Job Description

Job details

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Job reference
REQ6171
Date posted
06/08/2025
Application closing date
17/08/2025
Location
Hybrid working - Home and Leicester City Offices
Salary
47,181 - 50,269 Per Year
Package
Total benefit value (includes pension contribution and full holiday entitlement): 68,546.61
Contractual hours
37
Basis
Full time
Job category/type
Adult Social Care
Attachments
Job Specification SB025 Adult Social Worker AMPH August 2025.pdf

Adult Social Worker with AMHP

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Job description
Full Time / 37 Hours Per Week / Permanent



Are you an approved Mental Health Professional looking for a new challenge and opportunity?



This is a fantastic opportunity for an Approved Mental Health Professional to join our AMHP/EDT service, working within our full time teams



Bringing a clear social care perspective and your strong social work values to this challenging posts. In return we will support you with all the resources needed including responsive line management, individual and team development opportunities and the support of an experienced and high performing team.



We have two full time, permanent positions working 37 hours per week. With hybrid working from home and office, you'll have some flexibility in working location.



What you'll be doing



As an Approved Mental Health Professional undertaking assessments and compiling plans under the Mental Health act. You'll be asked to produce clear reports for tribunal or manager's panels. Providing cover over the telephone and undertake necessary visits to individuals' places of residences, providing advice and support to the residents of Leicester. With this, you'll sometimes be faced with sensitive and distressing crisis situations that you must be confident to deal with alone.



You'll be working alongside Health colleagues, the police, EMAS, the voluntary sector. Working closely with people and their families to assess risks and identify opportunities to mitigate these.



What you'll need



With experience of completing clear complex assessments under the Mental Health Act acting as an Approved mental Health Professional. You will have clear knowledge of the Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity Act, Care Act and various other legislation. You'll possess excellent analytical and written skills. As well as empathy and sensitivity towards distressing information and crisis situations. Being able to work alone, with support from an on-call manager.



If you hold a Professional qualification with Approved Mental Health professional status - documentary evidence of both will be needed along with a current Social Worker/Nurse/Occupational Therapist and Psychologist registration, then we would love to hear from you.



Under the Equality Act 2010, Schedule 9 Part 1 requires National Care Minimum Standards apply so Applicants must be aged 23 or over



What we can offer you



This role is very rewarding, supporting people to have lives that matter to them and working alongside others who feel the same. You can look forward to a work environment that encourages a healthy balance between your work life and your personal life. You'll enjoy generous annual leave, membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme and the option of flexible working.



We'll also give you the chance to develop your skills and expertise within a positive supportive learning environment, with a variety of training and development opportunities. In addition, you can choose from a number of flexible benefits, including discounts on city buses and trains and help with relocation to Leicester, where appropriate.



A diverse and inclusive employer



Leicester is a vibrant, multicultural city and we're committed to representing the full range of Leicester's diversity across the council. Why? Because we want to create an environment where everyone feels welcome and confident in being themselves. And by embracing different viewpoints and opinions, we can generate the innovative new ideas and opportunities that will drive our city forward.



That's why diversity, equality and inclusion are part of everything we do. It's why we listen to and engage with all our employee groups and involve them in decision-making. It's why we encourage reverse mentoring when senior managers are mentored by juniors from different backgrounds. And it's why we work with external partners such as Scope to understand people's needs. Because we're working hard to create a council for everyone.



Join us



We're committed to recruiting a diverse and highly talented workforce as we continue to build a council that is fitting and representative of our great city. That's why we've designed our recruitment process to put you at your ease, make you feel welcome and bring the best out of you. We'll do all we can to make our recruitment process as fair as possible.



For any queries please contact Rachel.heggs@leicester.gov.uk