The senior therapist will play an integral role in providing quality, person-centered care to young people and families in the Community Eating Disorders Service for Children and Young People (CEDS-CYP).
They will play a role in completing specialist eating disorder assessments that follow standardised protocols. They will use evidence based and NICE concordant interventions for eating disorders to children and young people and their families. They will care coordinate a substantial caseload of assessment, treatment and consultation work, identifying priorities of action in complex circumstances.
The post holder will utilise specialist skills to be able to support and communicate with young people, families and other professionals – building and maintain strong relationships in often highly complex and emotionally distressing circumstances.
This is a senior clinical role, with leadership expectations, which include attending monthly Performance and Quality Meeting, leading on key clinical governance processes such as audit or QI, service development, supporting and supervising junior colleagues, participating in an open, collaborative and learning culture, and regular meetings with the senior leadership team.
· Tocomplete specialist eating disorder assessments within the Community Eating Disorder Service for Children & Young People (CEDS-CYP). Assessments will follow standardised protocols. Assessments will be discussed with the MDTwithintheCYP-CEDS.
· Tobe involved in the multi-disciplinary assessment, diagnosis and treatment of young people with eating disorders in thecommunity.
· Liaising closely with professionals involved in the care of young peoplewitheating disorders to ensuretheprovision of quality, person-centeredcare.
· Provide NICE concordant specialist interventions (such as FT-AN and FT-BN), within a systemic approach, as part of individualized treatment plans for eating disorders. This includes individual therapy, family therapyandgroup interventions in accordancewithservice protocol andpathways.
· Facilitate group interventions and deliver individual therapy as required.
· Todevelop and deliver early intervention support, including consultations, psycho-education, self-help materials where applicable and links to appropriate service usergroups.
· Toact as duty senior on the rota of duty clinicians managing referrals and providing a rapid responseto urgent clinicalsituations.
Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive – so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.
For full details and description of this post, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.
This advert closes on Friday 6 Dec 2024