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Are you an Occupational Therapist looking for a new challenge?

Would you like to be a part of a service undergoing some radical changes with increasing investment?

Are you looking to work within a specialist service?

If so, this could be the job for you!

Our Specialist Sussex-Wide Family Eating Disorder Service (SFEDS) are looking to recruit a passionate, knowledgeable and dynamic Band 6 Occupational Therapist. SFEDS works with young people aged 10-18 with Anorexia Nervosa/ Bulimia Nervosa and Atypical Anorexia Nervosa and their families, and supports recovery through Evidence Based Interventions such as Maudsley Family Therapy models, group work, and CBT-E.

You will be joining a service of highly skilled and experienced Family and Systemic Psychotherapists, Psychiatry, Paediatrician, Clinical Psychologist and Assistant Psychologists, Nurses, Support Workers, Dietitian, and Social Workers with support from an outstanding administration team. Our team is responsible for covering all of Sussex, operating as a hub and spoke model with Crawley Down Health Centre as the main team hub.

Your role as a band 6 Occupational Therapist will primarily offer interventions within the Home Intervention Team (HiT) . HiT provides a discrete additional intervention as an alternative service to young people and their families who are at high risk of hospital admission.

As an Occupational Therapist in our Home Intervention team you will identify and deliver relevant treatments and interventions; liaising where appropriate with families, carers and the professional network. You will conduct assessments of young people referred to SFEDS, as well as support existing patients and their families with completing meals at home according to their treatment plan.

A primary goal of the role is to support treatment in the community and prevent hospital admissions. In doing so, you will be a key player in liaising with family, school, medical staff and all professionals involved in the young person's recovery. You will be supported within the team by senior clinicians and will work closely with other specialists within the service.

We provide mental health and learning disability care for children, young people and adults across Sussex and for children and young people in Hampshire.

Working in Sussex:

• With a blend of picturesque villages and seaside towns there’s always new experiences to be enjoyed
• Embrace the city life with great access to visit Brighton and London
• Easy access to Gatwick and Heathrow and excellent railway links across the UK

We’d love you to join our organisation that is rated ‘good’ overall and ‘outstanding’ for caring by the CQC. Our staff agree, with 82% of people in our recent staff survey telling us that they recognise that care for patients is our top priority.

Other key staff survey results include:

• 70% highlighting flexible working opportunities as a key point for satisfaction at work
• 79% reporting feeling able to make suggestions to improve the work within their team

REQUIREMENTS

In order to be a successful Occupational Therapist in our team you will:

• Hold a Degree/Diploma in Occupational Therapy and be HPC registered
• Comfortable in providing consultation to colleagues, and intervention and treatment for young people with eating disorders
• Experienced in working with people presenting with mental health problems

It would also be advantageous if you have:

• Experience within an Eating Disorders team/ service

You will be required to travel across Sussex so access to transport is required.

We are currently able to support Flexible Working requests in line with the organisations policy.

We are also increasing face to face contacts with YP and their families, so can support hybrid working, but do require staff to be on site for a minimum of 60% of their working week. All adjustments must be discussed and approved with your operational lead to ensure service delivery is not compromised

MAIN DUTIES

• To provide specialist assessment and interventions using evidence based, client centred principles to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions.
• To promote and develop the role of Occupational Therapy within SFEDS
• To act as lead practitioner for young people updating care plans and risk assessments.
• To work as part of the SFEDS paediatric liaison team working with hospital staff and others to ensure safe discharge into the community and working closely with the provider collaborative

See attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details.

For more information, please contact:
Lee Jones - Operational Service [email protected]