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Senior Mental Health Practitioner - Parent Infant Specialist
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 19 Mai 2025 |
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| Cyflog: | £46,148.00 i £52,809.00 bob blwyddyn |
| Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog: | £46148.00 - £52809.00 a year |
| Oriau: | Llawn Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 30 Mai 2025 |
| Lleoliad: | Heywood, OL10 3RY |
| Cwmni: | NHS Jobs |
| Math o swydd: | Parhaol |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | C9311-25-0400 |
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For detailed information please see attached Job Description The postholder will work as a specialist practitioner supporting the development and delivery of the local parent infant mental health service, as well as taking a role in promoting and raising awareness of parent infant mental health in the local area. The role will focus on: offering assessment, therapeutic intervention and consultation to support the mental health and relationships of infants and their parents/carers enhancing knowledge, skills and confidence in the local workforce through training, consultation, supervision and promotion taking a lead on developing relationships and care pathways between our service and other key services in the area depending on postholders area of expertise, e.g childrens social care, adult mental health. contribute to service development and evaluation to ensure we are providing a modern, inclusive and effective service to local families. MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES Clinical: Delivery of service provision within the parameters of a high needs pathway,focusing on vulnerable families especially during the perinatal period up until the childs 2nd birthday in a multi-agency context. To provide specialist assessments of parents, infants and young childrenreferred to the service, using interpretation and integration of data from a variety of sources including self-report measures, direct and indirectobservation and interviews with clients, family members and/or carers. Indirect therapeutic work, provide specialist assessment and therapeuticinterventions focused on enhancing the relationship between a parent and infant. This therapeutic work requires empathy, understanding and the ability to contain difficult and highly expressed emotions in the parent and infant. To formulate and implement plans for therapeutic intervention andmanagement from the point of referral in coordination with the multi disciplinary team. To be responsible for implementing a range of parent-infant interventions for families, adjusting and refining formulations. To exercise autonomous professional responsibility for the assessment,treatment and discharge of vulnerable families. To undertake risk assessment and risk management for vulnerable families and their infants and to provide general advice to other professionals on psychological and social aspects of risk assessment and management. To undertake organisation, collaboration and liaison with relevant professional colleagues providing a comprehensive clinical, consultative, supervisory and teaching service as required internally or on an outreach basis. Carry out clinical audits of service performance, including service usersurveys and evaluations, and help to collate and disseminate the results for feedback, as required or directed. To provide consultation and training on a wide range of childrens emotional health and well-being issues to professionals from a range of services including GPs, Childrens Social Care, Maternity, Early Help, Adult Mental Health Services, NICU and Health Visiting. To engage in/deliver managerial and clinical supervision. Work as a co-therapist where appropriate with other members of PIMH service and CAMHS. To be responsible for and manage a defined caseload and undertake case management responsibilities within the caseload. Make decisions on suitability of new referrals, adhering to the service referral protocols. Use highly developed communication skills in working with vulnerable parents and their infants to understand their personal and often very sensitive difficulties. Educate and involve family members and others in treatment as necessary conveying formulations with sensitivity in easily understood language. Adhere to an agreed number of contacts offered, and clinical sessions carried out per week in order to minimise waiting times and ensure treatment delivery remains accessible and convenient. To ensure and promote appropriate liaison with professionals from external agencies, particularly in relation to complex presentations. To directly support colleagues in assessment and treatment of parent infant mental health where appropriate.