Job summary
As AMHP Service Manager, you will lead the ongoing development and delivery of a responsive, legally sound and person-centred 24/7 AMHP service across Devon. You will work across organisational and professional boundaries, bringing together colleagues who deliver or support AMHP activity in a wide range of settings.

The AMHP rota is supported by a broader network of qualified AMHPs working across Devon County Council and Devon Partnership NHS Trust. A key part of your role will be to build strong relationships with these teams and their leaders, ensuring that colleagues who contribute to the rota feel connected, well supported and part of a shared professional identity.

You will balance visible operational leadership with strategic influence, ensuring effective service delivery today while creating the conditions for a sustainable, skilled and confident AMHP workforce for the future.In your role as Lead AMHP for Devon, you will provide strategic professional leadership across the system, ensuring that Devon remains connected to emerging national developments, best practice, workforce initiatives and legislative reform. You will represent the service in regional and national forums, helping to shape conversations about the future of AMHP practice while bringing learning and innovation back into the county.

Main duties of the job

• Providing strategic, operational and professional leadership across the daytime and Out of Hours AMHP services, supporting a coordinated 24/7 model.
• Leading, supporting and developing AMHP Team Managers and associated leadership and business support arrangements.
• Working collaboratively with wider social care and mental health services whose AMHPs contribute to the county-wide rota, strengthening shared ownership and professional connection.
• Maintaining effective oversight of workforce capacity, rota resilience and service demand, with a focus on safe, responsive and sustainable delivery.
• Promoting high-quality, proportionate and least restrictive Mental Health Act practice, grounded in the Act, the Code of Practice, human rights and evidence-informed decision-making.
• Providing professional leadership to AMHPs across Devon, including those based outside dedicated AMHP teams.
• Working with workforce development leads, leading recruitment, retention, succession planning and the development of AMHPs and trainee AMHPs.
• Developing a clear and attractive AMHP career pathway, from early interest and preparation for training through to experienced practice, advanced roles and future leadership opportunities.
• Working with higher education providers, workforce colleagues and partner organisations to expand and strengthen routes into AMHP training and post-qualifying development.

About us
This is more than a service management role. It is an opportunity to shape a vital statutory service, strengthen a diverse professional community and influence how mental health crisis support develops across a large and varied county.

In return, we offer

• You'll be working in a supportive and inclusive environment where your contribution is valued and your development is prioritised.
• We offer26 days annual leave, plus Bank Holidays, rising incrementally to 31 days after 5 years service.
• Offer an opportunity to enter agenerous Local Government Pension Scheme.
• As a place to live and work, Devon is hard to beat with top-performing schools, universities, vibrant cities, pretty villages and some of the most scenic coast and countryside in the UK. Living and working in Devon has never been more attractive.
• A visible and supportive senior leadership team with ambition for the service and the people who work within it.
• Flexible and agile working arrangements, subject to the needs of the service.
• A comprehensive relocation package for candidates who are moving to Devon, subject to organisational policy and eligibility criteria.
• Please note: At this time, we are unable to consider overseas applications.

Details
Date posted: 25 August 2026
Pay scheme: Other
Salary: £67,401 a year
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: F0011-26-0465
Job locations: Wonford House, Dryden Road, Exeter, EX2 5AF, United Kingdom

Job responsibilities
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Person Specification
Experience
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Qualifications
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Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details
Employer name: Devon County Council
Address: Wonford House, Dryden Road, Exeter, EX2 5AF, United Kingdom
Employer's website: https://www.devon.gov.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact: Kayleigh Bradford, Kayleigh.bradford@devon.gov.uk

Devon County Council is an equal opportunities employer.