Part-Time Approved Mental Health Professional AMHP

Part Time AMHP (Approved Mental Health Professional); c.8 - 15 hours per week, flexible depending on candidate availability; Temp or Perm; Hybrid Working/West Bromwich; £25 - £30 p/h plus EXCELLENT benefits!

Location: West Bromwich

Our client is considering both temporary and permanent applicants that are available to start in early January.

Our client is passionate about improving emotional health and transforming lives, ensuring that everyone has access to the emotional wellbeing support they need to lead a healthy and rewarding life.

They uphold values of Integrity, Inclusion, Initiative, Innovation, and Independence. At the forefront are their service users and people, providing a great place to work. They are also gold standard accredited with Investors in People, demonstrating their commitment to professional development and engagement.

The Role

This new opportunity has arisen to support the delivery of Mental Health Crisis Breathing Space (MHCBS); a debt respite scheme for people in mental health crisis. The post holder will be responsible for providing support to applicants of the MHCBS if they are struggling to complete the His Majesty’s Treasury application form or find an Approved Mental Health Professional (AMHP). This role is a quality assurance and clinical role where the primary focus will be on ensuring the correct approval processes is in place, ahead of someone entering into the MHCBS.

Please note that this role requires a satisfactory DBS check.

What’s on Offer

• £25 - £30 p/h
• Flexibility according to your availability on working days and hours
• Hybrid working
• 35 days holiday PLUS your birthday off!
• Enhanced company pension contribution (5%)
• Wellbeing hour every week to focus on health and happiness
• Length of service holidays (up to 3 extra days)
• 5 volunteering days per year to support a cause of your choice
• Free on-site car parking
• Free suicide awareness & mental health first aid qualification
• Paid on the 19th of each month for the full month

Key Tasks

• Provide Information, Advice and Guidance to people accessing the service
• Act as an AMHP for patients in the Local Authority (LA)
• Support patients to find an AMHP outside of the LA
• Continuously assess ways of working and making recommendations in line with best practice and continuous improvement
• Assess and manage high-risk cases within MHCBS
• Keeping up to speed on sector news and Government initiatives
• Taking a lead role in managing any contracts that require clinical expertise
• Participation in Advisory, Governance and Quality meetings internally and with their lead partner, We Are Group
• Deliver/arrange training sessions for We Are Group and its Partners on the MHCBS contract
• To be the clinical voice of the organisation, providing guidance when requested

Experience, Qualifications & Training Requirements

Essential:

• Approved Mental Health Professional
• Demonstrable background of working within the NHS, Local Authority or Justice Services
• Expertise in the field of Mental Health and Wellbeing
• Highly experienced in partnership working

Desirable:

• Familiar with the Charity Commission
• Experience of contract management

Personal Skills & Competencies

• Compassionate nature with a high level of sensitivity when working with service users
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to independently manage own workload, ensuring consistently high-quality work
• Ability to prioritise work, effectively addressing more high risk/urgent workload
• Excellent interpersonal and communications skills, both verbal and written
• Ability to use own initiative, identify efficient and effective solutions to problems

Please note that our client cannot provide visa sponsorship for those without the right to work in the UK. They are a disability confident employer and can provide reasonable adjustments during the application process if needed.