Child & Youth Eating Disorders Clinician

Cheshire And Wirral Partnership Nhs Foundation Trust; Ellesmere Port; Sur place; GBP 40 000 - 48 000; Temps partiel

Résumé du poste

Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a clinician to contribute to the Community Eating Disorder team, delivering specialist assessments for children and young people with complex health needs. You will work within a multidisciplinary team to develop and evaluate treatment plans.

You will provide psychological and psychoeducational therapies, including Family Based Treatment, and support safeguarding and risk management within Trust policies.

Qualifications

• Core profession (Social Work, Nurse, Allied Health Professional).
• Professional Registration with recognised National Body (HCPC, NMC, Social Work England).
• Nationally recognised post-qualification, continuous professional development (CPD) related to the core profession
• Demonstr demonstrable working knowledge of specialist therapeutic approaches e.g. CBT, Family Therapy
• Knowledge of Child Protection workings and Practice
• Working knowledge of Children related legislation
• Experience of inter-agency working
• Experience of writing, implementing and evaluating Care / Treatment Plans
• Significant post qualification experience of working within a CYPMHS or Child Mental Health related field
• Recognised experience of working within an environment where evidence based interventions have been delivered
• Undertaking formal and informal clinical risk assessments and risk management planning
• Undertaking mental health assessments
• IT skills, including using databases, Microsoft Office and clinical systems
• Demonstrate alignment with Trust Values (6 C's: Commitment, Communication, Care, Courage, Compassion, Competency)

Responsabilités

• Undertake an initial CYPCEDS assessment of new referrals gathering relevant information from young person, parents/carers and from other agencies.
• Assess, plan, implement and evaluate programmes of therapeutic care to young people suffering from complex Eating Disorders and mental health difficulties.
• Care planning and subsequent reviews in collaboration with a young person, their parents/carers.
• Undertake the screening of routine and urgent referrals and where necessary offering a frontline clinical intervention providing a clinical formulation and risk management plan.
• Collaborate with young people and their parents/carers with respect to care planning and the management of risk.
• Hold case management responsibilities for a caseload of young people with eating disorders.
• Attend and participate in external multi-agency care planning and safeguarding meetings.
• Directly implement a variety of psychological, psychoeducational and therapeutic treatments including Family Based Treatment for Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia Nervosa.
• Identify and respond appropriately to safeguarding issues within procedures set down by Trust and Local Safeguarding Procedures.
• Participate in clinical consultations relating to complex cases.

Connaissances

Core profession

Professional Registration

CPD

CBT

Family Therapy

Child Protection

Legislation

Inter-agency working

Care/Treatment Plans

CYPMHS experience

Evidence-based interventions

Risk assessments

Mental health assessments

IT skills

Trust Values (6 Cs)

Description du poste

Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a clinician to contribute to the Community Eating Disorder team, delivering specialist assessments for children and young people with complex health needs. You will work within a multidisciplinary team to develop and evaluate treatment plans.

You will provide psychological and psychoeducational therapies, including Family Based Treatment, and support safeguarding and risk management within Trust policies.