Band 4 CAMHS Community Support Worker (Eating Disorders) - Bristol

Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust; West of England; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 29,000; Full time

Job summary

Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust in Bristol is recruiting a Band 4 CAMHS Community Support Worker for the Eating Disorders service. The role covers Bristol, South Glos and North Somerset, with a focus on home-based support and crisis intervention within a CAMHS ED context.

You will work in partnership with CAMHS teams and Acute trusts, travelling across areas and contributing to recovery in a family-based treatment framework.

Qualifications

• 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
• Knowledge of CAMHS or eating disorders is desirable

Responsibilities

• Promote rights, values and diversity within professional boundaries
• Maintain effective communication with people, families and carers; access translation services if needed
• Contribute to planning and reviewing care packages and individual care plans
• Work autonomously under indirect supervision of registered clinicians
• Conduct comprehensive assessments of mental health needs and clinical risks
• Maintain confidential records and prepare reports and referrals
• Help individuals manage their mental health and housing and learning opportunities
• Support development of identity and personal relationships for young people

Skills

Degree level study

Good literacy

Numeracy skills

Self-motivated learner

Education

Degree level qualification

Job description

Band 4 CAMHS Community Support Worker (Eating Disorders) - Bristol

Our service operates from 8am - 8pm 7 days a week, across Bristol, South Glos & North Somerset. We are looking for staff to cover these areas. Due to the wide patch we cover, driving license and car to allow the ability to travel across these areas as crucial to the role.

The roles will include a variety of training opportunities, including internal training in family based treatment for Eating Disorders, CBT-E, and crisis support and supported eating.

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.

Temporary base is currently in Riverside Adolescent Unit, Blackberry Hill Hospital

Main duties of the job

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 which offers a real opportunity to develop new skills whilst also increasing your current skills and knowledge base via direct work and specialist training.

This role also includes working with YP who are being fed via Naso-Gastric (NG) tube in their home environment. You will not be providing NG feeds.

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 and Acute Hospitals to prevent or decrease the length of hospital admissions where possible.

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

About us

We are the lead provider of healthcare for people with serious mental illness, learning disabilities and autism across Bath and North East Somerset (BaNES), Swindon and Wiltshire, and Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire.We aim to provide High Quality, Compassionate Care everywhere, every day. This means our services will be safe, clinically effective and provide a positive all round experience for our patients, families and carers. And we believe passionately in treating everyone with kindness, respect and empathy.Key to this is providing a supportive and safe environment for our 4,000 staff where we all feel welcome and able to do the best we can for those we support. Our staff and teams work incredibly hard delivering services across more than 90 locations, covering 2,200miles, to more than 1.8million people.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.

Job responsibilities

Promote and champion the rights, values, responsibilities and diversity of people, and act in an open and compassionate way within clear professional boundaries.

Promote and maintain effective communication with people in order to build and sustain positive working relationships with individuals, families and carers, team members and other agencies. This may include accessing translation and interpreting services.

Contribute to the planning, implementation and review of care packages, including implementing specific parts of an individual care plan.

Working autonomously within relevant practice boundaries, under indirect, but not direct, supervision of registered clinicians.

Conduct comprehensive assessments of mental health needs and clinical risks.

Maintain accurate, confidential records of patient activity, contributing to a range of written documents as appropriate, including reports, referrals and letters.

Enable people to understand and manage their mental health needs in line with their care plan and relapse prevention strategies. This may include enabling people to manage their own domestic and personal resources, housing needs, and enabling people to access learning / training, or work opportunities.

Support individuals in developing and maintaining their identity and personal relationships, including potentially difficult relationships.

This is a developing service, which will enhance our current offer to young people who have eating problems. This includes community nursing and acute hospital support. The team operates at the interface of Acute Hospitals, Home Treatment and Inpatient Admission, alongside locality CAMHS teams.

Please see uploaded job description and person spec.

Right to Work in the UK This position is not eligible for Skilled Worker visa sponsorship. Applicants must already hold the legal right to work in the UK at the time of application, as the organisation is unable to support sponsorship for this post.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• 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

skills and competencies

• 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

• 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
• Knowledge of the educational system in England

Previous Experience

• 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

• Ability to personally manage a sensitive, traumatic and potentially emotionally distressing caseload
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Self motivated
• Team playerExcellent time management and organisational skills

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.