Specialist Perinatal Practitioner - Healthy Little Minds
| Posting date: | 04 April 2025 |
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| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 04 May 2025 |
| Location: | Nottingham, NG2 2HZ |
| Company: | Nottingham City Council |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 4807 |
Summary
Contract Type: Fixed Term until 31st March 2026
Working Hours: 37 hours (Full Time)
Worker Type: Hybrid Worker
Salary: Starting Salary is £35,235 (Level one) rising to £37,938 per annum (pro rata for part-time)
Location: Meadows Family Hub, Kirby Gardens, Meadows. Nottingham. NG2 2HZ
We’ve got an exciting opportunity available for talented individuals to join our workforce - perhaps this is the opportunity you’ve been looking for? Read on to find out more…
Working for Nottingham City Council has great benefits. As well as competitive pay, great leave entitlement and access to a generous pension scheme, we strive to create an innovative, inclusive and progressive work culture where everyone is supported to do and be their very best.
In return, we are looking for people like you - people who are innovative, driven and committed to serving and improving Nottingham. So, if you are passionate about making a difference to the lives of those who live and work in our city, we want to hear from you.
* You can read more about the different benefits offered to colleagues working for Nottingham City Council here.
About the Role
1x Full-Time (37hrs), fixed term until 31st March 2026.
The post holder will promote perinatal mental health, focusing on strong attachments between parent/carer and their infant, promoting positive infant mental health inclusive of early intervention prior to birth, in the form of assessment, risk management, formulation, individual therapeutic interventions, and professional consultation.
Through evidence-based therapeutic interventions, the post holder will support parents and carers and promote positive infant and parental mental health.
The post holder will also use their specialist knowledge and skills to develop understanding and early identification of attachment concerns and perinatal mental health difficulties across the wider partnership.
About You
The ideal candidate will have:
· Specialist knowledge and understanding of child development, brain development and the emotional and mental health needs of infants, parents and their families.
· Specialist knowledge and skills in delivering therapeutic interventions to promote parental mental health and promote positive attachment
· Ability to deliver evidence based therapeutic interventions and ensure these are safe and nurturing, inclusive, and compliment the wider support from other services
· Experience of working with vulnerable infants, children, young people and adults, from a variety of backgrounds, in an outcome focused way.
A DBS enhanced check for a regulated activity is required for this post.
You can find the job description for this post here
At Nottingham City Council we believe that work is what you do, not where you do it. We offer different working arrangements, depending on the role, including hybrid working. Further information on Worker Types and what these mean in terms of how and where you work can be found on the additional information for applicants page.
For informal enquiries please contact Rebecca Green, Healthy Little Minds Team Manager, by telephone on 07925891649 or by email at rebecca.green2@nottighamcity.gov.uk
Closing Date: 21st April 2025
Please note there may be occasions where we close the advert before the closing date and we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.
Interviews will be held: TBC
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