Job Title: Eating Disorder Support Officer
Contract Length: Fixed Term contract until May 2027
Hours per week: up to 37.5 hours per week
Location: Hertfordshire various travel to Stevenage, Watford, St Albans
Salary: £25,750 per annum
What we are looking for
First Steps Ed are looking for a passionate and supportive Eating Disorder Support Officer to join our team in Hertfordshire. This role will suit individuals who have a passion to support service users through their eating disorder journey using 1-2-1 person centred approach either online or Face2Face. This role will require a mixture of both in person and online support so travel and access to a vehicle is required. This is a fixed term appointment until May 2027 with a potential to extend.
Do you have lived experience of Eating Disorders or supporting a family/friend through their recovery journey. Do you have experience of providing various options to recovery of mental health? If this is you we would love to hear from you!
You will also;
- Provide peer support to service users, helping them realise their goals as agreed within their care plan.
- Work with the individuals to access our services including one-to-one peer support,
- Provide additional support and signposting to our Guided Self-help, psychoeducation programmes and support groups, befriending, and volunteering opportunities as part of their supported self-care
- Working with children and young people covering the age range of 5 to 25 years old on site in therapy rooms and online via video with one-to-one or in peer groups.
- Collaborating with multidisciplined teams to support our service users
- Deliver workshops and training to external organisations as part of the role.
- Full training and support will be provided for this role.
- This role will require you to travel 25% of the time within Hertfordshire for client meetings or face to face workshops. Access to a vehicle would be advantageous.
- This role requires a DBS check to be successfully completed prior to employment.
What you will bring
- Passionate and able to communicate to our service users and teams
- Provide professional and clear approach to support our service users
- A good understanding of the pathways and service provision is an advantage
- Background in eating disorders, lived experience of eating disorders, healthcare, support or Mental health care is advantageous
- Background working or caring for children and young people
- Experience to A Level.
- Minimum of 1 year of experience of working with services users dealing with eating disorders, lived experience and/ or mental health difficulties.
- Desirable: Postgraduate diploma in Mental health or Health services or Qualified Psychotherapist registered with the United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP) / College of Family Couple and Systemic Therapy.
Benefits
- 28 Days annual leave
- Flexible Working
- Enhanced Sick Pay
- Company Events
- Pension
- Company events
- Bluelight Discounts
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Employee Retail Discounts
- BHSF Health Cash plan (after successful probation)
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Pay: £25,750.00 per year
Benefits:
- Casual dress
- Company events
- Company pension
- Health & wellbeing programme
- On-site parking
- Referral programme
- Work from home
Experience:
- Eating Disorder support: 1 year (required)
- Mental Health Support: 1 year (required)
Licence/Certification:
- Driving Licence and access to a car (required)
Work authorisation:
- United Kingdom (required)
Work Location: Hybrid remote in Stevenage SG1 1XY
