Mental Health Social Workers / AMHPs - Level 2 / 3

Community Locality Team/Home Treatment Team Mental Health Social Worker & AMHP position provides an exciting opportunity for experienced practitioners to demonstrate creativity to make a real difference in vulnerable people's lives; contribute to mental health service development transformation, and to influence and shape the practice of aspiring social workers or AMHPs and through Practice Education/AYSE Programs.
The AMHP has a unique role, given that its work encompasses both practice with both children and adults; consequently, the work is varied and wide-ranging. As such, the AMHP plays a vital and essential role in safeguarding and supporting our most vulnerable residents.
We seek imaginative and dynamic social work practitioners motivated to make positive contributions 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 children, adults 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.
If you're looking for interesting opportunities or want to further your career; or just want to contribute to integrated multidisciplinary working for the wellbeing of service users with mental health; and can work with professional autonomy as an AMHP. If you're motivated, and enthusiastic over personalised services, then we would like to hear from you; we could be your next step?

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The London Borough of Enfield Integrated Mental Health Service seeks experienced Mental Health Social Workers & AMHP practitioners to fill vacancies in our fully integrated multidisciplinary Community Mental Health Team's and centralised AMHP Service.

Full time salary up to £54,022

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 Level 2/3 Social Worker starting salary without or until AMHP registered with Enfield is £39,855 - £49,551.
The salary range once registered as an AMHP with Enfield is £44,331 - £51,522.
In addition to this AMHP responsibilities also currently qualifies for a market factor supplement of £2,500, reviewed annually., We do not see your name or title when shortlisting your application. This is one of many initiatives to build a more talented and diverse workforce. However, if you put your name on your CV or Statement it will be visible to us. For this reason, we ask that you do not include your name on these documents. Please note it is your responses to the Essential/Desirable criteria, as detailed in the Job Description and Person Specification which is available on the job advert, that will determine if you are shortlisted for an interview, therefore we encourage you to always address the essential and desirable criteria in your application/CV.
Why it's great to work for Enfield Council:

- An excellent pension through the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS).
- Up to 31 days annual leave depending on grade and length of service. You will also get eight public holidays per year and an extra day off at Christmas.
- A blend of remote and office based working for most roles.
- Interest free season ticket loan repayable over three or ten months.
- Career development and learning experiences from a range of training courses and learning methods.
- Employee Assistance Programme to provide advice and counselling services. This is a free and confidential service available to staff and members of their family.
- Health and leisure discounts and tax-free bikes for work.