Senior Practitioner Mental Health Social Worker/AMHP
Senior Practitioner Mental Health Social Worker/AMHP
London Borough of Enfield
Salary: SW Senior Prac AMHP up to £56,107
Contract: Permanent, Full time
Job Reference: PEO-001274
Edmonton Community Mental Health Locality Team seeks an experienced Mental Health Social Worker/AMHP practitioner to fill vacancy in our fully integrated multidisciplinary Community Mental Health Team and to participate in our centralised AMHP Service Rota.
Please note the salary quoted above is inclusive of additional increments paid once registered with Enfield to practice as an Approved Mental Health Practitioner (AMHP).
The Senior Practitioner starting salary until AMHP registered with Enfield is £49,551 - £51,522.
The salary range once registered as an AMHP with Enfield is £51,522 - £53,607.
In addition to this AMHP responsibilities also currently qualifies for a market factor supplement of £2,500 reviewed annually.
The position provides an exciting opportunity for an experienced practitioner in a leadership role to contribute to the development, training and shaping of Mental Health social work practice and service delivery. The position provides an excellent opportunity for an experienced practitioner to demonstrate creativity to make a real difference in vulnerable people's lives; and to influence and shape the practice of community mental health social workers, AMHPs and aspiring AMHPs, along with supporting the practice development of junior social workers through professional Supervision, and Practice Education/AYSE Programs.
We seek and imaginative and dynamic social work practitioner motivated to make positive contributes to the transformation of mental health social care, asserting social recovering and empowerment models, working in meaningful partnerships with service users, their carers, and families. You will make full use of person-centred assessment skills, using strengths-based and enabling principals, demonstrate coordination and planning skills, with a focus on prevention, recovery, wellbeing, and dignity outcomes.
Enfield prides itself on having a supportive work culture with good working relationships with North London Partnership - Barnet, Enfield, Haringey, Camden & Islington Foundation Mental Health Trust, and stable management team that gives social workers the autonomy they need to deliver a first-class service to vulnerable adults, children and their families.
If you're looking for an interesting challenge working within an integrated MDT setting, and looking for a rewarding position with good professional peer support/professional and clinical supervision, or just looking to influence and shape social work and AMHP practice; then this could, be it?
Enfield is a beacon council in independent living for people with disabilities and is fully committed to the personalisation agenda in mental health. We offer a supportive learning environment through individual and group supervision, with excellent professional development and training opportunities. Employed by Enfield Local Authority and seconded to Barnet, Enfield & Haringey NHS Mental Health Trust, you will benefit from positive practical working partnerships between the two organisations.
Enfield is situated in North London and is a culturally diverse borough with its ward's covering amongst 20% most affluent and deprived in the country, whilst featuring industrial, residential, and countryside areas. It has good transport links into Central London and easily accessible being adjacent to the M25 and A406 with good transport links to the rest of the country.
Contact details -
If you would like to know more about the role, please contact Debbie Morgan, Head of MH Services - or Lucy Omezi Community Rehab Team Manager/Head of Service - for an informal discussion or to arrange a visit to the team.
If you have any difficulties accessing this information, please contact Andy Kingsbury, Recruitment & Onboarding Advisor on or .
Closing date for applications: 23:59 on Sunday 15th December 2024