Eating Disorder Service Practitioner | Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS FoundationTrust

Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust; Macclesfield; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust in Macclesfield is seeking an Eating Disorder Service Practitioner to deliver the FREED (First Episode Rapid Early Intervention for Eating Disorders) early intervention model for young people. The role focuses on engaging, assessing and delivering targeted interventions for FREED-eligible individuals and their families.

You will work with and alongside the South East Cheshire Eating Disorder Service, coordinating with FREED workers embedded in

Qualifications

• Involvement in engaging, assessing and providing interventions for FREED eligible individuals.
• Family involvement and attention to social media factors as potential illness maintaining factors.
• Collaboration with FREED workers embedded in Community Eating Disorder Services and with the FREED Champion.

Responsibilities

• Assess and treat people eligible for the FREED pathway.
• Deliver the FREED early intervention model for young people with first-episode eating disorders.
• Coordinate with SE Cheshire Eating Disorder Service teams and FREED staff across sites.

Job description

Eating Disorder Service Practitioner | Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS FoundationTrust

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Company: Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

This is an exciting opportunity to be part of the Community Eating Disorder Service and be one of the practitioners delivering the early intervention section of the eating disorder service: FREED (First Episode Rapid Early Intervention for Eating Disorders) model in CWP Eating disorder services.

You will be involved in engaging, assessing and providing interventions for those eligible for FREED: early intervention and their families. The model delivers a rapid intervention for younger people who have more recently developed an eating disorder, preventing the illness from becoming entrenched and more difficult to treat. This significantly reduces the impact on the individual and the family.

You will be working with and supported by the other members of the South East Cheshire Eating Disorder Service, but will also liaise with the FREED workers embedded in our Community Eating Disorder Services in Chester and Wirral as well as being supported by our FREED Champion.

You will be responsible for the assessment and treatment of people who are eligible and would benefit from the Freed Early intervention pathway and the Eating Disorder Service. The FREED care package adapts existing evidence-based treatments to the specific developmental needs of young people presenting with a first episode of illness. This includes a greater emphasis on family involvement, attention to social media use as a potential illness maintaining factor, and attention to transitions (such as transitions out of child/adolescent services and those to university, employment and other adult roles).

Cheshire and Wirral Partnership (CWP) provides health and care services for a population of over one million people, including mental health, learning disability, community physical health and all-age disability care, as well as the provision of three GP surgeries in Cheshire.

We employ around 4,500 staff across 73 sites and have services across Wirral and Cheshire, as well as Trafford, Warrington, Bolton, Halton, Liverpool and Stockport.

Our aim is to help improve the lives of everyone in our communities, adopting a compassionate, person-centred approach to everything we do. We are rated as Outstanding for Caring by the Care Quality Commission, with a Good rating overall.

As a Disability Confident Employer, Rainbow Badge Scheme member, Veteran Aware organisation and proud holder of the Armed Forces Covenant Employer Recognition Scheme Gold Award, CWP is committed to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible and developing a culture that values differences, and welcome applications from people who have direct experience of accessing our services.

All new starters will commence in post on one fixed start date each month, in line with our Prepare to Care (P2C) induction programme date. P2C offers up to 3 weeks training to support you to meet the induction / initial training requirements of the role.

If you have a disability that meets the definition set out in the Equality Act 2010, and you can show that you meet the ‘essential’ criteria described in the person specification for an available position, please answer ‘YES’ to the question: ‘Do you wish to be considered under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme?’

Please inform the team if you have any special support needs to be considered as part of the interview and selection processes.

The trust offers a Guaranteed Interview Scheme to any armed forces community applicants who meet the essential criteria for the post and encourages applications from armed forces reservists or cadet force adult volunteers.

Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. A small annual fee of £15 per year applies.

New entrants to the NHS will commence on the minimum of the scale stated above.

This advert closes on Wednesday 4 Nov 2026

Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme

Salary: £39,959 - £48,117 per annum

Hours: Full-time

Location: Macclesfield, SK10 3JE

Job type: Permanent

Closing date: 20 Nov 2026