First Steps Ed are looking for a passionate leader to manage a team of Specialist Support Officers and Coordinators who provide service user support for a range of eating disorders. The Senior Eating Disorder Support Officer will join our team in Nottingham/Nottinghamshire.
You will have the ability to relate to and work with a range of professionals to ensure 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.
You will also:
1. Provide peer support to service users, helping them realise their goals as agreed within their care plan.
2. Work with individuals to access our services including one-to-one peer support.
3. Lead and manage a team.
4. Engage with other professionals and raise awareness of our service.
5. Allocate service users to staff members and the team.
6. Analyse data and write reports for our senior team and All Services Director.
7. Provide additional support and signposting to our Guided Self-help, psychoeducation programmes, support groups, befriending, and volunteering opportunities as part of their supported self-care.
8. Work 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.
9. Deliver workshops and training to external organisations as part of the role.
10. This role will require you to travel 25% of the time within Nottinghamshire for client meetings or face-to-face workshops.
What you will bring:
1. Passionate and able to communicate with our service users and teams.
2. Provide a professional and clear approach to support our service users.
3. A good understanding of the pathways and service provision is an advantage.
4. Background in healthcare, support, or mental health care is advantageous.
5. Experience working or caring for children and young people.
6. Educated to a minimum of A level or equivalent experience.
7. A clean driving licence with appropriate insurance and own vehicle is required to travel to and from locations.
8. Minimum of 2 years of experience working with service users dealing with eating disorders and/or mental health difficulties.
9. 1 year of experience managing a team.
10. Desirable: Postgraduate diploma in mental health or health services or qualified psychotherapist registered with the United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP) / College of Family Couple and Systemic Therapy.
This role requires a DBS check to be successfully completed prior to employment.
Based in Nottingham or Nottinghamshire.
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