Specialist Eating Disorders Team Support Worker

Hywel Dda University Health Board; Carmarthen; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

Hywel Dda University Health Board in Carmarthenshire and Pembrokeshire is recruiting an experienced Health Care Support Worker for the CAMHS Eating Disorder Service. You will join a dynamic multidisciplinary team and help deliver high-quality care to children and young people and their families.

The role focuses on assessing needs, monitoring progress, planning care, and supporting patients through transitions.

Qualifications

• Experience as Health Care Support Worker in CAMHS.
• Ability to work within a multidisciplinary team and with families.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high-quality, specialist care and therapeutic support to children and young people with eating disorders.
• Assess needs, monitor progress and contribute to clinical formulation.
• Promote recovery-focused outcomes and support transitions between services.

Job description

An 18 Month Fixed-Term opportunity has arisen within our CAMHS Eating Disorder Service for an experienced and enthusiastic Health Care Support Worker to join our dynamic multi-disciplinary team to help deliver a high quality effective service to children and young people with Eating Disorders and their carers/families working across Carmarthenshire and Pembrokeshire. You will be joining an experienced, multi-disciplinary team of nurses, psychotherapists,dietitians and medical staff. Although, you will be part of the Specialist Child andAdolescent Mental Health Service, you will work closely with colleagues in Adult MentalHealth Services, Adult Primary and Secondary Mental Health Services to ensure thatindividuals experience a seamless and co-ordinated approach to their care., As part of our multidisciplinary eating disorder service, you will deliver high-quality, specialist care and therapeutic support to individuals, families and carers in line with personalised care plans. You will continually assess needs, monitor progress and contribute to the team's overall clinical formulation, playing an active role in planning care and promoting recovery-focused outcomes. You will act as the named healthcare clinician, supporting service users through transitions and reporting any increase in risks to senior staff while contributing to effective risk management strategies within your own allocated caseload. You will be required to make autonomous clinical decisions where appropriate--such as identifying deterioration in physical health and seeking urgent medical support--and will work directly with patients, families and carers to enhance health, wellbeing, social engagement and access to education or employment opportunities. Require the ability to build rapport and maintain safe, therapeutic relationships, delivering both individual and group-based interventions, including structured activities that promote social and leisure participation. You will also be expected to manage your own workload, exercise sound clinical judgement and work independently when required, ensuring high standards of care and consistent support for those accessing the service.

Hywel Dda University Health Board plans and provides NHS healthcare services for people living in Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Pembrokeshire, and bordering counties. We have over 13,000 staff and together we provide primary, community, in-hospital, mental health and learning disabilities services. We work in partnership with the three local authorities, as well as public, private and third sector colleagues, including our valued team of volunteers. Our services are provided in:

• Four main hospitals: Bronglais Hospital in Aberystwyth; Glangwili Hospital in Carmarthen; Prince Philip Hospital in Llanelli; and Withybush Hospital in Haverfordwest
• Five community hospitals: Amman Valley and Llandovery hospitals in Carmarthenshire; Tregaron Hospital in Ceredigion; and Tenby and South Pembrokeshire hospitals in Pembrokeshire
• Two integrated care centres: Aberaeron and Cardigan in Ceredigion, and several other community settings
• 47 general practices (six of which are health board managed practices); dental practices (including four orthodontic); 97 community pharmacies; 43 general ophthalmic practices; and 8 ophthalmic domiciliary providers
• Numerous mental health and learning disabilities services