Mental Health and Wellbeing Practitioner
Kent PLC, Tovil, Maidstone
Mental Health and Wellbeing Practitioner
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Kent PLC, Tovil, Maidstone
- Full time
- Permanent
- Onsite working
Posted 1 week ago, 2 Jul | Get your application in now before you're too late!
Closing date: Closing date not specified
Job ref: 8d315c06d9384de4b8c43fc57762b4b3
Location ref: Tovil, Maidstone
Full Job Description
The Kent and Medway All Age Eating Disorder Service (AAEDS) is a specialist community service offering NICE-concordant treatment for children (from the age of 8 and above), young people and adults with a diagnosed eating disorder.,
- You will work alongside service users, families, carers and multi-disciplinary team members to co-ordinate care, supporting collaborative decision-making about care and treatment.
- Delivering a set of wellbeing-focused psychologically informed interventions, aligned to cognitive-behavioural principles, based on the best evidence available, that address problems often experienced by people with severe mental health problems i.e. eating disorder.
- You will take a lead role in completing triages for service users who symptoms are indicative of Binge Eating Disorder.
- you will be delivering our guided self help programme for service users diagnosed with Bulimia Nervosa and Binge Eating Disorder.
- Where applicable you will support any digital pathway for this cohort of service users.
We are Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust. We care for the mental health and wellbeing of people across Kent and Medway and are rated 'Good' by the Care Quality Commission (CQC). Our teams support children, young people and adults with a wide range of mental health needs. We also provide specialist services, including all-age eating disorder services and neurodevelopmental assessments for children and young people, such as autism and ADHD. Because we work across the whole county and across hospital and community settings, we can make care more joined up and easier to access for the people we serve. Our vision is simple: we are here to help communities not just live with mental illness, but live well. It's why we're passionate about working with communities to make mental health care better for everyone. Everything we do is guided by our values: caring, inclusive, curious and confident. Join us if you share our passion for better mental health care and want to be part of a team that's working well together.