Approved Mental Health Professional

Liquid Personnel is recruiting an Adult Social Worker to join its client’s Approved Mental Health Professional (AMHP) team, based in Salisbury. This is a 3-month temporary assignment with potential future temp-to-perm opportunities.

What will your responsibilities be? 

• Undertake Mental Health Act assessments and urgent social care assessments.
• Respond to referrals and complete duty work.
• Safeguard adults with complex mental health needs.
• Work closely with health and social care partners across Wiltshire.
• Provide support and supervision to students and unqualified staff.

Benefits: 

• 37 hours per week.
• 4 days within the Mental Health Team.
• 1 day on the AMHP Hub rota.
• Hybrid working, including office-based work, home working and community visits.

Qualifications and Experience: 

To be successful in this role you must have;  

• Current AMHP approval.
• Social Work England registration.
• Experience within Mental Health and/or Adult Services.
• Strong knowledge of the Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity Act and safeguarding legislation.

Please note: Wiltshire Council does not cover accommodation or travel expenses for candidates commuting from outside the county.

 Why Liquid Personnel? 

• Free DBS and compliance service
• Twice weekly payroll and ‘Faster Pay’ service, getting you paid more quickly
• Access to exclusive roles that aren’t available from other agencies 
• Free access to Liquid’s exclusive social work training and CPD portal 
• Your own dedicated consultant with extensive social work knowledge 
• Access to a wide selection of social work positions across the UK 
• “Refer a Friend” bonus – get £500 for each social worker you refer who we successfully place* 
• “Find your own job” bonus – get £250 for bringing your own position to us * 

Liquid Personnel is an equal opportunities employer. Liquid Personnel Ltd is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy. * Terms and conditions apply to our bonus schemes. 

Reasonable Adjustments: 

If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity by contacting our team. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into your work placement. 
We are unable to support or accept applications from candidates who are residents within the Red or Amber list of the Code of practice for the international recruitment of health and social care personnel in England, based on the World Health Organisation (WHO) Workforce Support and Safeguard List.

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