Eating Disorders Support Worker - CAMHS

Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust; Truro; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 31,000; Full time

Job summary

Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust in Cornwall is seeking an Eating Disorders Support Worker (Band 4) for a fixed-term 8-month contract. The role involves delivering short-term intensive interventions, meal support in the home, and coordinating with the eating disorders multidisciplinary team.

You will work across home and community settings, with shifts across a 7-day week, to help young people avoid hospital admission and stay connected with family and community supports.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of mental health and basic psychological therapies.
• Substantial experience working with young people.
• Experience delivering direct care/support to people with mental health issues or eating disorders.

Responsibilities

• Provide short-term intensive interventions to young people with eating disorders.
• Deliver meal support in the home environment and support distress tolerance and emotional regulation.
• Work as part of the eating disorders MDT, with regular training and supervision.
• Support across home, community settings and hospital in-reach as required.

Skills

Mental health experience

Experience with young people

Experience with eating disorders

Emotional distress management

Education

NVQ Level 4 in Healthcare

Commitment to CPD

Job description

Main area Eating Disorders Support Worker Grade Band 4 Contract 8 months (Fixed term contract until 31st March 2027. With the possibility of it becoming a permanent position) Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Shift work across a 7 day week) Job ref 201-26-745

Site Dependent on applicant preference - Truro Health Park / Newquay IHH / 6a Heathlands, Liskeard Town Truro Salary £28,392 - £31,157 Pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 24/08/2026 23:59

Thank you for your interest in joining us at Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.

We pride ourselves in striving to be an employer of choice.

Strategic Themes

Great Care

• Care based on what matters to people.
• Care provided at home or close to home.
• Improvement through learning, research and innovation.
• Prevention and alternatives to hospital.

Great Organisation

• Buildings that support health and wellbeing.
• Technology enabled care.
• Care teams are supported by responsive corporate services.
• Safe, efficient, effective and productive.

Great People

• A place people love to work and feel valued.
• Living our values with staff (all voices count).
• Attract, grow and develop talent.
• Leaders with compassion, who continuously learn and listen.

Great Partner

• Encourage and enable effective partnerships.
• Joined-up community services.
• Work with others to maximise workforce opportunities.
• Reduce our impact on the environment.

At the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s job share, part time or another flexible pattern. In addition, although the role advertised may have a ‘home’ office base indicated, we remain committed to supporting flexibility around workplace locations. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

Job overview

The purpose of this post is to work as part of a team that offers short term intensive interventions to young people with eating disorders, with the view of reducing or avoiding a hospital admission.

The post will involve meal support in the young person’s home environment, along with implementation of distress tolerance and emotional regulation interventions. You will be working as part of the eating disorders multi-disciplinary team, and regular training and support will be provided.

Interventions primarily take place in the young person’s home environment, community settings, locality team bases and via in-reach to the local district general hospital and inpatient psychiatric wards.

You will be working as part of a 7 day per week service, with shifts being 7.30am to 7.30pm.

Main duties of the job

Our team purpose is to prevent hospital admission for young people, and instead provide an at home alternative where young people can continue to engage in their homes and communities whilst receiving appropriate care and treatment for their eating disorder.

The post will involve meal support in the young person’s home environment, along with implementation of distress tolerance and emotional regulation interventions.

Working for our organisation

We’re an NHS community and mental health provider Trust based in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. We deliver community and hospital-based care to improve people’s physical and mental health. We also provide specialist support to people with dementia or a learning disability.

We are a people organisation and people matter to us. As part of the team, you’ll help support the health and wellbeing of the people who live and visit this beautiful part of the UK.

Over 4,000 people make up the Trust. This includes doctors, nurses, therapists, plus admin and support staff.

We work in people’s homes, in community clinics and bases. Some staff work from one of our 13 community hospitals. Our aspiration is to have great people, provide great care, be a great place to work and a great partner.

Approximately 568,000 people live here. A third of people who live in Cornwall are supported by acute hospital services in Devon. As a result, we also work closely with our partners in Devon. In the summer, and during other holidays lots of people choose to visit the area. This increase the numbers of people who use out services.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To view a detailed job description and person specification including the main responsibilities of this role please see ‘supporting documents’.

Person specification

Education / Qualifications and Relevant Experience

• NVQ Level 4 qualification in Healthcare or equivalent relevant experience
• A commitment to undertake Continuing Personal Development
• Brief Solution Focused or other training

Experience

• Knowledge and experience of mental health and basic psychological therapies
• Evidence of substantial experience of working with young people
• Significant recent clinical experience in delivering direct care/support to people with mental health issues or equivalent experience
• Experience of dealing emotional distress
• Experience of working within a mental health field
• Experience of working with people with eating disorders

At Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust we are proud to prioritise the development of our people. To support this, the following opportunities are available:

• Career conversations and individual development plans for succession planning and talent management
• Protected CPD time for registered staff
• Access to a dedicated central development fund supporting CPD for all staff
• Leadership and Management development programmes
• Coaching and mentoring opportunities
• A full clinical induction programme for operational skills
• Access to a care certificate programme for our band 1-4 clinical staff
• A bespoke and robust preceptorship programme to support newly qualified staff

Being part of a successful NHS Foundation Trust brings a portfolio of rewards and benefits for our staff. These include:

• Suite of health and wellbeing initiatives to support our colleagues physical and mental health
• Free access to individual HARP portfolios to support revalidation for nursing staff
• Free DBS checks where required
• Discounts available from retailers, UK hotels and main attractions
• Salary sacrifice car scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• The Trust reimburses all application costs for staff eligible to apply for EU settlement status.

Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust welcomes and values individuals with lived experience of mental or physical ill health joining our workforce. We aspire to have a culture that develops, promotes and supports lived experience roles - throughout the organisation.

If you are successful, you agree to Occupational Health accessing your health records from your current or previous employer to check the status of your inoculations and screening tests. Appointments are subject to full three year satisfactory references therefore please ensure you include correct contact details for your nominated referees including email addresses.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Name Hannah Wills Job title Team Manager CYPEDS Email address [e-mail] Telephone number 01579 373781 Additional information

This is a community-based role that requires frequent travel to various locations throughout the county including areas that may not be accessible by public transportation. Successful candidates will need to demonstrate how they will manage these travel requirements.