Job summary
- Main area
- Childrens services
- Grade
- Band 4
- Contract
- 12 months (Fixed Term Contracts or Secondment opportunity available or Flexi working)
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job share
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 201-24-434
- Employer
- Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Greencourt,
- Town
- Truro
- Salary
- £25,147 - £27,596 Per Annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 09/07/2024 23:59
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Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID) Therapy Assistant
Band 4
Thank you for your interest in joining us at Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.
We pride ourselves in striving to be an employer of choice.
Strategic Themes
Great Care
- Care based on what matters to people.
- Care provided at home or close to home.
- Improvement through learning, research and innovation.
- Prevention and alternatives to hospital.
Great Organisation
- Buildings that support health and wellbeing.
- Technology enabled care.
- Care teams are supported by responsive corporate services.
- Safe, efficient, effective and productive.
Great People
- A place people love to work and feel valued.
- Living our values with staff (all voices count).
- Attract, grow and develop talent.
- Leaders with compassion, who continuously learn and listen.
Great Partner
- Encourage and enable effective partnerships.
- Joined-up community services.
- Work with others to maximise workforce opportunities.
- Reduce our impact on the environment.
At the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s job share, part time or another flexible pattern. In addition, although the role advertised may have a ‘home’ office base indicated, we remain committed to supporting flexibility around workplace locations. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
The successful applicant will be an NHS employee and may therefore have contact with vulnerable service users. During the COVID-19 pandemic, it has been necessary to take significant steps to protect the health and safety of our staff, service users and those attending our sites. Unless exempt, we encourage and support staff to be vaccinated as this remains the best line of defence against COVID-19.
Job overview
We have an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic and motivated Therapy Assistant to join our new Children and Young People's Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID) team. You'll be working alongside other clinicians within our new Community Team. This post is advertised as a full time post for a 12 month fixed term/secondment, but there is flexibility to be considered for Flexi hours if currently working for the Flexi Team, job share/part time hours. Priority will be given to those who meet the Essential Critieria.
The successful candidate will ;
- Deliver pre planned Therapy interventions to children and young people with ARFID under the supervision of our ARFID Community Dietician.
- Work as part of a multi disciplinary team who comprise Paediatrician, Clinical psychologist, Occupational Therapist, Dietician, psychiatrist and team clinical co ordinator.
- Activities will include the setting up and running of parent groups, children’s groups, individual interventions, advice and target setting within settings/ home and developing ARFID resources and packages of care alongside the clinicians within the Team
- ability to monitor progress, use outcomes monitoring tools and report.
Proposed interview date: 25th July
Main duties of the job
To support, alongside the CYP ARFID team, with the provision of therapy service for the treatment of ARFID.
• To independently manage, with support from the Community CYP ARFID Dietician , a caseload of children with and ARFID.
• To provide appropriate intervention as identified by the CYP ARFID MDT to young people and families, supporting them with their goals.
• To contribute to written reports
• To communicate information from assessment and provide advice to relatives, early years and school staff and other professionals on matters relating to ARFID.
Communicate with young people and their families in a way that they can understand what is being said and enable them to be able to make choices and decisions about the child’s care/their own care.
To provide training and support to :
• Parents and carers
• other professionals including early years and school staff
• Appropriate Voluntary Organisations, at local level
• Other mental health services , Paediatricians and Dieticians.
Working for our organisation
We’re an NHS community and mental health provider Trust based in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. We deliver community and hospital-based care to improve people’s physical and mental health. We also provide specialist support to people with dementia or a learning disability.
We are a people organisation and people matter to us. As part of the team, you'll help support the health and wellbeing of the people who live and visit this beautiful part of the UK.
Over 4,000 people make up the Trust. This includes doctors, nurses, therapists, plus admin and support staff.
We work in people's homes, in community clinics and bases. Some staff work from one of our 13 community hospitals. Our aspiration is to have great people, provide great care, be a great place to work and a great partner.
Just over 532,000 people live here. A third of people who live in Cornwall are supported by acute hospital services in Devon. As a result, we also work closely with our partners in Devon. In the summer, and during other holidays lots of people choose to visit the area. This increases the numbers of people who use our services.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For full information of the roles and responsibilities of this role, please see the attached job description and person specification.
Person specification
Essential
Essential criteria
- Foundation level degree or equivalent level 5 qualification in relevant area/care setting
- Documented evidence of training knowledge and experience in child development
- Experience of working independently with a CYP
- GCSE in Maths and English or equivalent
- Experience of working with Autism
- Experience of working with education settings
- understanding of the needs of children who experience poor mental health
- experience of working alongside a range of professionals including dieticians
- experience of working in a community setting with children and young people
- working knowledge of Safeguarding procedures for children
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working with families and carers of people with communication needs
- Relevant experience working with eating disorders in children and young people
- Experience of training/coaching others
- understanding of a range of mental health conditions including anorexia and bulimia
- able to work to deadlines
personal qualities
Essential criteria
- Excellent interpersonal skills e.g. listening, clear communication
- Demonstrates ability to be a good team member
- experience of delivering interventions in a group setting
- evidence of working with parents/carers
- understanding of eating disorders in children and young people
Desirable criteria
- Good presentation skills
- Knowledge of record keeping/confidentiality/safeguarding
Applicant requirements
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Theresa Sired
- Job title
- CYP ARFID operational manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07551 231769
- Additional information
informal conversations are welcome
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