Mental Health Officer

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We are a disability confident leader and we support reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process - for more information click

important-information-for-applicants (north-ayrshire.gov.uk).

This post is based in the Mental Health team within our Mental Health Service. Reporting to the Team Manager, you will be involved in Mental Health Officer (MHO) duties within the context of relevant legislation and the reserved functions of the Mental Health Officer, registration requirements, Council policies and procedures and recognised best practice. To also take on the role of MHO Practice Assessor as required and support the development of MHO trainees within the service., Preferred candidates will be required to join the PVG Scheme, or undergo a PVG Scheme Update check, prior to confirmation of employment being made by North Ayrshire Council. Please note, successful candidates will be expected to meet the cost of the relevant PVG check (£59 or £18), which will be deducted from your salary following commencement of employment. For further information on the PVG Scheme please visit

https://www.mygov.scot/organisations/disclosure-scotland/. For further details on North Ayrshire Council's policy please visit

Pre-employment checks (north-ayrshire.gov.uk).

Please note if you are the successful candidate your name and email address will be entered into the Disclosure Scotland PVG system to generate your PVG form which will be issued to your email with an enclosed link to complete.

Our Workstyles

As an employer of choice, North Ayrshire Council has identified four different Workstyles. Each post in the council has been allocated one of these styles:

Agile - 100% of time spent working agile (flexibly) and interacting with others. Able to work at home, office or multiple locations. May be required to attend office on set days/rota basis as the role requires.

This post has been allocated the workstyle: Agile

More information on our workstyles can be found in our HR Guide -

Workstyles (north-ayrshire.gov.uk). If you have any questions on the allocated Workstyle for this post, please ask at interview.