Band 6 Mental Health Practitioner (CAMHS Eating Disorders) - Bristol

We are looking for a Band 6 Clinical Practitioner to join the AWP CAMHS Eating Disorder Home Treatment Team. This is an exciting opportunity to join a dynamic and motivated team of individuals who are passionate about supporting Children & Young People (CYP) to access intensive mental health support in their home environment.

You will be working across Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire alongside CAMHS community teams. This post entails travelling to meet the requirements of the role, therefore a driving license and access to a car/ ability to confidently travel across the region is essential.

You will be working with CYP with a range of eating difficulties and other comorbidities whom are at risk of hospital admission, haven't responded to community treatment or require support to return home from a hospital admission. Our aim is to support CYP, alongside their families and carers, to recover at home. Our team ethos is one of continual learning and improvement.

Team Composition:

Band 7 Team Manager, Band 7 Senior Mental Health Practitioners (2), Band 6 Mental Health Practitioners (4) and Band 4 Support Workers.

There are clear lines of clinical and managerial supervision. You will work alongside Locality CAMHS and the ED Hub which includes highly skilled & motivated clinicians from the professional disciplines of Psychiatry, Clinical Psychology, Community Psychiatric Nursing, Family Therapy and child psychotherapy ., This is a fixed term 12 month role, which could be considered as a secondment should your current service be in agreement.

Your role be be based in our Home treatment team working alongside locality CAMHS teams, supporting young people & families/ carers with a range of eating disorders and co-morbidities. You will be working alongside their Locality CAMHS team to offer a time limited enhanced package of care.

You will provide regular support in the home for young people, their families and or carers including regular meal support. You will work alongside and also offer excellent supervision to support workers within the team in order to provide person centred care to a high standard and prevent young people being admitted to inpatient services, allowing them to get better at home.

You will need to lead support within the EDHTT and be flexible and adaptable taking into account the evidence based treatment for various young people with presentations of eating difficulties and other comorbidities.

The service places a strong emphasis on continuing professional development and clinical Supervision for all team members.

At AWP we actively encourage applicants from all backgrounds; we are particularly keen to encourage applications from people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, those with disabilities and from the LGBTQ+ community. We want people to bring their unique blend of experiences, backgrounds, perspectives and knowledge to AWP, as diversity makes us stronger.