CAMHS Community Eating Disorder Practitioner

Job overview

BeeU provides emotional wellbeing and mental health services for children and young people (ages 0 to 25) in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin.

As a CAMHS Community Eating Disorder Practitioner, you will be providing community based psychotherapeutic services to Children & Young People and their families who are referred to the YP- CED team.

You will be working as part of the YP-CED Multi-Disciplinary Team, and will provide assessment and appropriate interventions to individuals with eating disorders, in accordance with NICE guidance.

You will be delivering a variety of care and evidence based treatment interventions, on a one to one, family and group basis to promote recovery from eating disorders as deemed appropriate to the service area by the specialist team in partnership with children and young people with an ED and families/carers.

Main duties of the job

• Deliver a variety of care and evidence based treatment interventions, on a one to one, family and group basis to promote recovery from eating disorders as deemed appropriate to the service area by the specialist team in partnership with children and young people with an ED and families/carers

• In collaboration with the multi-disciplinary team develop pathways and share with other members of multi-disciplinary team and wider young people and families mental health service (BEEU)

• Establish and maintain strong links with members of BEEU, General Practice, schools, colleges, paediatric services, other healthcare settings, other professionals / workers and non-healthcare workers (e.g. sports coaches and dance teachers) for own caseload, thereby ensuring seamless short, medium and long term care planning for both medical and psychological care and treatment of each individual service user.

• To provide assessment and appropriate interventions to individuals with eating disorders. This should be in accordance with NICE guidance for Eating Disorders (2017).

• The post holder will manage a caseload of clients with Eating Disorders, and possible co morbidities within the community.

• To take the lead in clinical case meetings Safeguarding, TAC, Early Help and CPA reviews to ensure the needs of children and young people with an Eating Disorder and their families/carers are addressed to support their recovery

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

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