CONFIDENTIAL	Kent County Council Phone: Ask for: Email: Date

Dear

AMHP Re-approval

Following the Kent & Medway Approved Mental Health Professional Approval Panel which took place on XXXXXXXX, congratulations you have been reappointed to act as an Approved Mental Health Professional on behalf of Kent County Council for a further period of five years from XXXXXXX to XXXXXXX

May I congratulate you on your re-approval and thank you for your continuing hard work as an AMHP within the Mental Health Service. You are now eligible to receive the £2000 retention payment.

Please note that it is your responsibility to report any changes in your circumstances, which might affect your eligibility to work as an AMHP in Kent, to the Director of Adult Social Care & Health. Also if you leave your employment with the Kent AMHP Service your approval by Kent County Council will be ended.

The AMHP regulations state that AMHP warrants will be issued for a 5-year period and at the end of that time AMHPs will be required complete the re-approval process. This process is now based on a progressive assessment of continuing competence over the 5-year period of approval, and you are required to submit evidence of competence to your AMHP supervisor each year using the re-approval templates. These are available in the AMHP trainee and approval protocol along with the guide for completion. You will be notified that your warrant is due to expire 12 months before the expiry date and you will be given a submission date for your completed re-approval portfolio to the Kent & Medway Approval Panel.

Your new warrant card will be sent separately, please confirm receipt to the AMHP administrator. Please dispose of your old warrant card securely when it reaches its expiry date.

Yours sincerely,

Assistant Director

Countywide services

Adult Social Care & Health

cc	Helen Burns, Service Manager, Kent AMHP Service

Name Service manager (for mixed role AMHPs)