Senior Mental Health Practitioner - Eating Disorders

Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust; Swindon; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in the United Kingdom is seeking a dedicated Senior Mental Health Practitioner to join its specialist eating disorder team. This role involves supporting young people and families affected by eating disorders, conducting assessments, and providing evidence-based interventions. Candidates should be qualified Nurses, Occupational Therapists, or Social Workers with experience in mental health. The position offers extensive training opportunities and career progression, along with a supportive multi-disciplinary environment.

Benefits

Excellent opportunities for career progression

Access to tailored learning and development

27 days annual leave plus bank holidays

NHS Discount

Competitive pension scheme

Lease car scheme

Cycle to work scheme

Qualifications

• Experience in providing and evaluating evidence-based interventions.
• Ability to support junior colleagues and students.
• Knowledge of mental health conditions such as anxiety and PTSD.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for initial assessments and evidence-based interventions.
• Support young people and families with eating disorders.
• Work within a multi-disciplinary team.

Skills

Experience in working with eating disorders

Enthusiastic and proactive attitude

Leadership skills development

Education

Nurse, Occupational Therapist, or Social Worker qualification

Job description

Swindon CAMHS is a multidisciplinary team; we are passionate about providing evidenced based care to young people and their families in the community, working in partnership with other agencies. Your role will be within The Eating Disorders Service (TEDS), supporting young people and families/carers with eating disorders in the community. We are a highly supportive team, committed to your supervision and development; there's a wide range of development available and you would have access to a full range of internal and external training opportunities to enhance your existing skills and develop new ones. For example, we can offer training around CBT-E / FT-AN. Although you'd be based within TEDS, we'll offer you liaison and duty responsibilities so you can continue to work with children and young people with a variety of mental health conditions., As a Senior Mental Health Practitioner, you will be responsible for initial assessment, providing and evaluating evidence based interventions, supporting junior colleagues with supervision, working with students and being part of a highly skilled and supportive multi-disciplinary team. There are opportunities for you to work within the wider Getting More Help pathway and support children/young people/families with other mental health difficulties such as anxiety/PTSD/depression/OCD; this means that no two days are ever the same. We're looking for someone who is enthusiastic and proactive and looking to develop their leadership skills.

We are looking for a full-time Senior Mental Health Practitioner - you may be a Nurse, Occupational Therapist or Social Worker who has experience in working with eating disorders - to come and join our specialist eating disorder team at Swindon Community Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS).

Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust provides physical, mental health and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset.

At Oxford Health we offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing. These include:

Benefits

• Excellent opportunities for career progression
• Access to tailored individual and Trust wide learning and development
• 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous service
• NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailers
• Competitive pension scheme
• Lease car scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Mental Health First Aiders
• Staff accommodation (please note waiting lists may apply)
• Staff networking and support groups hosted by our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion team