Approved Mental Health Professional - Part-Time Considered
We have a wide range of great benefits at Cambridgeshire County Council. To find out more please see below.
Main duties of the job
We have an exciting vacancy in Cambridgeshire County Council.
Job responsibilities
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 AMHPs need to be able to work until assessments are completed which can be later than 5pm.
Applications for job-share or part-time/flexible working will be considered.
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 Janine Cooper, Interim Manager for AMHP service on 07761045860 or email janine.cooper@cpft.nhs.uk
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.
Our benefits
We value our colleagues in Cambridgeshire County Council and have developed a number of benefits in addition to the basics like annual leave, sick pay, pension and mileage:
* A comprehensive wellbeing package to cover all aspects of wellbeing, both in and out of work, which can also be accessed by your family.
* Buy up to 4 weeks additional annual leave (pro-rata) through our salary sacrifice scheme.
* Take your bank holidays flexibly to better suit your personal circumstances.
* Make Additional Voluntary Contributions (Shared AVCs) to your pension with tax and National Insurance savings.
* Access to development opportunities, apprenticeships, and qualified coaches to support your personal and professional growth.
* Paid volunteering hours each year so you can make a positive impact on our community during your normal working day.
* Access to Peer Support Groups through our IDEAL staff equality, diversity, and inclusion network.
* Opportunities to nominate and receive Employee Recognition Awards.
* An Our Cambs Rewards account, giving you access to in-store and online discounts as well as our Car Lease and Cycle to Work schemes.
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 qualification 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.
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.
Person Specification
General Requirements
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Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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