This Band 3 Health Care Support Worker post sits in the Eating Difficulties Service of CAMHS South Team West, run by Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, supporting young people with eating disorders. The work centres on supporting young people through physical health assessments, monitoring their wellbeing and reporting changes to senior staff. Based across two sites with occasional community travel, the post sits within a specialist multidisciplinary team. Visa sponsorship is not available.
What the job involves
- Support young people during physical health assessment appointments, keeping them therapeutic and supportive, with clear communication to the young person and their family
- Give clear instructions for the tasks to be completed during appointments
- Observe, monitor and report changes in presentation or behaviour to senior staff
- Provide advice and guidance that promotes healthy activities and lifestyle choices
- Contribute to planning and delivering planned physical health observations
- Help create a therapeutic and safe environment
- Take part in Trust audits and surveys and collect information for clinical audits in own work area
- Implement agreed action plans and practice development initiatives as part of the team
Qualifications
- NVQ Level 3 in Health and Social Care or equivalent
Nice to have
- Experience in physical health checks
- Experience working with children and young people
What's offered
- Career development for clinical and non-clinical roles
- Ongoing training and support
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Contact Details:
The Methodist Church in Britain Recruitment Team
