Approved Mental Health Practitioner (AMHP) - Needed in Thetford

My Norfolk based client is currently recruiting for a temporary Approved Mental Health Practitioner (AMHP) to work full time for approximately 4 months in the Thetford area.
This vacancy requires an immediate start, once CRB is applied for and returned, but this client is consistently looking for temporary AMHP's throughout the year based in different locations throughout Norfolk, so it is likely that your contract will be more on going.

Your duties will include but not be limited to:
- Referrals for assessments in relation to the Mental Health Act 1983
- Interviewing patients and ensuring that the criteria for detention is met should detention be the most appropriate way of providing care and treatment
- Consulting with relatives, carers, advocates, and liaising with psychiatrists, GPs, police and ambulance services
- To co-ordinate the medical assessments in line with established Codes of Practice
- To make recommendations in respect of Community Treatment Orders under Section 17A MHA 1983

Randstad Care operates as an employment business for the supply of temporary staff and an employment agency for the supply of permanent staff.

As an AMHP, you must be a qualified social worker and have undertaken the AMHP training course approved by the HCPC. Previous experience as an AMHP is essential