colleagues and teams in complex and high-risk situations.
• Advanced Practitioner AMHPs are expected to undertake the role of an AMHP and manage complex high-risk referrals, working autonomously and co-productively with service users, carers, and families.

Role responsibilities include:

• Undertaking statutory functions of the Advanced Practitioner/AMHP role (Care Act 2014, Mental Capacity Act 2005, Mental Health Act 1983 (2007), Children Act 1989 (2004) and other related legislation).
• Responding to complex assessment and care interventions for those with care and support needs, including social care assessments, carers assessments, court of protection, safeguarding concerns, mental capacity assessments, and mental health assessments.

Support for your AMHP role includes:

• Access to a manager who is AMHP qualified 24/7.
• 1 to 1 reflective AMHP post-assessment supervision.
• Access to Social Work, AMHP, and Reflective Practice Forums for peer group discussion and supervision.
• An AMHP mentor for additional support in your first year of employment.
• 18 hours (3 days) of AMHP approval training each year.
• A structured induction to the Greenwich AMHP service.
• Regular access to our Mental Health Lead Social Worker/Lead AMHP for support and development.
• Protected time each year to work on your professional portfolio (Social Work England registration).
• Opportunity to be involved in the practice education of all social workers, AMHPs, trainee AMHPs, and student social workers.

For these roles, you must hold:

• A registered professional social work qualification.
• Approved Mental Health Professional (AMHP) qualification.
• Registration with Social Work England or another professional registering body.
• This role will require an Enhanced DBS check.

If you want to be part of this forward-thinking service and help us achieve our vision, please apply now. Please note that if successfully appointed, you will be an employee of the Royal Borough of Greenwich, seconded to Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust.

Diversity Statement: Royal Borough of Greenwich values the diversity of its community and aims to have a workforce that reflects this. We encourage applications from all sections of the community.