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As a Social Worker you are motivated to make a difference? .... Join us to revitalise your career and the health of young people with eating disorders.

As a Social Worker you are required to work effectively within the MDT to support our young people, their families and carers. As a critical member of the team, is it essential you hold strong risk management and safe guarding knowledge/skills.

Excellent working knowledge of the Mental Health Act 1983/2007 as well as other statutory legislation such as Childrens Act 1989, Care Act 2014, child protection, protection of vulnerable adults and multi‑agency public protection arrangements is required.

Ideally you will have experience of working with children and young adults within a mental health or CAMHS service.

Essential elements to your role:

• Safeguarding
• Assessments of and meeting with carers and families.
• Liaison with community services to secure transfer of care as required
• To act as link between inpatient services and receiving community teams
• liaising with/assessing advocacy services.
• Providing holistic social circumstances reports for tribunal.
• Management and supervision of junior staff

Ellern Mede specialises in treating patients with Eating Disorders. Eating Disorders are extraordinarily complex illnesses that present with abnormalities in physical and psychological functioning. The physical complications have the potential to cause permanent damage and in some cases are life threatening. The causes are complex and multi‑factorial, including genetic, neuro‑developmental and environmental influences. They require a comprehensive treatment programme including medical, psychiatric, psychological, social and educational interventions.

• Social Work Degree and must be registered with HCPC. Ability to undertake led assessments, care planning and reviewing. Working with an MDT and mental health team.
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• Ability to undertake needs led assessments, care planning, reviewing.
• Multi-disciplinary team work
• Working within a mental health team
• Working within care programme approach and risk assessment guidelines
• discharge procedures, awareness of risk assessments

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.