Job Description

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Social Worker (AMHP)

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Location

Shand House, Dale Road South, Matlock

Reference

JOB/23/03495

Salary details

Grade 9 - 11 \xc2\xa314.58 - \xc2\xa320.07 per hour

Job term

No Guaranteed Hours

Appointment type

Relief

Hours

As and when required

Closing Date

03 September 2023

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Approved Mental Health Professional (AMHP) to join the OOHs AMHP team as a relief Out of Hours AMHP.

Post holders will cover Royal Derby Hospital and Chesterfield Royal Hospital based sites but will be expected to carry out their duties throughout Derbyshire. We have a staggered shift pattern that supports staff wellbeing and allows protected hours for AMHPs to continue their professional development and have the opportunities often available to daytime AMHPs.

Key responsibilities include undertaking Mental Health Act Assessments throughout the county on a rota basis. Shifts will include weekend and overnight work for which enhancements are paid. This post also carries responsibility for supporting other colleagues (both within DCC and other agencies) when concerns of a mental health nature arise. The OOH AMHP Service has well established working relationships with our key partner agencies.

The post holder will also be expected to work positively and collaboratively with colleagues in agreeing joint interventions aimed at preventing and managing crisis situations. Other responsibilities include auditing AMHP reports, writing social circumstance reports and attending Mental Health Tribunals.

You will be expected to participate in appropriate professional meetings and share your professional knowledge and experience with others as required. The OOH AMHP Service hold frequent team meetings and you shall be encouraged to also attend wider county meetings.

You will also be expected to provide support to students and AMHP trainees as necessary with opportunity of Practice Educator progression. You will be expected to have a good working knowledge of safeguarding procedures (both adults and children) and make appropriate referrals as necessary.

There will be a strong commitment to support you to maintain your AMHP/BIA training needs through the recently appointed Senior Practitioners within the OOH AMHP Service. Good opportunities will also be provided to enable you to develop knowledge in other areas, i.e. safeguarding.

All new applicants shall receive a full induction and shadowing period.

If you would like to discuss this post further, please contact a member of the team on 07583 674 414

Provisional Interview Date: 11th September 2023

Due to this post having access to children and/or vulnerable adults, the successful candidate will be required to undertake a Disclosure and Barring Service check. The possession of a criminal record will not necessarily prevent an applicant from obtaining this post, as all cases are judged individually according to the nature of the role and information provided.

The job may require unsocial hours working including weekends and Bank Holidays. Payment arrangements will be detailed in any contract offer made.

Saturday and Sunday hours will be paid at plain time where it is part of your normal working pattern unless it is between 7pm and 7am, where enhanced rates of pay apply. Enhanced pay rates are paid for Bank Holiday working.

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