The role of<unk>  (AMHP) in the United Kingdom was created in the 2007 amendment of the<unk>  Health Act 1983 to replace the role of<unk>  social worker (ASW). The role is broadly similar to the role of the<unk>  social worker but is distinguished in no longer being the exclusive preserve of social workers. It can be undertaken by other professionals including registered<unk>  health or learning disability nurses, occupational therapists and chartered psychologists after completing appropriate post-qualifying masters level training at level 7 NQF and being<unk>  by a local authority for a period of up to five years, subject to re-warranting. The role of the AMHP is to coordinate the assessment of individuals who are being considered for detention under the<unk>  Health Act 1983. The reason why some specialist<unk>  health professionals are eligible to undertake this role is broadly to avoid excessive medicalisation of the assessment and treatment for individuals living with a<unk>  disorder, as defined by section 1 of the<unk>  Health Act 1983. It is the role of the AMHP to decide, founded on the medical recommendations of doctors (or a doctor for the purpose of section 4 of the Act), whether a person should be detained under the<unk>  Health Act 1983.
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