Main area Children and young people and eating disorders Grade Band 6 Contract Permanent Hours 37.5 hours per week (Full time) Job ref 040-AHP164-1025
Employer Aneurin Bevan University Health Board Employer type NHS Site Gwent-wide: Blaenau Gwelt Town Gwent-wide Salary £39,263 - £47,280 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 13/11/2025 23:59
CAMHS CET Practitioner (Eating Disorders - Community Embedded Team)
Band 6
We encourage applications from all with protected characteristics and from those in the Armed Forces Community. Applicants are invited to apply in Welsh, any application submitted through the medium of Welsh will not be treated less favourably than applications made in English.
Please let us know if you have any particular requirements to enable you to participate in the application and selection process. We will be pleased to discuss any reasonable adjustments OR SUPPORT needed. If you need any documents in a larger font or a different format (such as braille) please either contact the recruiting manager named in the job advert or alternatively contact the Aneurin Bevan University Health Board recruitment team on 01495 745805 option 3 OR EMAIL abb.vacancyrequests@wales.nhs.uk
If you are successful at interview for this post you will receive your conditional offer of appointment and information pack via email.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy at any time. Therefore we encourage early applications to ensure consideration for this post. If you are short listed for this post, you will be contacted via your email account you used to apply for this post, therefore please check your account regularly.
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Please note that this vacancy may be withdrawn at any time should it be filled via the internal redeployment process
Job overview
Services for children, young people and families within Gwent area. As a clinician within our Community Embedded Team (CET) for eating disorders, you will have the opportunity to be at the forefront of new developments.
The CET ED Team is a bespoke community service (the hub being CORE CAMHS) underpinned by the Maudsley Family based model, empowering families to care for their child presenting with an eating disorder through assessment, risk management and early intervention based on a multi-disciplinary team approach.
As part of the Mental Health Measure, in order to apply for this post one of the following qualifications/registrations is essential: Registered Nurse - Mental Health, Registered Nurse - Learning Disabilities, Occupational Therapist or Social Worker
Main duties of the job
The eating disorders (CET ED) will aim to:
* Provide a MDT specialist eating disorder triage of new referrals and assessment clinic, risk management and interventions based on the Maudsley model and the MEED risk framework for medical management and re-feeding.
* Assist in the delivery of a training programme covering prevention, recognition, referral and interventions for a range of health, education and primary care services.
* Provide consultation and collaborative joint working in some cases.
* Undertake detailed triage of cases as they are referred to ensure timely access to the assessment process.
* Offer brief intervention for those young people who do not require new core partnership work from the Core ED team
* Support other parts of CAMHS / the system to hold on where appropriate
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.
Working for our organisation
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is a multi-award winning NHS organisation with a passion for caring. The Health Board provides an exceptional workplace where you can feel trusted and valued. Whatever your specialty or stage in your career, we have opportunities for everyone to start, grow and build your career. The health board provides integrated acute, primary and community care serving a population of 650,000 and employing over 16,000 staff.
We offer a fantastic benefits package and extensive training and development opportunities with paid mandatory training, excellent in-house programmes, opportunities to complete recognised qualifications and professional career pathways including a range of management development programmes. We offer flexible working and promote a healthy work life balance, provide occupational health support and an ambitious plan for a Wellbeing Centre of Excellence to support you at work.
Our Clinical Futures strategy continues to enhance and promote care closer to home as well as high quality hospital care when needed. This includes the Grange University Hospital which provides specialist and critical care and is the newest addition to the clinical futures strategy opening in November 2020. Join us on our journey to pioneer new ways of working and deliver a world-class healthcare service fit for the future.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click “Apply now” to view in Trac.
Person specification
Knowledge
* CYP presentationsof mental health and behavioural issues, safeguarding legislation, evidence base
* mental health legislation
Skills
* Assessment, appropriate therapeutic intervention,engagement, team working
* Welsh speaker
Experience
* Working with CYP and families, assessment, delivery of therapeutic intervention, leading change
* Supervision,training and consultation,groupwork
Qualifications
* additional qualifications including CYP related
To work in the UK, all candidates who are not UK or Republic of Ireland (RoI) nationals require sponsorship to obtain either a Health and Care visa or Skilled Worker visa, unless you have permission to work via another route. Non UK / RoI candidates wishing to apply should self-assess the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship by visiting Work in the UK. If you are eligible for the Health and Care visa, application costs are lower and you do not need to pay the annual Immigration Health Surcharge.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
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.
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