Job vacancy: Band 4 CAMHS Community Support Worker (Eating Disorders), Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust, Bristol

Job summary

Main area: Support Worker
Grade: Band 4
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week (8am to 8pm including weekend cover)
Job ref: 342-CAMHS081-0724

Employer: Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Off The Record
Town: Bristol
Salary: £25,147 - £27,596 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 15/07/2024 23:59

Band 4 CAMHS Community Support Worker (Eating Disorders)

Band 4

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see uploaded job description and person spec.

- Providing meal support, psychoeducation and emotional support to young people and their families who are effected by an eating disorder within Bristol, South Glos and North Somerset.

- Providing support in young people's homes to prevent hospital admissions where possible.

- Working alongside colleagues within the ED Home Treatment Team, and wider colleagues from Acute trusts and CAMHS.

- Working autonomously at times, with indirect supervision from registered staff within the team.

- Keeping clear and accurate records of appointments including; engagement, Safeguarding concerns, food and fluid intake & interpersonal communication with a family and care team.

- Supporting young people and families at home to manage periods of distress and upset.

- Supporting young people and families to develop positive ways of managing and coping,

- Providing support in conjunction and as an extension of Family Based Treatment for an ED which will be provided by the Locality CAMHS Team.

- Working in a person centred way with young people who will have different diagnoses, co-morbidities and needs within an Eating Disorder support framework.

- Assessing and supporting young people with physical health symptoms, with clear care plans and escalation plans.

• This role includes working alongside our colleagues from acute settings, you will be part of a multi-disciplinary team, which at times supports young people who are fed by nasal gastric tubes in their home for short periods of time.

Please see attached job description for more details

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

Ability to study at degree level/ proven academic success (including good literacy and numeracy)
Experience of working within Mental Health, Supportive or relevant role/ study
Able to travel to meet requirement of role

skills and competencies

Essential criteria

Computer literate
• Ability to study as a self-motivated learner who can formulate their own progress towards learning objectives and negotiate pathways to achievement with supervisory teams
• Ability to learn in a variety of settings and using a variety of learning methods

Knowledge

Essential criteria

Knowledge of children and young people gained through academic study or experience in child development, child wellbeing or mental health
Knowledge of or desire to work in an ED setting

Desirable criteria

Knowledge of the educational system in England

Previous Experience

Desirable criteria

Experience of working with CYP in educational/ MH/ youth work/ Support setting
Experience of working within mental health or support worker setting
Experience of supporting someone with an ED

Specific Attributes

Essential criteria

• Ability to personally manage a sensitive, traumatic and potentially emotionally distressing caseload
Excellent oral and written communication skills

personal qualities

Essential criteria

Self motivated
Team player
Excellent time management and organisational skills

We are proud to be fostering a diverse workforce that reflects our communities. A key commitment to this is improving staff representation from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic communities, those from the LGBTQ+ communities, people with ‘lived-experience’ of mental health conditions and people living with disabilities,– we are a ‘Disability Confident Employer’ offering a guaranteed interview to Disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria.

We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service users.

Please apply to join us, we would love to hear from you. Any personal details you supply to us are kept safe in line with the General Data Protection Regulations.

Adverts normally close for application a few minutes before midnight on the closing date and we will let you know if we are offering you an interview by email via our recruitment system ‘TRAC’. We contact all applicants within 4 weeks after the closing date, so please check your emails regularly once you have submitted your application; you are welcome to contact us, via the TRAC system, if you have any queries about your application.

Mindful employer. Being positive about mental health.

Applicant requirements

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name: Abi Carey
Job title: Team Manager
Email address: [email protected]
Telephone number: 0117 354 6400
Additional information: Although we are an 8-8 service, the office phone above is usually covered from 9-5 Monday to Friday. Please feel free to email to arrange a phone call or ask any questions.

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Band 4 CAMHS Community Support Worker (Eating Disorders)

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

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Essential criteria

skills and competencies

Essential criteria

Knowledge

Essential criteria

Desirable criteria

Previous Experience

Desirable criteria

Specific Attributes

Essential criteria

personal qualities

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