About the role

North Northants Council is developing and enhancing Northamptonshire’s out of hours service for adults.  We are looking for exceptional permanent full-time qualified Approved Mental Health Professionals (AMHP) to join us on our journey. As an AMHP, you would be working to ensure the safety and well-being of people outside of normal working hours. This role will provide an opportunity for an experienced AMHP with a high level of expertise, sound knowledge of relevant legislation and with the ability to work autonomously to a high standard, in an often highly pressured environment.  You’ll be part of a strong and supportive AMHP service, committed to delivering the best service to people experiencing mental health crises and to one another.   The Emergency Duty Team (EDT) provides an adult social care response to emergency situations that arise outside of normal working hours and that cannot wait until the next working day. This includes the provision of an AMHP service for urgent Mental Health Act assessments and Care Act responses (including Adult Safeguarding).

EDT is part of the ‘The 24-hour AMHP Service' serving the Local Authorities of North and West Northamptonshire.

The AMHP team will be based at Haylock House, Kettering, although most EDT shifts are worked from home.

The working hours of EDT are Monday to Friday from 5pm to 9am and all weekend. EDT also work all Bank Holidays.

This role is subject to a rolling working rota consisting of nights, weekends, and bank holiday cover. There is an EDT out of hours allowance of 15% to reflect this aspect of the role, in addition to the current AMHP pay band.

Appointment to this post will be subject to the outcome of an Enhanced Disclosure obtained through the Disclosure and Barring Service. The Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

You need to be, dynamic, innovative, committed, and passionate; you'll bring a comprehensive knowledge and skill-base to the challenge of working with adults and their families. Your strong social work skills will enable you to support and develop others as well as being a role model for good social work practice, ensuring the very best outcomes for the people in North and West Northamptonshire.

Candidates must hold a relevant qualification with evidence of post qualifying experience and continued professional development and in addition a qualification as an Approved Mental Health Professional (AMHP).

You will be passionate about being a Social Worker, a great leader and someone who is keen to share your knowledge and experience with others. As such you will be a SWE registered Social Worker with a minimum of 3 years’ experience. You will have a high level of interpersonal skills, undertaking multi-agency work with partner organisations, providers, individuals, families and carers.

Interviews will be held week commencing 25th August 2025.

For a full list of the requirements of the role, please check out the Job Description and Person Specification.

For an informal discussion and further information or to arrange a conversation via teams or over the phone, please contact Sarah Jenkins or Desmond Tuoyire via email: Sarah.Jenkins@northnorthants.gov.uk/ 07753442033 or Desmond.Tuoyire@northnorthants.gov.uk / 07570080206

Our benefits

Here at North Northamptonshire Council, we’re transforming for the better, using all our creativity and imagination to create the best life for our local people.

You’ll find that we have a wide range of careers that may be more surprising than you think!

Why choose us?

We offer a vibrant working environment with:

a competitive salarya pension scheme, where we pay a significant contribution on top of your contribution. It provides life cover and ill-health protection.lots of opportunities to develop your skills, knowledge and potential in a large unitary councilgenerous leave entitlement (28 days, rising to 33 days) and bank holidays, plus the option to buy up to an extra 10 dayshybrid and flexible working arrangements, where practicable for service needs to help you with a healthy work-life balance.

 

We provide a range of great benefits such as an Employee Assistance Programme, an Employee Benefits Scheme, wellbeing support, travel rates at HMRC rates, as well as supporting a range of active Employee Network Groups.

About us

Our Values and Behaviours

Our values define who we are and how we operate, by forming the foundation for how we interact with our customers, colleagues and provide our services. They are also at the forefront of our decision making and delivery and are:

Customer-focused
Respectful
Efficient
Supportive
Trustworthy

Our Key Commitments

Our key commitments help ensure that the priorities we make, now and in the future, maintain the necessary breadth of focus in those areas that we believe matter most.

We are proud to be a recognised Disability Confident Employer and is committed to providing an inclusive recruitment process and will offer an interview to disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the role.

North Northamptonshire Council re-signed the Armed Forces Covenant in June 2024 which highlights the Council’s pledge to support the Armed Forces community. The council obtained the silver status award for the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) and we are now currently working towards achieving Gold status.

Further information can be found at Jobs and careers | North Northamptonshire Council (northnorthants.gov.uk)

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Approved Mental Health Professional - Emergency Duty Team Salary £46731 - £49764 Salary Frequency Annual Working Hours Monday to Friday 5pm to 9am including Weekends and Bank Holidays Job Reference Ref/3423/6949 Contract Type Full Time Closing Date 17 August, 2025 Job Category Social Care - Adults Location Sheerness House 41 Meadow Road Kettering, United Kingdom Job Posted Date 18 July, 2025 Apply Add to watchlist Print this job Refer a friend for this job

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