The Eating Disorders Intensive Pathway (EDIP) Support Worker is a vital member of the multidisciplinary team, providing practical and therapeutic community-based support to young people with severe eating disorders and their families. The role involves meal support, monitoring physical health, and empowering families to actively manage recovery at home as an alternative to inpatient care. • Provide interventions in the community near where CYP live • Provide interventions that help CYP achieve safe nutritional and hydration intake, including NG feeding support if necessary • Provide intensive family support (including best practice interventions such as the Maudsley Family Intensive Group Model) • Empower families and parents to actively support CYP’s recovery • Support CYP’s weight restoration and resumption of control over eating • Increase CYP autonomy to maintain a healthy weight and positive body image • Identify emotional triggers for eating disorders and provide appropriate psychosocial interventions • Work collaboratively with community hospital-at-home paediatric and acute paediatric services, supporting feeding when needed • Support transition planning into adult services when required Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive – so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations. · Work as part of a multi-disciplinary team providing care to children, young people, and families in the community. · Undertake supervised clinical work supporting children and young people toward their recovery goals. · Offer home, clinic-based, and hospital-based meal support for young people with eating disorders, modeling appropriate support for parents/carers. · Assist service users in identifying their strengths, personal interests, and recovery goals while promoting acceptance and respect for their personal beliefs, uniqueness, and identity. · Promote recovery by supporting young people in accessing community activities, education, and support networks. · Assist, under supervision, with physical health monitoring of young people on the CEDS Intensive Pathway. · Assist, under supervision, with the delivery of NG feeding in the community where appropriate (non-restrained). · Support the team in intensive outreach work to manage risk and provide an alternative to hospital admission for severely unwell young people. · Provide psychosocial interventions including distress tolerance, emotion regulation (DBT techniques), basic CBT strategies, psycho-education, motivational exercises, distraction activities, symptom management, problem-solving skills, and support for young people with learning disabilities. · Support the development and delivery of community-based phlebotomy services. · Assess, plan, implement, and evaluate patient care plans related to physical health needs, aligned with the overall CEDS care plan. · Manage challenging, distressing, and sensitive situations with therapeutic skills to engage patients and families safely and effectively. This advert closes on Sunday 8 Jun 2025. Location : London, E14 8HQ