Infant Mental Health Worker

Job summary

This is a training position and so all candidates will need to apply for both the trainee role with BWW Mind and the UCL Post Graduate Diploma in Child and Young Person IAPT Therapy in order to be shortlisted. As this is a training position, please be aware that this is a dual application process where you must be employed in a Recruit to Train funded job to also receive a place on the course, and vice-versa. If you are ineligible for the University Course, you will be unable to be offered the role. If you withdraw from an employment offer but you have accepted a university offer, you will be unable to join the course. This role will be best suited for applicants that are able to balance a busy work and study schedule. You will be an employee at the service but also enrolled for 2 days a week on a Postgraduate Diploma course. As this is a Postgraduate level diploma, you will also be required to be able to study and write academic material at this level. Applicants must be prepared to study and write assignments outside of protected study time (such as on weekends and after work). The course runs from January to December and not during the standard academic year cycle, so successful applicants will begin on the course in January 2025. The UCL applications portal is now open, so you can make a start on this part of your application.

Main duties of the job

Be trained to deliver ViPPSD (Videofeedback Intervention to promote Positive Parenting and Sensitive Discipline) with parents and infants showing signs of attachment difficulties. This is the leading intervention for supporting parents to develop more attuned parenting in the context of difficulties in the parent-infant relationship.

You will also be trained in the Incredible Years Intervention. This is a parent-led behavioural intervention which supports parents in managing common, challenging behaviours for children aged 3,5.

Be trained in one of the evidence based parenting courses to support the needs of parents of infants/children between the ages of 18 to 60 months. You will also be trained in individualising parenting work, enabling you to personalise the delivery of an evidence-based intervention

In accordance with the training over the course of 2 years you will be expected to have worked with at least 8 families on Fundamental Principles (Assessment) and 4 Families using ViPPSD and completed a Group Parenting Programme Group.

About us

Were a leading community-based organisation dedicated to providing outstanding mental health support and clinical interventions across London. Our experienced clinically led teams are focused on directly addressing a range of mental health needs in our communities. We combine innovative solutions with decades of local community knowledge to empower people to live the life they choose. We partner with the NHS and local authorities to deliver clinically driven frontline services with fantastic outcomes. We focus on early intervention and prevention, targeting mental health conditions at the most cost-effective stage, while also supporting people with moderate to severe mental health needs across our communities.