Senior Mental Health Practitioner - CAMHS Eating Disorder Team

My name is Jen Wilson and I am the Team Manager for the Eating Disorder Team within Wakefield CAMHS. We are looking for an experienced and passionate Senior Mental Health Practitioner to take on a clinical leadership role within our service which supports children, and their families, who are affected by an eating disorder or disordered eating including Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID).

Our Eating Disorder Team is an award-winning multi-disciplinary team; you will work closely with Psychiatrists and Dietitians to ensure the delivery of a comprehensive tailored package to meet the needs of the individual.

This position is ideal for someone who has a strong experience of working with children and young people with an eating disorder diagnosis or disordered eating and is passionate about delivering high quality innovative care to children and their families in a community mental health service.

The successful candidate will offer assessments and screenings, hold a caseload of children and young people and support pathway developments within the team and wider service. You would be expected to offer support to young people admitted to a general hospital for physical health concerns and deliver groups to families and carers., Undertake assessments and screens for children and young people who have a suspected or diagnosed eating disorder

Provide consultation and teaching for other agencies/professionals

Provide supervision and teaching to all other disciplines within CAMHS and to deputise as agreed for the Clinical Lead

Promote safeguarding and the welfare of children and young people

Undertake Consultation and triage as part of or following a referral to the Eating Disorder Team

Manage cases of high complexity which require more specialised levels of assessment and therapeutic skills.

Implement intensive interventions

Deliver and devise complex packages of care, and effective evidence-based treatment, that is young person centred and follows NICE guidelines;

Ensure all young persons identified with complex problems are discharged from Specialist CAMHS with an appropriate package of care from universal services.

Liaise with external agencies, e.g. Education, Social Services and Paediatric Services.

Report all incidents and near misses in line with Trust data reporting procedures

Actively promote user/carer involvement in all aspects of care planning/delivery whilst respecting the rights, capabilities and wishes of the individuals concerned.

Coordination and delivery of the Parent support groups for ARFID and Eating Disorders

All employees of the Trust are strongly encouraged to have their up-to-date flu vaccination to protect staff and patients.

We are a specialist NHS Foundation Trust that provides community, mental health and learning disability services for the people of Barnsley, Calderdale, Kirklees and Wakefield. We also provide low and medium secure services and are the lead for the west Yorkshire secure provider collaborative.

Our mission is to help people reach their potential and live well in their communities, we do this by providing high-quality care in the right place at the right time. We employ staff in both clinical and non-clinical services who work hard to make a difference to the lives of service users, families and carers.

We encourage and welcome applications from all protected characteristic groups, we value diversity and want our workforce to be reflective of our communities.

Being a foundation Trust means were accountable to our members, who can have a say in how were run. Around 14,300 local people (including staff) are members of our Trust.

Join us and you will be one of over 4,500 staff committed to supporting and improving the mental, physical and social needs of the thousands of people we meet and help each year.