Senior Social Worker/AMHP - Mental Health (West Sussex)
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- England,South East,West Sussex,Chichester
- full-time
- £45,441 - £48,474 per annum
Job Description:
Job Description & Person Specification:
* To triage referrals, assess risk and prioritise for response.
* To arrange, co-ordinate and manage Mental Health Act Assessment referrals and allocate assessments to AMHP’s on duty.
* To undertake assessment under the Mental Health Act and manage complex and diverse cases appropriately, including where appropriate making an application for admission to hospital.
* To be part of a specialist team, that can provide complex advice and information to colleagues and other professionals. To undertake safeguarding work.
* To prepare and present reports for mental health reviews, tribunals in respect of services users who are subject to detention under the MHA 1983. Undertake assessments and reviews for people on Community Treatment Orders.
* To liaise closely with acute in-patient wards to enable early identification of people who may need further assessment and detention.
* To provide professional supervision and leadership to "spoke" AMHP’s and student AMHP’s.
* To lead in initiatives of work as the service develops, embedding principles of good practice.
* To be responsible for maintaining accurate, comprehensive case records for interventions and to complete all paperwork in connection with MHA Assessments as may be required by statute, the operating procedures of the service and Professional Codes of Practice.
* To maintain and promote best practice, knowledge and skills for the provision of the AMHP service across the county. To ensure all handover communications in connection with referrals and casework is completed to the standard operating procedures within the service.
* To ensure accurate data is recorded, to enable regular reporting. To lead the regular programme of audits, which are part of the Quality Assurance process.
What you need:
* 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
* To triage referrals, assess risk and prioritise for response.
* To arrange, co-ordinate and manage Mental Health Act Assessment referrals and allocate assessments to AMHP’s on duty.
* To undertake assessment under the Mental Health Act and manage complex and diverse cases appropriately, including where appropriate making an application for admission to hospital.
* To be part of a specialist team, that can provide complex advice and information to colleagues and other professionals. To undertake safeguarding work.
* To prepare and present reports for mental health reviews, tribunals in respect of services users who are subject to detention under the MHA 1983. Undertake assessments and reviews for people on Community Treatment Orders.
* To liaise closely with acute in-patient wards to enable early identification of people who may need further assessment and detention.
* To provide professional supervision and leadership to "spoke" AMHP’s and student AMHP’s.
* To lead in initiatives of work as the service develops, embedding principles of good practice.
* To be responsible for maintaining accurate, comprehensive case records for interventions and to complete all paperwork in connection with MHA Assessments as may be required by statute, the operating procedures of the service and Professional Codes of Practice.
* To maintain and promote best practice, knowledge and skills for the provision of the AMHP service across the county. To ensure all handover communications in connection with referrals and casework is completed to the standard operating procedures within the service.
* To ensure accurate data is recorded, to enable regular reporting. To lead the regular programme of audits, which are part of the Quality Assurance process.
What you need:
* 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
Job number 1436228