Social Worker/Approved Mental Health Professional

Social Workers (AMHPs) Community Mental Health Teams across the service including Adults and Older Adults.  

Salary: Up to £42,786.00 (BR11/BR12+2) (Pro rata part time) (increasing to £44,070.00 from 1st of April 2024) 

In addition you will receive £1,500 annual retention and £1,000 Golden Hello and other excellent benefits  

Hours: Full time

Location: Community Mental Health teams based in Orpington and Beckenham


There has never been a more exciting time to join Adult Social Care in the London Borough of Bromley. We are currently 2 years into our Service Transformation programme; placing our residents as central to everything we do. As outlined in our new Corporate Strategy 'Making Bromley Even Better', we are committed to improving the lives of the people of Bromley by keeping them safe and supporting them to live independently. 
 
You can view our 'Making Bromley Even Better' Corporate Strategy video here: https://youtu.be/so9wkMR3nwk

About the Role

The London Borough of Bromley, in partnership with Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust are looking to recruit full-time Social Workers/AMHPs to work within our Community Mental Health teams based in Orpington and Beckenham.

 

Bromley Social Workers (AMHPs) work closely with the community and in-patient multi-disciplinary colleagues to support adults with mental health difficulties and their carers. Your role will be to offer support to both community and in-patient services, with the focus on working together with service users to enhance their independence and quality of life. You will be expected to undertake the statutory requirements of your role and that of the local authority to include Care Act duties, Safeguarding, both adult and children.

 

If you are an AMHP with proven experience of supervision, mentoring or supporting the learning of others, we would like to hear from you. Your knowledge and skills will be valued and opportunities for further development encouraged.

 

We aim to develop and maintain a culture of continuous learning and will actively promote this throughout your employment, ensuring through good quality supervision both managerial and professional that you are developing and delivering on the skills and knowledge required for the post.

 

Progression to senior roles will require both the AMHP and Practice Educator qualifications.

  

If you have any of the above qualifications and relevant experience, we would like to hear from you.

 

Please click here to view the job descriptionSocial Worker AMHPJD

 

Please click here to view our Making Bromley Even Better strategy: Making Bromley Even Better.pdf

 

If you would like to find out more about the roles, please contact: Grace John-Baptiste, Head of Social Care – G.John-Baptiste@nhs.net or Alison Burns, AMHP Team Manager  –   Alison.Burns6@nhs.net


Some of the benefits working for the London Borough of Bromley:

  • Eligibility to join the Lease Car Scheme
  • Membership of the excellent Local Government Pension Scheme
  • Generous Annual Leave entitlement
  • Excellent transport links
  • Salary Sacrifice Schemes make huge savings on – Cycle2Work bike scheme.
  • Employee Benefits Lifestyle Discounts –hundreds of discounts at local and national retailers, restaurants, holidays and much more

Equal Opportunities Statement  

We are committed to achieving equal opportunities in employment and service delivery.  We offer a generous package including competitive pay, career average pension scheme, flexible working practices and the Bromley employee benefits scheme; Cycle2Work and a wide range of unique discounts.

 

Social Worker/Approved Mental Health Professional
Location: Bromley Civic Centre
Contract Type: Permanent
Salary: £35,041 - £41,924
Posted: 17/01/2023
Closing Date: Ongoing