Approved Mental Health Professional
| Company: | Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £47,831 - £56,997 |
| Hours: | Full-time |
| Location: | Maidenhead, SL6 1RF |
| Working pattern: | Hybrid - 3 days remote |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Posting date: | 15 Jul 2026 |
| Closing date: | 14 Aug 2026 |
Summary
Are you passionate about making a difference in mental health?
We have exciting an opportunity for an Approved Mental Health Professional to join us!
This is a full-time, permanent role, with a salary of £47,831 - £56,997 per annum plus an annual retention bonus of £3,000 subject to eligibility.
The Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead is seeking dedicated and skilled Approved Mental Health Professionals (AMHPs) to join our Community Mental Health Team. With one vacancy available, this is an exciting opportunity to contribute to a supportive and forward-thinking service that puts individuals and their wellbeing at the centre of care.
About us:
The Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead (RBWM) is set in the wider county of Berkshire, one of the most economically productive and innovative areas of the country. The borough council is a unitary authority - takes pride in its exceptional team of dedicated professionals who are passionate about providing quality services to the community.
RBWM is a unique borough, with huge opportunity given its proximity to London and expanding business sectors, as well as being a major cultural and tourism area which includes international attractions such as Windsor Castle, Legoland and Ascot Racecourse.
Why now?
It’s a great time to join RBWM. We’ve started our transformation journey—Living Well Together—a vision shaped by staff that’s about helping residents live well and enabling our teams to work well together in a connected, compassionate, and forward-thinking environment. We’re investing in new roles, new technology, and enhanced learning and development to support our teams and improve outcomes.
RBWM’s 2026 workforce health check shows a generally positive position, with Registered Social Workers performing above both national and South East averages across the eight employer standards and workplace experience measures.
What is going well:
Social Work is a clear strength: average overall scores for Standards 1–8 are 84 locally, compared with 78 nationally and 78 regionally; workplace experience is 81 locally versus 70 nationally and 71 regionally.
Strong leadership, autonomy and supervision in Social Work, including Strategic and professional leadership (88), Safe workloads and case allocation (89) and Supervision (85).
Positive management culture in the wider social care workforce, including immediate manager values my work (91), treated fairly and respectfully by colleagues (85), and work makes a real difference (85).
Occupational Therapy has strong wellbeing and supervision foundations, with Wellbeing (84) and Supervision (86).
Staff report a good level of safety and confidence to raise concerns: in the social care worker cohort, 100% said they had felt physically safe at work most of the time and 92% said they felt safe raising concerns.
But don’t just take our word for it—watch our staff videos to hear directly from our teams about what it’s like to work here:
👉 Adult social care careers | Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead
About the team:
Our AMHP Team is set out to fulfil the statutory duty on behalf of RBWM local authority. It is sitting under the Mental Wellbeing Service within Adult Social Care. A core responsibility of the AMHP is to uphold and protect the rights of individuals, ensuring all least restrictive options are explored before compulsory admission is considered under the Mental Health Act 1983 (2007).
The role:
As an AMHP, you will play a pivotal role in coordinating Mental Health Act (MHA) assessments, managing a small and capped caseload of complex cases, and contributing to the prevention of compulsory hospital admissions. This role offers autonomy, regular supervision, access to legal advice, and opportunities for professional development through training and legal updates.
You will work collaboratively with health and social care colleagues to consider referrals and coordinate MHA assessment, aligning with the guiding principles of MHA Code of Practice.
Your role will involve:
Fulfil statutory duties under the Mental Health Act 1983 (2007) and ensure compliance with relevant policies and Codes of Practice.
Provide social supervision for service users under s37/41 of the MHA and prepare reports for the Ministry of Justice.
Promote equality, challenge stigma, and safeguard the human rights of service users and their families.
Contribute to the supervision and mentoring of Social Workers, students, and trainees.
Facilitate least restrictive community support options by coordinating resources and working collaboratively with partner agencies.
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