Band 4 CAMHS Community Support Worker (Eating Disorders) - Bristol
Avon And Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership Nhs Trust, Bristol
Band 4 CAMHS Community Support Worker (Eating Disorders) - Bristol
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Avon And Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership Nhs Trust, Bristol
- Full time
- Temporary
- Onsite working
Posted 1 week ago, 24 Jun | Get your application in now before you miss out!
Closing date: Closing date not specified
job Ref: d48565e8e73149f488ef00bed6d119d8
Full Job Description
We are delighted to have an opportunity for enthusiastic and dedicated mental health support workers to join us and work within a busy and innovative CAMHS Outreach service. This is to offer Home Treatment for young people with eating disorders.If you feel you are a good fit for this role, we advise that you submit your application ASAP as we will be capping the number of applications., Our service operates from 8am - 8pm 7 days a week, across Bristol, South Glos & North Somerset. We are looking a member of staff to cover these areas. Due to the wide patch we cover,ability to travel is necessary.
The roles will include in-house training on eating disorders and their treatment models, such as Family therapy for Anorexia Nervosa (FT-AN), CBT-E and distress tolerance skills.
We will also offer opportunities to access our wider CAMHS training curriculum, alongside regular individual and group supervision. You would be working amongst a skilled, supportive & caring team of registered and non-registered practitioners., We provide short-term intensive home treatment and in-reach into acute Hospital settings as an extension to a Community CAMHS care package.
We aim to support young people and their families to avoid inpatient admissions where possible and support them with recovery in a home setting. The team currently is made up of a skilled mix of band 7 & band 6 Mental Health Practitioners & Band 4 Support Workers. We aim to work in pairs where possible, however there are times that you would be expected to work autonomously with indirect support and supervision from a registered practitioner.
This role will be working within a specialist CAMHS eating disorder service that offers a real opportunity to develop new skills whilst also increasing your current skills and knowledge base via direct work and training. Providing meal support, psychoeducation and emotional support to young people and their families, affected by an eating disorder within Bristol, South Glos and North Somerset.
We are AWP (Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust); a diverse organisation with over 5,000 dedicated staff providing inpatient and community-based mental health care.
We provide services from a range of locations to approximately 1.8 million people living in Bath and North East Somerset (B&NES), Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Swindon, across the county of Wiltshire and in parts of Dorset.
Our outstanding people promote mental health and wellbeing. The expertise and resources within AWP are dedicated to a person-centred approach for those who use our services and for all employees. We recognise that happy and fulfilled employees give better care.
At AWP we actively encourage applicants from all backgrounds; we are particularly keen to encourage applications from people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, those with disabilities and from the LGBTQ+ community. We want people to bring their unique blend of experiences, backgrounds, perspectives and knowledge to AWP, as diversity makes us stronger.
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