Amhp

2 weeks ago


West Sussex, United Kingdom Akton Recruitment Full time

**AMHP**
**Worthing Hospital**
**£42/hr**

**Job Description:

- **

West Sussex Adult Services are undergoing a period of transformation. This is an exciting time to join the County and be part of a new specialist Mental Health Social Work Service, that incorporates Older People’s and Working Age Mental Health Social Work Teams and a Countywide AMHP Service. We are building a centre of excellence and are keen to recruit passionate and committed individuals, who hold the same values that we do. We provide a working environment that values professional supervision and offers the right balance between challenge and support.

This provides our workforce with what they need to deliver the best possible outcomes for our residents. We work to ensure that innovation and evidence-based practice underpins what we do and that we maintain an environment within which our social workers can develop and progress in their careers. If you have the talent and ambition to achieve the best for the people we serve, then we will support you to progress and develop throughout your social work career.

The ability to triage, risk assess and manage competing demands is a fundamental core requirement. We offer a comprehensive training programme for the development of our AMHP’s, ensuring you have the most up to date knowledge and skills to undertake this essential role. We offer our dedicated AMHP staff regular specialist supervision and an enhanced pay offer for undertaking this important role.

We encourage experienced AMHPs to share their knowledge and expertise, by supporting AMHP students during their training. As part of this new service you will have support from the Service Manager and Hub Team Manager. Regular individual and peer supervision, commissioned specialist training will be available to enable you to maintain your knowledge and remain aware of any changes in legislation to enhance your practice.

The Hub consists of a Team Manager and two Hub AMHPs who work 9am-5pm and eight Hub AMHPs who work on a rolling rota, over a 24hr period. Shifts will typically be early and late. You will be expected to work closely alongside colleagues in Crisis Teams, general acute hospitals, Sussex Police, South East Coast Ambulance service (SECAMB) and acute in-patient units. You will be expected to work within organisational, policy and legislative requirements. You will be required to work within the Standard Operational Procedures Policies and Processes.

**Required experience and skills**

**Key Skills**:
1. To demonstrate the ability to utilise effective communication skills to negotiate, guide, advise and enable customers to engage with assessments and discussion about their presenting care needs
2. To demonstrate the ability to communicate with a range of professionals and members of the public
3. To demonstrate the ability to think creatively under pressure, measured and reasoned in response and decision
4. To demonstrate an ability to lead supervise, coach and mentor other members of the team
5. To have the ability to manage conflict and operate in high risk and high-pressure environments
6. To be able to uphold social work values of social justice and equality
7. To demonstrate effective and accurate IT skills to support accurate and timely case recording

**Qualifications and/or experience**:

- Registered qualified professional (Social Work, Nurse, OT, psychologist)
- Currently authorised as an AMHP (Post-Grad Certificate in Mental Health)
- Extensive knowledge of and be able to apply, a range of complex and specialist legislation i.e. the Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity Act, Care Act, Children Act and other relevant case law
- Valid driving licence
- Extensive experience of working independently undertaking MHA assessments Essential
- Extensive experience of working in Multi-Disciplinary settings. Desirable
- Experience as an AMHP with extensive knowledge of the Mental Health Act and mental health social work practice
- Practice Educator Award or commitment to undertake the training (or equivalent)
- Able to demonstrate a proven ability (or understanding of the skills and knowledge required) to work independently as a senior practitioner managing risks and safeguarding


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