Senior Mental Health Practitioner - Eating Disorders (OT/SW/RMN)

Are you a Mental Health Nurse, Occupational Therapist or Social Worker interested in joining our Eating Disorders Service?

With a big national focus on improving services for children and young people's mental health and wellbeing, there has never been a better time to join Oxford Health Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) and make a positive difference to children and young people's life chances.

You will deliver a high quality, comprehensive service for children, young people and their families who have an Eating Disorder.

This is a varied and rewarding role within a highly supportive team - we have a strong ethos around staff well-being - where clinical Supervision and CPD are priorities for the service. We offer robust clinical and caseload supervision to facilitate a supportive working environment.

As a Senior Mental Health Practitioner you will be responsible for initial assessments, delivery and evaluation of care and providing psycho-educational advice and practical support to young people and their families by drawing on evidence- based interventions and using a collaborative, recovery focused approaches.

Risk assessment and management including the need for positive risk taking is an important part of the role. You will contribute to the clinical leadership of the team, providing supervision for other team members and participate in the team service development and evaluation.

Oxford Health is a great place to work and to be able to showcase the best of yourself when making an application you are encouraged to read the “candidate guide to making an application” which is attached to all roles.

As a Trust we provide physical, mental health and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset. Our services are delivered at community bases, hospitals, clinics and people’s homes, delivering care as close to home as possible. Our vision is that no matter who you are or where you are, you will tell us that you receive: “Outstanding care delivered by an outstanding team”

At Oxford Health we offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing. These include:

• Excellent opportunities for career progression
• Individual and Trust wide learning and development
• 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous service
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Staff accommodation (waiting lists may apply)
• Staff networking and support groups
• NHS Discount
• Mental Health First Aiders

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Emma Harding-Wyatt Job title: Clinical Team Manager Email address: Telephone number:

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