Youth Support Worker

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An opportunity has arisen within our Children and Young People Community Eating Disorder Service for a Youth Support Worker to join our team in the South Hub which covers the boroughs of Rochdale, Heywood, Middleton, Bury and Oldham.

With an excellent reputation and strong links to CAMHS and paediatric teams across the GM network, our existing and well-established eating disorder team is looking for a permanent full-time support worker to work alongside and under the direction of the senior clinical team in the delivery of direct and indirect patient-focused work (age 8‑18) and to undertake various research and development projects.

Whilst training will be provided, we would like applicants to be able to demonstrate a degree of understanding the needs of young people and families suffering with mental health and eating disorders.

The post holder will, under supervision, undertake clearly defined and planned, patient and family‑facing clinical tasks, which may include meal observations and support; patient interviews; surveys/feedback. An element of your job plan will be to work on our daily intensive treatment pathway. This involves working in the family’s home / on Paediatric/ inpatient wards to support young people and their families with elements of their treatment package as part of a step‑up / step‑down model.

Liaison with external services and contributing to clinical meetings with other professionals is an integral aspect of the role.

Core responsibilities include:

• Contribute to assessment and treatment interventions with young people presenting with an eating disorder.
• Communicate in a way appropriate to age, developmental stage, communication skills, understanding, preferences and health status.
• Ensure actions when interacting are appropriate to background, culture, diversity, values, circumstances and needs.
• Observe actions and behaviour and support young people to communicate through a partnership-based approach.
• Give information to individuals and families/carers in a manner, and at a level and pace, appropriate to them.
• Assist members of the multi-disciplinary team to deliver interventions on an individual and group basis.
• Undertake therapeutic activity with patients that promotes recovery, is valued and aims to increase self‑management.
• Work autonomously to undertake specific individual and group sessions as agreed with a qualified practitioner.
• Maintain professionalism at all times and produce records and reports that are clear, comprehensive and accurate.
• Actively encourage children, young people and their carers to be involved in service development.
• Gather and review relevant information and obtain appropriate consent to facilitate effective assessment planning.
• Under direct supervision, agree methods and timing for reviewing outcomes and reports of the assessments.
• Evaluate all information from the assessment to identify potential outcomes in relation to the goals specified in the young person's care plan.
• Seek information and advice from key people when outside of expertise.
• Support parents, families/carers to understand needs, views and preferences while taking account of any restrictions placed upon them.
• Use supervision to communicate what happened, actions taken and any support needs.
• Encourage and provide support to the child, young person and family/carers to enable them to take an active part in the care planning decisions.
• Provide families/carers with the support, information and development of the necessary skills they need to work towards positive goals consistent with the care plan.
• Monitor the actions that are being taken to assist the child or young person and those involved in their care to manage the changes and identify any areas where assistance can be improved.
• Encourage them to pursue ways to understand and promote their own…