Specialist carer

You will work to support people with a severe eating disorder avoid specialist admission by beginning weight restoration in the community. You will support people at mealtimes either online or in person, will co-run service online groups if required and will offer other bespoke support to enable people to restore weight, as determined by the service users' needs and the team leads' direction., Specialist meal support, guided by an understanding of eating disorder symptomatology and how to best support someone experiencing these.
Specialist carer support for families of those with our service
Close working with other members of the multidisciplinary team to ensure all interventions are consistent and considered.
Attendance at monthly in person team days that might be held anywhere within the east of England region
Virtual or in person delivery of interventions as directed by the clinical leads - although the intention is that each staff member will work with service users who are geographically close to them, they could be allocated to work in person with anyone in the east of England region so the role will involve travelling, The post holder will liaise and support adults with an eating disorder who are on the alternative to Specialist Eating Disorder inpatient admission pathway and their carers. The overall aim will be to support them to avoid an inpatient admission. They will provide skilled support at mealtimes both within and outside the home. This support is informed by a good knowledge of eating disorder symptomology and psychopathology. The nature of this support will be guided by the patient's formulation and will support the service user's recovery. The postholder may also assist in the assessment and provision of behavioural and supportive interventions outside of mealtimes. The postholder will support people online or in person at mealtimes and may also be involved in online group provision along with other team members. The post holder will ensure they communicate with excellence within the AEDIT team and with community eating disorders clinicians and teams in the region., HPFT is committed to being an equal opportunities employer and in order to reflect the diversity of its population, positively encourages applications from all areas of the community. We aim to be a representative organisation with regards to age, disability, ethnicity, gender, beliefs and sexual orientation and are fully committed to equality, diversity and human rights and encourage applications from all sections of the community including users of mental health services.
The Trust is committed to helping staff balance work and home life and welcomes applications from candidates wishing to work part-time or under flexible working arrangements.
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Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust are one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of 'Outstanding' from the Care Quality Commission.
Our family of over 4,500 members of staff provide health and social care for people with mental ill health, physical ill health and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Essex and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings. Everything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout:
Welcoming. Kind. Positive. Respectful. Professional., Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (HPFT) is rated by the Care Quality Commission as an Outstanding provider of mental health and learning disability services. In 2021, we won the prestigious Health Service Journal award for Mental Health Trust of the Year, with the judges saying they were "blown away" by our people's achievements and that everything they saw "sings and hums". This year, our staff rated us the 4^th best mental health and learning disability trust to work for out of all 52 trusts in the country. Our staff tell us that they are proud to be part of the HPFT team, proud of the standard of care we provide and proud that service users are our top priority. Our people tell us they feel supported though a great development, wellbeing and work-life balance offer and a highly compassionate, values-driven culture. We are equally proud of our staff, who live our values of being welcoming, kind, positive, respectful and
professional so that together we provide great care and great outcomes for our service users and carers.
If you would like to join a team to be proud of and you share our values and passion for great care and outcomes for our service users and carers, we would love to hear from you.