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Social network you want to login/join with: Approved Mental Health Professional, Walsallcol-narrow-left Client:Location:Walsall, United Kingdom Job Category:- EU work permit required:Yes col-narrow-right Job Reference:af28c44bb308 Job Views:4 Posted:02.05.2025 Expiry Date:16.06.2025 col-wide Job Description:Approved Mental Health Professional Qualified Social Worker Location: West Midlands Pay rate: £27.67 per hourWe are seeking experienced and passionateQualified Social Workersto join a dedicatedApproved Mental Health Professionalteam in the West Midlands. As part of this team, you will work in a fast-paced, busy, and supportive environment. Your responsibilities will include coordinating assessments, demonstrating principles of the Mental Health Act such as the least restrictive and participation principles, and ensuring humane and dignified conveyance of individuals to hospital if needed.You will provide the Council’s statutory emergency duty response outside of office hours, weekends, and bank holidays in complex situations, responding to adults needing mental health assessment, safeguarding, and social care emergency interventions.The role involves delivering high-quality social care, managing safeguarding risks within a multiagency environment, and working holistically and person-centered to keep customers and families central to processes.The AMHP has authority to apply for detention under the Mental Health Act and to approve Community Treatment Orders and Guardianship requests. Trained Best Interest Assessors (BIAs) can recommend deprivation of liberty under the Mental Capacity Act.Ideal candidate: Holds a professional Social Work qualification and is registered with Social Work England. Must be qualified as an AMHP. Has post-qualification experience, especially with complex cases. Willing to undergo an enhanced disclosure check. Available to work out of hours, including weekends and bank holidays, to provide a 24/7 service. In this role, you will: Manage out-of-hours referrals and make complex decisions across social work duties. Conduct assessments and share outcomes appropriately in emergency settings. Assess and facilitate hospital admissions or refer to less restrictive alternatives, liaising with crisis and medical teams. Ensure effective safeguarding interventions, manage investigations, and maintain accurate records. Apply the Mental Capacity Act appropriately, seeking least restrictive options and making immediate decisions in high-risk situations. This is an agency post, and Pertemps offers: Dedicated consultant access, easy registration, referral schemes, compliance management, reliable payroll, and more. The role is ideally suited for those traveling from Birmingham, Stoke-on-Trent, Tamworth, Coventry, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Burton-upon-Trent, Wolverhampton, Lichfield, Solihull, Sutton Coldfield, Dudley, West Bromwich, Walsall, Stafford, Leicester, Nottingham. We recruit for all areas of Qualified Social Work. If this role isn't suitable, contact us for other opportunities including IRO, BIA, MASH, Children’s Social Work, Mental Health, Hospital Discharge, Homeless Intervention, and more.#J-18808-Ljbffr