Emergency Duty Approved Mental Health Social Worker

Job Description

Job Summary:Salary Range: £36,618 - £44,598 per annumWork Location: LondonHours per week: 36 Contract type: 1 X Permanent and 1 X Temporary for 6 monthsVetting requirements: Enhanced DBS Check Closing date: 2nd June 2021Interview date: 7th June 2021About Us:Providing expert support to people in crisis.In Kensington and Chelsea, we look after a diverse population, which includes people living in some of the nations most deprived wards. Our challenges have become particularly acute during the pandemic but, by sharing facilities and expertise in a tri-borough agreement with Westminster City Council and Hammersmith and Fulham, we have sustained joined-up health and social care services that put residents at their heart. We support peoples independence and wellbeing, and work hard to enable them to live in the community with dignity, choice and control. However, when mental health crises occur, our Duty Team of AMHPs are ready to act.The Role:This is an opportunity to use your mental health expertise in a frontline role, working across three flagship boroughs. Covering hospital emergency departments, police stations and health-based places of safety, you will join a five-week rolling rota to provide emergency support for weekday nights, weekends and Bank Holidays. Although you will have considerable scope in the type of interventions you offer, you will always have the backing of an on-call manager throughout your decision-making process. You will also have access to an AMHP forum and a wide range of in-house resources and expertise.About You:You will be a qualified and registered Approved Mental Health Practitioner, with experience of working with people in crisis, including older adults, vulnerable adults and people with learning disabilities. In all cases youll be capable of building rapport and quickly establishing empathic and supportive relationships. In-depth knowledge of the Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity Act and The Care Act 2014 is essential. Calm and resilient, with a can-do attitude, youll be capable of solving a wide range problems in collaboration with both statutory and voluntary service providers.In return, you can look forward to a package that includes a competitive salary, a high-quality pension scheme and generous annual leave plus bank holidays.Please apply online explaining how you meet the requirements set out in the person specification and job description in the application question. CVs will not be considered for this role.We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of suitable applicants.Additional informationWe are committed to promoting equality and respecting diversity and welcome applications from all sections of the community.We are a Disability Confident Employer - committed to ensuring that our recruitment and selection process is inclusive and accessible.We engage our staff with a variety of learning types including face-to-face and virtual learning because we want to ensure our staff understand our values and behaviours, grow their skills and develop their careers.This post is covered by the Fluency Duty, as outlined in the Code of Practice on the English language requirements for public sector workers.We do not accept speculative CVs from any source.Please note, we will primarily contact candidates by e-mail throughout the recruitment process, please monitor your email junk / spam folder as our system generated emails may be allocated to these folders by your email settings.