Social Worker for Eating Disorder Inpatients

The Eating Disorders inpatient unit based at St Ann's Hospital, provides a comprehensive specialist inpatient service to the north central and north east London. The service is also a national provider of specialist eating disorder inpatient treatment. The inpatient unit is part of range of eating disorder services the Trust provides and is aimed at patients over the age of 18 years old with a primary diagnosis of anorexia nervosa. The post holder will take a lead in ensuring that social care needs are identified on admission and form a central part of the care plan.

They will provide training, support and consultation to colleagues as well as ensuring that services are identified and in place to meet those identified social care needs upon discharge. The post holder will take a lead in liaising with secondary care teams that hold responsibility for delivering the social care needs on discharge and ensure that services are in place to prevent delayed discharges occurring. The post holder will also take a lead on the Transforming Care agenda with patients who have a comorbid learning disability.

Main duties of the job

Conduct triage and comprehensive social work assessments to inform recommendations and implement care pathways. Prepare accurate reports post-assessment in line with quality standards. Make social care judgments as situations evolve. High interpersonal skills are essential for managing complex, conflicting needs. Facilitate signposting/referrals and interventions in collaboration with relevant agencies, utilizing local service knowledge. Represent the team in strategic management of high-risk patients by attending clinical reviews and case conferences. Oversee patients, carers, and resources to aid the multidisciplinary team in care plans and risk management. Maintain professional practice in therapeutic interventions, including individual and group therapies. Plan, implement, and evaluate social work interventions considering patient and community risk. Provide specialist consultation to carers and others involved in patient care. Liaise with health/social service providers, manage time and resources to ensure high-quality care, and maintain confidential patient records. Provide accurate reports and statistics as instructed. Make appropriate referrals, liaise with inpatient/outpatient services, and assist clients under locality mental health teams. Promote mental health and community initiatives, raise awareness of eating disorders/mental health issues, and ensure services are culturally sensitive. Offer expert advice based on research evidence.

Working for our organisation

The partnership between Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust (BEH) and Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust (C&I) is going from strength to strength since it was originally established in 2021 forming the North London Mental Health Partnership.

In order to meet the needs of the new Partnership services you may be required from time to time to work at different locations to your normal place of work. This may mean that you are required to work at any location that fall under Barnet, Enfield and Harringay Trust and Camden and Islington Trust. The Trust reserves the right to require staff to work at such other places or locations as it considers reasonable and necessary on a temporary or permanent basis.