Approved Mental Health Professional

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Location Rotherham
- Borough Wide

Basis Full time

Job profile for Approved Mental Health Professional

Rotherham
- Borough Wide 25/10/2026 Approved Mental Health Professional

The job requirements are detailed below. Where applicable the skills, qualifications and memberships required for this job have also been included.

Salary £48,738 - £51,928

Contractual hours 37

Basis Full time

Region Rotherham

Job category/type Social Care

Date posted 08/10/2026

Job reference REQ
24158

Attachments attachment Benefits Package.doc attachment Job Profile Band K.docx

Directorate:
Adult Care, Housing and Public Health

Permanent, Full time, 37 hours per week

An exciting opportunity for an experienced Approved Mental Health Professional has arisen within our core AMHP service. The AMHP service is run on a fixed 7-week rota comprising of x3 12-hour shifts per week, and one week of x4 shifts to ensure contract hours are met. The current rota system is fair and equitable, ensuring that people work the same number of days, night and weekend shifts.

The rota system allows for people to be able to plan leave and home life and there is additional flexibility for people to be able to swap shifts with colleagues. The successful candidate will join the team as a band K Social Worker with a salary between £48,738.00 - £51,928.00, depending on level of experience.

We are always delighted to receive applications from talented candidates, and we know you don’t want to wait too long to hear back from us - so we are committed to actively reviewing applications as they arrive and will be in touch to arrange interviews with suitable candidates as soon as possible.

Now is the time to come and work for Rotherham Council’s Adult Social Care.

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Rotherham is on an exciting journey to transform its Adult Social Care service to ensure every adult is supported to maximise their independence and be safe, healthy and well. Our One Rotherham Values ensure we are committed to be Caring, Honest and Proud in everything that we do. Rotherham is an amazing place to live and work, with its historic Town Centre, country parks, woodlands, and nature reserves.

Rotherham is well connected to the other fine towns and cities in South Yorkshire both by road and by a comprehensive public transport network - including the UK’s first tram-train connecting Rotherham and Sheffield, pioneering cleaner, greener ways to travel.

The Mental Health social care team is part of Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council’s Adult’s and Community Wellbeing Offer. The team comprises of four subsections supporting adults with a functional diagnosis of mental health.

The AMHP Team focus on referrals under the pathway of the Mental Health Act 1983 (Amended 2025). The team work across all age groups and with individuals experiencing both organic and functional mental ill health where admission to hospital is being considered.

The Mental Health Front Door team are our duty team that respond to the most urgent cases needing support under the Care Act 2014. This service also includes the Mental Health…