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Specialist Support Officer

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Job summary

First Steps Ed are looking for a passionate and supportive Specialist Support Officer to join our team in Leicester or Leicestershire.

First Steps ED supports people of all ages, genders, and backgrounds experiencing problems with eating difficulties and eating disorders. The role will require the ability to deliver our face-to-face services to provide individuals with the support through our Early Help Eating Disorder programme to facilitate progression and change in their home, education, and community environments. It involves working with a range of professionals to ensure provision of high quality and safe services to Leicester children and young people.

You will have the ability to relate to and work with a range of professionals to ensure a high quality and safe services. You will be working as part of a multidisciplinary team that includes clinical and non-clinical colleagues from referring organisations and colleagues from across our organisation.

Main duties of the job

  • Provide peer support to service users, helping them realise their goals as agreed within their care plan.
  • Work with the individuals to access our services including one-to-one peer support,
  • Provide additional support and signposting to our Guided Self-help, psychoeducation programmes and support groups, befriending, and volunteering opportunities as part of their supported self-care
  • Working with children and young people covering the age range of 5 to 25 years old on site in therapy rooms and online via video with one-to-one or in peer groups.
  • Deliver workshops and training to external organisations as part of the role.
  • Full training and support will be provided for this role.
  • This role will require you to travel 25% of the time within Leicester for client meetings or face to face workshops.
  • This role requires a DBS check to be successfully completed prior to employment.

About us

First Steps ED supports people of all ages, genders, and backgrounds experiencing problems with eating difficulties and eating disorders.

Details

Date posted

24 January 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£23,675 a year HCAS

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working, Home or remote working

Reference number

B0409-LEIJan25

Job locations

First Step

6 Bishop Street

Leicester

LE1 6AF


First Steps E D

Vernon Gate

Derby

DE1 1UL


Job description

Job responsibilities

  • Formulate and implement plans agreed with the NHS Care Coordinator for the management of a service users eating disorder problems, based upon an appropriate agreed recovery plan with the service user and their family.
  • Exercise professional responsibility for the treatment plan goals, including regular communication with the ICS Coordinator and NHS Care Coordinator and others involved in the care team.

  • Work as part of the multi-disciplinary team to safeguard and ensure the quality of care of the service user and where appropriate parents/carers.

  • Undertake risk assessment and risk management for service users, working in collaboration with other care team members to manage risks identified.

  • Manage a case load of All Ages service users.

Job description

Job responsibilities

  • Formulate and implement plans agreed with the NHS Care Coordinator for the management of a service users eating disorder problems, based upon an appropriate agreed recovery plan with the service user and their family.
  • Exercise professional responsibility for the treatment plan goals, including regular communication with the ICS Coordinator and NHS Care Coordinator and others involved in the care team.

  • Work as part of the multi-disciplinary team to safeguard and ensure the quality of care of the service user and where appropriate parents/carers.

  • Undertake risk assessment and risk management for service users, working in collaboration with other care team members to manage risks identified.

  • Manage a case load of All Ages service users.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • Mental Health experience with Service Users
  • Lived eating disorder experience or 1 year+ experience of supporting service users with eating disorder or mental health conditions
Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • Mental Health experience with Service Users
  • Lived eating disorder experience or 1 year+ experience of supporting service users with eating disorder or mental health conditions

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name

First Steps ED

Address

First Step

6 Bishop Street

Leicester

LE1 6AF


Employer's website

https://firststepsed.co.uk (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

First Steps ED

Address

First Step

6 Bishop Street

Leicester

LE1 6AF


Employer's website

https://firststepsed.co.uk (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Senior Specialist Support Officer

Annisa Mehmood

annisa@firststepsed.co.uk

Details

Date posted

24 January 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£23,675 a year HCAS

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working, Home or remote working

Reference number

B0409-LEIJan25

Job locations

First Step

6 Bishop Street

Leicester

LE1 6AF


First Steps E D

Vernon Gate

Derby

DE1 1UL


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