Mental Health Practitioner - Eating Disorder Service | Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Dyddiad hysbysebu:	03 Mehefin 2025
Cyflog:	Heb ei nodi
Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog:	£39,205 - £47,084 per annum (inc. of HCAS)
Oriau:	Llawn Amser
Dyddiad cau:	03 Gorffennaf 2025
Lleoliad:	Maidenhead, SL6 1LD
Cwmni:	Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Math o swydd:	Parhaol
Cyfeirnod swydd:	7252108/371-CFS512

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Are you looking for a new rewarding position working alongside a fantastically supportive team who consistently rate their job satisfaction highly?

We are looking for a qualified Mental Health Practitioner to join our very well-established Children’s Eating Disorders Service based in Maidenhead or Reading.

Our service provides assessment and treatments for children across Berkshire.

You will have good interpersonal and communication skills as you will be providing motivational and emotional support to a variety of high need clients.

As a service we are very committed to our staff with clear training and opportunities for career development.

The working pattern for this role is Monday to Friday, 9:00am – 17:00pm, with some flexibility for homeworking. Part time application will be considered.

Applications are processed as they are received. We would encourage you to apply as soon as possible as vacancies can close early!
• Provide clinical care and support to children with eating disorders and their families to help them work towards recovery

• To organise and conduct regular care plan reviews for patients

• Communicate effectively with other professionals and teams involved in our patients’ care

• To undertake risk assessment and risk management for individual patients with the Outreach Team


Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC, we’re committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire. As an employer, we’re committed to offering an inclusive and compassionate environment where our people share in a sense of belonging and are supported to flourish.

Our values at Berkshire Healthcare are:
• Caring for and about you is our top priority
• Committed to providing good quality, safe services
• Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions

Your wellbeing is important to us. Some of the benefits of working for us include:
• Flexible working options to support work-life balance
• 27 days’ annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell
• Generous NHS pension scheme
• Excellent learning and career development opportunities
• ‘Cycle to Work’ and car leasing scheme including electric vehicles
• Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services
• Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants
• Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities, the environment and armed forces community to support equality
• Generous maternity, paternity, adoption and special leave
• Free parking across Trust sites



The “must haves” for this role:
• Compassion towards people struggling with eating disorders and mental health difficulties, and a heartfelt desire to help others;
• Resilience which enables you to work in a fast-paced and at times demanding NHS environment
• Commitment to your colleagues and the ability to support each other, “muck in”and pull together as a team
• Creativity and innovation as you will be a part of a team which prides itself on adapting quickly and innovatively to change and challenges

For further information about the role, please see attached job description and person specification.

We strongly encourage you to review how you meet the criteria in the person specification and write about this point-by-point in your supporting statement for the best chance of being shortlisted.

We’re committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Our commitment to inclusion is reflected in our accreditations: Race Equality Matters Silver Trailblazer, Neurodiversity in Business Corporate Member, Disability Confident Leader, Carer Confident Level 2, and the Armed Forces Covenant Gold Award. Reasonable adjustments will be provided to candidates as needed.

We welcome a conversation about flexibility and any other questions you may have. Pleasedon’thesitate tocontact Emma Regan via email: emma.regan@berkshire.nhs.ukwho’llbe delighted to help.

Please note, if we receive a high number of applications, we may close this role earlier than the advertised closing date, so please submit your application as soon as possible.


This advert closes on Monday 9 Jun 2025

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