Approved Mental Health Professional

Job description

Contract terms

Starting salary: PO5 (£52,194 – £55,323)
Work location: St. Ann’s Hospital, St Ann’s Road, London, N15 3TH
Hours per week: 36 per week
Contract type: Permanent
Closing date: Sunday, 19th July 2026 at 23:59
Expected interview date: W/c 3rd August 2026

If you are intending on going for a secondment opportunity, please insure you have notified your line manager/head of service to seek approval

About Haringey

Haringey is a fantastic place to live and work – the world in one borough. A place brimming with creativity, personality, radicalism, and community. It is a place where we stand up for each other. A place that is proudly distinctive. We’ll be celebrating all this and more as the “rebel borough” when we are the 2027 London Borough of Culture.

Our history champions change-makers and everyday rebels; revelling in our differences, battling discrimination, championing equality, and doing things our own way. Haringey’s people are a huge asset, with knowledge, expertise, and passion. Our staff members embody our organisational values: Caring, Creative, Courageous, Collaborative and Community-focused. These values keep us looking forward, ambitious for the future, and continuously striving to do our very best for all of our residents.

About the role

Are you a qualified Approved Mental Health Professional (AMHP) looking to make a real difference in people’s lives? Join Haringey’s Adult Social Care service, where you will undertake Mental Health Act assessments, make independent professional decisions, and ensure individuals receive the right support while protecting their rights and dignity. Working across a variety of settings including hospitals, the community, courts and police stations, you will play a pivotal role in supporting adults experiencing mental health crises and promoting the least restrictive interventions wherever possible.

About the team

You’ll be joining a highly skilled and collaborative Adult Social Care team committed to delivering outstanding services to residents. Working alongside social workers, healthcare professionals, the police, courts and other partner agencies, you’ll contribute to a multidisciplinary approach that places the individual at the heart of decision-making. The team is passionate about professional development, continuous improvement and delivering high-quality, legally compliant mental health services across a diverse community.

About you

We’re looking for a qualified Approved Mental Health Professional with a Social Work qualification and current Social Work England registration. You will have a strong understanding of the Mental Health Act, social care legislation and strengths-based practice, alongside the ability to undertake high-quality assessments and make sound professional judgements in complex situations. You’ll be a confident communicator with excellent report-writing skills, capable of building relationships with service users, families and partner agencies. Most importantly, you’ll be committed to safeguarding vulnerable adults, promoting independence and delivering person-centred support within a culturally diverse community.

Working for Haringey

At Haringey Council we are committed to creating a workplace culture where all our people feel valued, included, and able to be their best at work, and we recognise the benefits of a diverse workforce so welcome applications from all ethnicities and communities so that we continue to make a difference to our residents and community.  Our benefits package includes a leave entitlement of 31 days + bank holidays, potential hybrid working opportunities, health and wellbeing support, a generous local government pension scheme and a range of discount schemes across leisure and culture that provide both financial and money-saving discounts.

Please note: we reserve the right to end this advert before the noted deadline if we receive sufficient applications. If you wish to apply for this role, please ensure that you do so as soon as possible.  

Additionally, we are aware that automated emails may be diverted through to junk email folders.  Please continue to check these through the application process.  If you have any questions about the status of your application, please contact ResourcingHub@haringey.gov.uk