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Assistant Team Manager - Approved Mental Health Practitioner

Job details
Posting date: 28 March 2024
Salary: £45,851.00 to £48,085.00 per year
Additional salary information: £45851.00 - £48085.00 a year
Hours: Full time
Closing date: 17 April 2024
Location: Aylesbury, HP20 1EG
Company: NHS Jobs
Job type: Permanent
Job reference: F0103-24-0011

Summary

The main duties and responsibilities of theAMHPAssistant Team Manager role are: To convene and undertake MHA assessments whilst contributing to the in hours rota shifts for the 24/7 AMHP service. To undertake the statutory roles of an AMHP as laid out in the Mental Health Act 1983 (as amended) and Code of Practice. Provide support and professional/reflective/management supervision to the AMHP group particularly the in hours AMHPs. Support the AMHPs with their own professional development. To promote and engage in cross/multi agency working, ensuring strong working relationships are in place with partner agencies. To deputise for the AMHP Manager. Support the development of individuals both within Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust and Buckinghamshire Council with the process of AMHP training and eventual approval as an AMHP to the service. To provide guidance and management of complex and high-risk cases and ensure tasks requiring the AMHP role outside of the remit of a daily rota (e.g. Guardianship applications, displacement of Nearest Relatives) are completed. To identify, challenge and, where possible, redress discrimination and inequality in all its forms in relation to AMHP Practice. To take a professional leadership role in cases where individuals needs/situation are complex or ambiguous, or where this is in dispute amongst those who have an interest in the individuals welfare. Commitment to work with individuals with lived experience and carers to promote participation and inclusivity.