Support Worker

The post holder will assist in the assessment and supportive interventions for young people who are assessed as needing a tier 4 service for meal support. The post holder will work across services including Eating Disorder Team, The Home Treatment Team and Forest House Adolescent Unit. The young person will be assessed as to whether they can be safely managed in their own home with intensive input, as part of their care plan, or in some cases may require inpatient admission. Working alongside care coordinators, the post holder will provide clinical interventions such as meal support, cognitive remediation therapy, emotional enhancement therapy, body image work, emotional regulation work and anxiety work., The Support Worker role at this level, will be allocated and agreed via plans of care, assessed and evaluated by a registered nurse. They will implement, deliver care under the guidance of registered practitioners supported by a monitored process of on-going supervision and support. This role will be expected to work with on-going levels of support and supervision as determined via a monitored supervisory process and supported by educational development. The expectation to adherence to agreed instruction, whilst being guided and supported within Trust procedures and policies. As part of the wider Team the post holder will be responsible for participating and assisting in the delivery of care/services to patients including managing their own caseload of low risk eating disorder patients and those suffering with Binge Eating Disorder as part of The CYP Eating Disorders Team, working under the direct supervision of a registered member of staff. This will involve being responsible for carrying out practical tasks, identified as part of the patient's care plan or care pathways including meal support, body image work and supporting patient's to manage anxiety. The post holder will provide supportive care management and work with a supervisor allocated to a group of service users as delegated by the Team Manager or registered practitioner. The post holder will be expected to work in a community setting including service user homes and schools. The post holder will receive clinical supervision as appropriate and partake in reflective practice/training on a regular basis.

• NVQ level 3 or a MH Certificate of equivalent qualification. Evidence of additional relevant mental health training e.g. eating disorders
• Experience of working with people with mental health problems in either an acute or community setting with an Eating Disorder
Desirable criteria
• Additional relevant training
• Understanding of welfare benefits system
• Experience of working with people in a specialist field, Experience of working autonomously and using own initiative, Experience of assisting in the assessment of service users and the development and implementation of care plans
  
  The CYP Eating Disorders Team is an award winning, recovery focused, multidisciplinary community team working with under 18's with Anorexia, Bulimia and Binge Eating Disorder. An opportunity has arisen for a Senior Support Worker to work as part of an multi disciplinary team providing support to young people with eating disorders.
As a University Partnership Trust we offer excellent development opportunities supported with regular supervision. As a University Partnership Trust we offer excellent development opportunities supported with regular supervision. Key goals for the Trust include being the provider of choice; delivering high quality integrated health services in collaboration with local people, to improve overall health and well-being. To deliver this the Trust is committed to employing the best workforce, recruiting individuals with the ability to provide care at the cutting edge of innovative practice. We have excellent development and training programmes which rank us in the top 20% of Trusts in the UK and a strongly embedded learning culture to support and facilitate staff to develop their potential and progress in their careers., Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust are one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of 'Outstanding' from the Care Quality Commission Our family of over 4,000 members of staff provide health and social care for people with mental ill health, physical ill health and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Essex and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings. Everything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout, Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (HPFT) is rated by the Care Quality Commission as an Outstanding provider of mental health and learning disability services. In 2021, we won the prestigious Health Service Journal award for Mental Health Trust of the Year, with the judges saying they were "blown away" by our people's achievements and that everything they saw "sings and hums". This year, our staff rated us the 4^th best mental health and learning disability trust to work for out of all 52 trusts in the country. Our staff tell us that they are proud to be part of the HPFT team, proud of the standard of care we provide and proud that service users are our top priority. Our people tell us they feel supported though a great development, wellbeing and work-life balance offer and a highly compassionate, values-driven culture. We are equally proud of our staff, who live our values of being welcoming, kind, positive, respectful and professional