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Band 4
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Llawnamser - 37.5 awr yr wythnos (8am to 8pm including weekend cover)
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342-CAMHS081-0724
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Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust
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Bristol
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£25,147 - £27,596 per annum
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15/07/2024 23:59

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Band 4 CAMHS Community Support Worker (Eating Disorders)

Band 4


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We are delighted to have opportunities for enthusiastic and dedicated mental health support workers to join us and work within a busy and innovative CAMHS Outreach service to offer Home Treatment for young people with eating disorders.

 Our service operates from 8am - 8pm 7 days a week, across Bristol, South Glos & North Somerset. We are looking for staff to cover these areas. Due to the wide patch we cover, driving license and car to allow the ability to travel across these areas as crucial to the role.

The roles will include a variety of training opportunities, including training in family based treatment, CBT-E, crisis support and supportive eating.

We will also offer opportunities to access our wider CAMHS training curriculum, alongside regular individual and group supervision. You would be working amongst a skilled, supportive & caring team of registered and non-registered practitioners. 

• Temporary base is currently in Perry Road, Bristol. 
• This is a developing service, which will enhance our current offer to young people who have eating problems. This includes community nursing and acute hospital support. The team will be operating at the interface of Acute Hospitals, Home Treatment and Inpatient Admission, alongside locality CAMHS teams. 

  • Role includes working with YP who are being fed via Naso-Gastric (NG)  tube in their home environment. You will not be providing NG feeds. 
  • See below and attached Job Description & person spec. 

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Our Service operates from 8am to 8pm, including weekends, which allows us to offer young people, and their families enhanced levels of support. We provide short term intensive home treatment (around 6 weeks) as an extension to a Community CAMHS care package.

 We aim to support young people and their families to avoid inpatient admissions where possible and support them with recovery in a home setting.  

The team currently is made up of a skilled mix of band 7 & band 6 Mental Health Practitioners & Band 4 Support Workers. We aim to work in pairs where possible, however there are times that you would be expected to work autonomously with indirect support and supervision from a registered practitioner. 

This role will be working within a specialist CAMHS eating disorder service which offers a real opportunity to develop new skills whilst also increasing your current skills and knowledge base via direct work and specialist training.

Gweithio i'n sefydliad

We are AWP (Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust) a diverse organisation with over 5,000 dedicated staff providing inpatient and community-based mental health care. 

We provide services from a range of locations to approximately 1.8 million people living in Bath and North East Somerset (B&NES), Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Swindon, across the county of Wiltshire and in parts of Dorset.

Our outstanding people promote mental health and wellbeing. The expertise and resources within AWP are dedicated to a person-centred approach for those who use our services and for all employees. We recognise that happy and fulfilled employees give better care.  

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Please see uploaded job description and person spec.

-  Providing meal support, psychoeducation and emotional support to young people and their families who are effected by an eating disorder within Bristol, South Glos and North Somerset. 

- Providing support in young people's homes to prevent hospital admissions where possible. 

- Working alongside colleagues within the ED Home Treatment Team, and wider colleagues from Acute trusts and CAMHS.

- Working autonomously at times, with indirect supervision from registered staff within the team.

- Keeping clear and accurate records of appointments including; engagement, Safeguarding concerns, food and fluid intake & interpersonal communication with a family and care team. 

- Supporting young people and families at home to manage periods of distress and upset. 

- Supporting young people and families to develop positive ways of managing and coping,

- Providing support in conjunction and as an extension of Family Based Treatment for an ED which will be provided by the Locality CAMHS Team. 

- Working in a person centred way with young people who will have different diagnoses, co-morbidities and needs within an Eating Disorder support framework. 

- Assessing and supporting young people with physical health symptoms, with clear care plans and escalation plans. 

• This role includes working alongside our colleagues from acute settings, you will be part of a multi-disciplinary team, which at times supports young people who are fed by nasal gastric tubes in their home for short periods of time.

 

Please see attached job description for more details

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Qualifications

Meini prawf hanfodol
  • Ability to study at degree level/ proven academic success (including good literacy and numeracy)
  • Experience of working within Mental Health, Supportive or relevant role/ study
  • Able to travel to meet requirement of role

skills and competencies

Meini prawf hanfodol
  • Computer literate
  • • Ability to study as a self-motivated learner who can formulate their own progress towards learning objectives and negotiate pathways to achievement with supervisory teams
  • • Ability to learn in a variety of settings and using a variety of learning methods

Knowledge

Meini prawf hanfodol
  • Knowledge of children and young people gained through academic study or experience in child development, child wellbeing or mental health
  • Knowledge of or desire to work in an ED setting
Meini prawf dymunol
  • Knowledge of the educational system in England

Previous Experience

Meini prawf dymunol
  • Experience of working with CYP in educational/ MH/ youth work/ Support setting
  • Experience of working within mental health or support worker setting
  • Experience of supporting someone with an ED

Specific Attributes

Meini prawf hanfodol
  • • Ability to personally manage a sensitive, traumatic and potentially emotionally distressing caseload
  • Excellent oral and written communication skills

personal qualities

Meini prawf hanfodol
  • Self motivated
  • Team player
  • Excellent time management and organisational skills

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Abi Carey
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0117 354 6400
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Although we are an 8-8 service, the office phone above is usually covered from 9-5 Monday to Friday.  Please feel free to email to arrange a phone call or ask any questions. 

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