Team Manager - Kent AMHP Service

Role Responsibility

This exciting opportunity is for a Team Manager Post in the Kent Approved Mental Health Professional Service.  You will be working in a county wide service alongside another Team Manager.  

Reporting to the service manager, team managers within the AMHP service hold accountability for the efficient working and performance of the team, ensuring adherence to legislation and the policies and procedures of the council.

Our team managers utilise agreed monitoring and review methods such as dashboards, wider divisional performance reports, staff supervision and workforce reports to develop the team’s knowledge base and expertise. This ensures that services are delivered and meet the standards required whilst promoting closer integrated working with partnership agencies and local care systems.

You will:

• Ensure that all AMHPs are performing to a high standard.
• Devise systems that support the service and AMHPs to deliver quality
• Support and manage staff through supervision and debriefing
• Lead on recruitment and retention of AMHPs.
• Ensure that the service is delivered in a cost-effective manner
• Offer expert advice to all stakeholders in relation to statuary activity
• Ensure that statutory work has a high profile both within KCC and KMPT
• Work in conjunction with stakeholders
• Have a substantial working knowledge of all relevant Mental Health Act and Social Care legislation and Codes of Practice.

Our offer

• Relocation packages up to a maximum of £8,000
• Full induction and comprehensive professional learning and development
• Annual leave allowance of 27 to 30 days
• Access to the Kent Academy for learning, practice development, innovation and training
• A minimum of 5 days training each year
• Excellent local government pension scheme.

Market premium payments

• £2,000 market premium payment paid upon re-approving as an AMHP, if the post holder wishes to maintain their approval.

This post is considered by KCC to be a customer-facing position. The Council therefore has a statutory duty under Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) to ensure that post holders have a command of spoken English/Welsh sufficient for the effective performance of the job requirements. The appropriate standards are set out in the Job Description/Person Specification.

This post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure application to the Disclosure and Barring service and registration as a qualified Social Worker with Social Work England.

Due to the current COVID position, any interviews will be set up to ensure adherence to government guidelines so may not be a face to face interview, details will be discussed with successful candidates nearer the time.

Contact Details

For further information on this role please contact:

Helen Burns - Service Manager helen.burns@kent.gov.uk 03000 414466

About the Company

Please note – if you are interested, please apply as soon as possible as the closing date for this advert may be earlier than stated should a number of suitably qualified candidates apply.