Mental Health Officer: Adults With Incapacity

Mental Health Officer: AWI Team
Waverley Court

Salary: £46,023 - £54,476
Hours: 36 per week

Based within the Department of Health and Social Care AWI MHO Team these posts present an exciting opportunity to gain experience and further professional development as a full-time Mental Health Officer within the City of Edinburgh MHO Service.

Qualification as a Mental Health Officer following the successful completion of a SSSC accredited post qualifying Mental Health Award programme is essential.

As an MHO within the AWI MHO Service, you will use your skills and knowledge in addressing the impact of impaired capacity to make welfare and/or financial decisions for the citizens of Edinburgh.

This will include attendance at Adult Support and Protection case conferences where capacity to make decisions is a potential contributing factor to either the adult being less able to protect themselves from harm or is directly contributing to harm.

You will support health and social work colleagues to address issues of capacity contributing to delay in discharge from hospital including taking forward applications for guardianship where required. Completion of MHO reports in relation to private applications for welfare guardianships

You should demonstrate a strong commitment to person centred interventions, strong rights-based practice supporting autonomy and the enactment of the adults 'will and preferences' while balancing this with the right to be protected from harm within an appropriate framework of individual and public protection.

In addition to responsibilities under the Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000 you will contribute to the City of Edinburgh MHO rota for responding to psychiatric emergencies.

As an MHO you will have a significant role in supporting colleagues within the partnership in their understanding of the impact of significant mental ill health and incapacity with regard decision making, however caused including appropriate application of legislation to help support citizens, promote wellbeing and achieve positive outcomes. This will include providing both informal advice and guidance but also the opportunity to be involved in awareness raising and training.

As a member of one of the core MHO Teams in the partnership, you will have a key role in supporting the training of future MHOs undertaking the Mental Health Award Programme and in supporting our satellite MHO workforce through mentoring.

This post is regulated work with children and/or protected adults under the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007. The preferred candidate will be required to join the PVG Scheme or undergo a PVG Scheme update check. Where an individual has spent a continuous period of 3 months or more out with the UK in the last 5 years, an Overseas Criminal Record Check will be required. You will be required to provide this check. An unconditional offer of employment and commencement in the post will be subject to the outcome of both these pre-employment checks being deemed satisfactory.

We are committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce where everyone feels valued and able to be their best. We particularly encourage applications from women for senior roles, as well as people from minority ethnic backgrounds, people with disabilities or neurodivergent people, care experienced people, carers and LGBT+ people across all levels of the organisation, all of whom are currently underrepresented. All applicants will be considered fairly based on skills and experience. Disabled and care-experienced applicants who meet the minimum job criteria will be guaranteed an interview.

Find out more about our commitment to equalities https://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/work-us/inclusive-edinburgh/4

As part of our goal to improve organisational culture and create a great place to work together for the people of Edinburgh, we want to make sure we're recruiting the best people. We're interested not only in your skills and experience but also in your approach to work. Therefore, part of our interview process will be an assessment of how you would bring Our Behaviours of Respect, Integrity and Flexibility into your ways of working.

You can find out more on Our Behaviours web page Our Behaviours - The City of Edinburgh Council

Our salary range typically reflects the initial starting salary and annually increases until it reaches the top of the range.

Happy to talk flexible working.

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