Job summary
NELFT's Kent & Medway All Age Eating Disorders Service (AAEDS) specialises in the assessment, diagnosis and NICE concordant treatment of young people and adults with Eating Disorders (Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa, Binge Eating Disorder & Otherwise Specified Feeding & Eating Disorders). Additional pathways are being been added to the Service with transformation monies including an Enhanced Care pathway and First Episode Rapid Early Intervention in Eating Disorders (FREED) and Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID).
Main duties of the job
There has been increasing acknowledgement of a gap in services for ARFID, or suspected ARFID. As a result, referrals are inconsistently made to a wide range of services, including children and young people community eating disorder services, standard children and young people mental health services, community paediatrics, neurodevelopmental services, dietetic, speech and language, acute paediatric services and adult mental health services.
We are also seeking to develop an intensive home-based eating disorder treatment pathway in the form of an enhanced care pathway (Intensive Care Pathway - ICP). These forms of treatment have the potential to minimise inpatient admissions (including out-of-area placements), reduce length of stay in inpatient settings and improve experience of discharge from inpatient care as set out in the NHS Long Term Plan
About us
COVID-19 Vaccination
We continue to encourage all staff to ensure that they have been double vaccinated and received their booster. We recognise that taking the vaccine provides the best defence against COVID 19 for our patients, our staff and their families.
Probationary Period
This post will be subject to a probationary period. Internal applicants are exempt from the probationary period (unless you are an internal applicant currently part way through a probationary period or currently a bank member of staff).
Starting with NELFT
NELFT place a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which will include mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment. As part of the process new starters will have the opportunity to also meet the executive team, senior managers and attend a number of drop in sessions focusing in engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Rainham, Essex.
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Job description
Job responsibilities
North East London NHS Foundation Trust All-Age Eating Disorders Service is based in the County of Kent. We have a strong focus on training and research and team members benefit from excellent training and CPD opportunities
AAEDS is therefore expanding its multi-disciplinary team and highlights a need for preceptorship roles to train in-house.
This is a training role within the Child and Young Persons Improving Access To Psychological Therapies Programme (CYP-IAPT). The post-holder will work within the All-Age Eating Disorders Service providing interventions whilst undertaking a programme of training for this role. This intensive training post will equip the post holder to provide interventions based on CYP-IAPT care principles and also an evidence based intervention consistent with their training course.
The post- holder will work in the service for at least 3.0 days of the week using the newly developed skills whilst attending the training programme for the remaining 2.0 days.
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further details on this vacancy.
Job description
Job responsibilities
North East London NHS Foundation Trust All-Age Eating Disorders Service is based in the County of Kent. We have a strong focus on training and research and team members benefit from excellent training and CPD opportunities
AAEDS is therefore expanding its multi-disciplinary team and highlights a need for preceptorship roles to train in-house.
This is a training role within the Child and Young Persons Improving Access To Psychological Therapies Programme (CYP-IAPT). The post-holder will work within the All-Age Eating Disorders Service providing interventions whilst undertaking a programme of training for this role. This intensive training post will equip the post holder to provide interventions based on CYP-IAPT care principles and also an evidence based intervention consistent with their training course.
The post- holder will work in the service for at least 3.0 days of the week using the newly developed skills whilst attending the training programme for the remaining 2.0 days.
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further details on this vacancy.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Qualifications that demonstrate a capacity to complete academic work at postgraduate diploma level. A registerable professional qualification in a relevant subject (e.g. psychology, social work, counselling, nursing, occupational therapy etc) from a UK university or equivalent. Applications MAY be considered from those who do not have a registerable professional training if they have at least 3 years' experience in a CAMHS or equivalent setting
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge and understanding of issues relating to safeguarding children and young people
Experience
Essential
- Ideally at least two years experience of working with children / young people in a mental health setting Experience of working with safeguarding issues Experience of multi agency working and liaising across internal & external agencies.
Skills
Essential
- Ability to communicate effectively and sensitively with children, young people, and their families Ability to maintain a reflective stance in emotive/challenging interactions with children and their families Ability to use supervision to reflect on practice
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Qualifications that demonstrate a capacity to complete academic work at postgraduate diploma level. A registerable professional qualification in a relevant subject (e.g. psychology, social work, counselling, nursing, occupational therapy etc) from a UK university or equivalent. Applications MAY be considered from those who do not have a registerable professional training if they have at least 3 years' experience in a CAMHS or equivalent setting
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge and understanding of issues relating to safeguarding children and young people
Experience
Essential
- Ideally at least two years experience of working with children / young people in a mental health setting Experience of working with safeguarding issues Experience of multi agency working and liaising across internal & external agencies.
Skills
Essential
- Ability to communicate effectively and sensitively with children, young people, and their families Ability to maintain a reflective stance in emotive/challenging interactions with children and their families Ability to use supervision to reflect on practice
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
