Mental Health Practitioner

Job overview

CEN-CAEDS is a team based at Hellesdon hospital in Norwich. We are a diverse multidisciplinary team, dedicated to supporting children, young people and their families who are living with eating disorders and supporting them to recovery.

Your role would involve holding a caseload of young people with a diagnosable eating disorder, providing evidence-based therapeutic interventions for young people and their families, following evidence-based models to support your practice, undertaking assessments of new referrals, monitoring physical health and coordinating the care of young people on the caseload.

You will be part of a diverse and active MDT, supporting young people and their families through recovery. There is a strong emphasis on systemic work within this specialism, so skills in working with families as well as the young person is key.

Please apply if you are interested in joining our team and experiencing this specialist area of mental health.

Main duties of the job

• Holding a caseload of children and young people and seeing them weekly for appointments.
• Liaising with other professionals, both within the team and externally to coordinate care.
• Completing assessments of new referrals to the service.
• Attending MDT meetings for young people on your caseload
• Working closely with families and other professionals to support the best outcome for young people.
• Monitoring physical health and escalating care in line with MEED guidelines.
• Completing allocated duty tasks on your allocated duty day.
• Keeping comprehensive and contemporaneous clinical documentation
• Working as part of an MDT

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please read the job description / person specification carefully and ensure your application reflects the knowledge, skills and experience needed