About the role
Are you a registered Social Worker, Nurse, Occupational Therapist or Psychologist who has also completed Approved Mental Health Professional (AMHP) Training?
Cambridgeshire County Council’s Approved Mental Health Professional (AMHP) service has a fantastic opportunity for a full time qualified professional who holds a qualification as an AMHP.
The successful candidate will work across both the Cambridge and Huntingdon/Fenland AMHP duty rota 5 days per week. The Cambridge AMHP Office is based at Fulbourn Hospital and the Huntingdon/Fenland AMHP office is based at the Newtown Centre in Huntingdon. The expectation is that you would work equally between the two sites however this is dependent on service requirements.
The post is for the daytime AMHP service. The basic working hours are 9-5pm, but the AMHP’s need to be able to work until assessments are completed which can be later than 5pm.
Overtime is paid as well as an AMHP allowance of £2781.96 per year.
For more information or to chat about this opportunity please contact John Mitchell, Interim Manager for AMHP service on 07519559834.
Appointment to this post will be subject to the outcome of an Enhanced Disclosure obtained through the Disclosure and Barring Service. The Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
About you
Candidates need to be dynamic, innovative, committed and passionate; you’ll bring a comprehensive knowledge and skill base to the challenge of working as part of the AMHP team.
Your existing skills will enable you to support and develop others as well as being a role model for good practice, ensuring the very best outcomes for the people of Cambridgeshire.
Candidates must hold a degree level qualification including a certified and current qualifications in a registered profession as per the Mental Health (Approved Mental Health Professionals) (Approval) (England) Regulations 2008; with evidence of post qualifying experience and continued professional development. In addition you must have an Adult Mental Health Professional qualification.
Our benefits
We value our colleagues in Cambridgeshire County Council and have developed a number of benefits:
- Flexible working
- Flexible Bank Holidays
- A comprehensive wellbeing package
- Our Cambs Rewards employee discounts
- A comprehensive pension scheme
- IDEAL staff equality, diversity and inclusion network.
- Camweb our staff intranet helping to keep you informed
- An employee recognition scheme
For our Social Workers, we offer more specific benefits like:
- Generous annual leave provision (28 days, plus bank holidays)
- A supportive management team that will champion your learning and development
- Employee Assistance Programme – access to free support 24 hours a day
- Payment for business mileage expenses (45p per mile, and for the 2022/2023 financial year)
- A relocation package of up to £8000 for eligible candidates
- Plus, 6 days of protected time each year to enable our Social Workers to maintain their Continuous Professional Development.
Please read our benefits brochure attached for more information.
About us
Cambridgeshire is a great place to work and live with a diverse population, an urban centre in Cambridge, historic Isle of Ely, Huntingdon and St Ives as well as more rural landscapes.
Our four values are central to our culture, driving everything we do.
We are proud to serve the diverse communities of Cambridgeshire and want our workforce to be reflective of this diversity, which we firmly believe benefits our colleagues, the organisation and our communities. If you don’t meet every single requirement in the job role but think this could be you, please don’t be put off. We are committed to building a workplace that is compassionate and inclusive as well as diverse, so if you think you could be a good candidate for this role please consider applying and speak to the recruiting manager if you have any questions.
Our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy, along with our employee network 'IDEAL' and self-organised peer support groups help us to foster an inclusive, supportive and safe working environment where people feel valued, respected, and empowered. We collect relevant diversity data for monitoring as part of the recruitment process to understand the diversity of our applicants and monitor any trends throughout the recruitment processes so that we can take meaningful action.
We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. We fully support providing reasonable adjustments throughout our recruitment process, as well as when you join us, and we encourage candidates to contact the Hiring Manager, whose details can be found in the advert, to discuss any adjustment needs. Some examples of adjustments could include additional time to complete an assessment or printing a document on pastel coloured paper with larger font size and line spacing. We would value talking about what might be possible to enable you to join us and thrive, so if there is something that would help you to do your best during your journey with us, please get in touch.
Visit our jobs and careers section to find out more about our wide range of learning and development opportunities; apprenticeships; our wellbeing package; staff benefits; our commitment to equality, diversity and Inclusion.
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