Community Mental Health Social Workers/AMHP’s – Level 2/3

Community Mental Health Social Workers/AMHP’s – Level 2/3

London Borough of Enfield

Salary: SW Level 2/3 AMHP up to £54,022

Contract: Permanent, Full time

Job Reference: PEO-001315

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.

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.

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?

Please note the salary quoted is per annum pro rata.

Contact details –

If you would like to know more about the role, please contact Debbie Morgan, Head of MH Services – 07903 970387 or Lucy Omezi Community Rehab Team Manager/Head of Service – 07580 881049 for an informal discussion.

If you have any difficulties accessing this information, please contact Andy Kingsbury, Recruitment & Onboarding Advisor on 0208 078 5976 or andy.kingsbury@enfield.gov.uk.

Closing date for applications: 23:59 on Sunday 15th December 2024