Job Title: EDT Specialist Practitioner
Location: Halifax
Pay Rate: £35 per hour
Job Description:
Liquid Personnel is seeking two experienced and dedicated Specialist Practitioners to join the Emergency Duty Team (EDT) for our client based in Halifax. This vital out-of-hours service addresses urgent social care needs across Calderdale.
The ideal candidates will be qualified Social Workers with current registration and hold a warrant to practice as Approved Mental Health Professionals (AMHPs). This role is ideal for professionals who are confident in autonomous decision-making, thrive in high-pressure environments, and are committed to safeguarding vulnerable individuals during evenings, nights, and weekends.
The position operates on a rotating shift pattern, including 16-hour night shifts and 8–10 hour day shifts on weekends.
What will your responsibilities be?
- Respond promptly and effectively to emergency referrals involving children and adults, including mental health crises.
- Undertake Mental Health Act assessments as an AMHP and coordinate appropriate interventions.
- Make autonomous, risk-informed decisions in high-pressure situations, often with limited information.
- Liaise with emergency services, hospitals, and other partner agencies to ensure coordinated responses.
- Maintain accurate and timely records of all interventions and decisions made during shifts.
- Provide safeguarding interventions and initiate protective actions when necessary.
- Work collaboratively with daytime services to ensure continuity of care and follow-up.
Benefits:
- Support from senior members of staff
- Great location with public transport links
- Competitive rate of pay
Qualifications & Experience:
To be successful in this role you must have,
- Social Work England registration
- Warrant to practice as an approved mental health professional
- Eligible to work in the UK.
- Hold a full UK driving license.
- Post-qualified experience
- Degree level or equivalent in Social Work
Why Liquid Personnel?
- Free DBS and compliance service
- Twice weekly payroll and ‘Faster Pay’ service, getting you paid more quickly
- Access to exclusive roles that aren’t available from other agencies
- Free access to Liquid’s exclusive social work training and CPD portal
- Your own dedicated consultant with extensive social work knowledge
- Access to a wide selection of social work positions across the UK
- “Refer a Friend” bonus – get £500 for each social worker you refer who we successfully place*
- “Find your own job” bonus – get £250 for bringing your own position to us *
Liquid Personnel is an equal opportunities employer. Liquid Personnel Ltd is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy. * Terms and conditions apply to our bonus schemes.
Reasonable Adjustments:
If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity by contacting our team. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into your work placement.
We are unable to support or accept applications from candidates who are residents within the Red or Amber list of the Code of practice for the international recruitment of health and social care personnel in England, based on the World Health Organisation (WHO) Workforce Support and Safeguard List.
BH – 190654
GH – 32071
