Job summary
Are you passionate about infant and pre-school child development and looking for something different?Then now is the time to come and work for NSFT Ages 0-4 Parent Infant Mental Health service as a Parent Infant Practitioner.
The post holder will work collaboratively with the multi-disciplinary team and partner organisations to improve the emotional health and development of infants and pre-school children through evidence-based approaches. The role will include assessment, formulation and intervention, the use of routine outcome measures and safeguarding practices.
Within the service parent infant mental health assessments are carried out with parent and baby/child and include time to complete measures, social, emotional, and developmental checks, observe parents together with their baby/child and understand what aspects of their relationship with their baby or child the parent is finding challenging.
The work requires flexibility, pragmatism, and creativity.
Our dedicated team is based on the outskirts of Norwich City Centre at Mary Chapman House, and work Monday to Friday, 9-5pm - with flexible working available if required.
Main duties of the job
You will work collaboratively with the multi-disciplinary team and partner organisations to improve the emotional health and development of infants and pre-school children who are experiencing emotional difficulties, through dyadic or family-based interventions. The role will is to provide assessment and intervention for parents and children under four years of age. The treatment approach required may vary and additional training will be provided in brief attachment-based interventions.
We are looking for a dynamic and solution-focused team player who is passionate about high quality care. You will be outcome driven and able to work collaboratively with our organisational partners across Family Hub Services, Perinatal Services, CAMHS, Healthy Child Programme, Early Childhood and Family Service, Adult Community Mental Health Services, Health Visiting, and other agencies to deliver a unified and safe service to babies, young children and their parents or carers.
The successful candidate will have a nursing degree, Dip OT or equivalent and be registered with an appropriate professional body. The applicant must have a minimum of 2 years' experience in working with parents and children and have and experience working with families with child protection/contact with social services.
About us
Here at NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly, and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing experiences and learning from each other. In addition to ongoing training and development opportunities, we are committed to providing an environment in which you can thrive.
Why work for us? We have challenges as a Trust, but we have ambitious aspirations, are pushing ahead with exciting transformation work and we need dedicated individuals to support us on our journey. We have strong, established professional networks coupled with an exceptional leadership team who will ensure you are truly cared for and cared about.
Why Norfolk and Suffolk? The people here are warm and welcoming, you'll never be far from the beautiful coastline or Broads National Park. We're an hour and a half away from London and have an international airport in Norwich too. Our villages, towns and cities are packed full of history, independent cafes, shops and theatres. We have excellent shopping, eating out, top ranking schooling and affordable house prices too.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Infants need a sensitive, nurturing relationship to lay the foundations for lifelong health. If important relationships feel tense or strained, children struggle to feel secure, and can become overwhelmed by their emotions.
All parents find parenting hard and stressful at times, even more so if there are additional difficulties. For some parents, this can lead to worry, sorrow or feeling unsatisfied about their relationship with their child. It is during these times that parents need skills in connecting with their infant through watching, listening, and understanding them.
The 0-4 Parent Infant Mental Health Team is a therapeutic service which works with the strengths of the parent or primary caregiver to overcome difficulties and to help build a more positive relationship with their infant.
The service offers direct support for families experiencing early difficulties whose needs cannot be met by universal services alone, in the form of targeted work with parents/carers.
Our practitioners role is to support the parent in developing their relationship with their baby or young child by providing short-term therapeutic work to improve their interaction and relationship.
We are able to offer time limited direct work with children and their parents / carers, from parenting advice and psychoeducation through dyadic and parent only interventions including Circle of Security Parenting, video feedback interventions, play based interventions and psychological interventions as appropriate to the needs of the relationship.
Parent/Carer Feedback
I felt truly understood and listened to her for the first time ever. My needs were met as well as the child which I didn't expect i.e., like that we were treated together rather than separately. The service has been amazing.
As part of the system wide parent infant strategy work, the 0-4 service is now working more closely with perinatal and maternal mental health services under the specialist service parental umbrella, as well as with the newly developed Family Hub Services. This move hopes to nurture the workforce and scaffold the training and development needs of the staff across all parts of the system, improving access to robust specialist clinical supervision and training opportunities as well as giving us the opportunity for combined triage, regular interface meetings and co-facilitated groups.
As a Parent Infant Practitioner, youll be working alongside a Service Manager and clinicians including a Principal Clinical Psychologist, trainee psychotherapists, and parent infant practitioners.
We are at the forefront of Parent Infant Mental Health Services transformation in Norfolk and Waveney - with the National conversation increasingly focussed on infant mental health this is a hugely exciting time to be working in these services. With community awareness about the challenges families of infants and young children face, the 0-4 Parent Infant Mental Health team focus support on the development of healthy relationships which promote emotional health and resilience.
Youll work as part of our established team and will play a key role in ensuring the smooth delivery of our service including clinical supervision, therapeutic interventions that aim to improve the relationship between infant and main caregiver and consultation and training to other professionals as needed.
This an exciting time to join the team as we continue to grow and develop to deliver a high-quality mental health response to babies and young children. Your experience, compassion and enthusiasm could be just what we need.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Infants need a sensitive, nurturing relationship to lay the foundations for lifelong health. If important relationships feel tense or strained, children struggle to feel secure, and can become overwhelmed by their emotions.
All parents find parenting hard and stressful at times, even more so if there are additional difficulties. For some parents, this can lead to worry, sorrow or feeling unsatisfied about their relationship with their child. It is during these times that parents need skills in connecting with their infant through watching, listening, and understanding them.
The 0-4 Parent Infant Mental Health Team is a therapeutic service which works with the strengths of the parent or primary caregiver to overcome difficulties and to help build a more positive relationship with their infant.
The service offers direct support for families experiencing early difficulties whose needs cannot be met by universal services alone, in the form of targeted work with parents/carers.
Our practitioners role is to support the parent in developing their relationship with their baby or young child by providing short-term therapeutic work to improve their interaction and relationship.
We are able to offer time limited direct work with children and their parents / carers, from parenting advice and psychoeducation through dyadic and parent only interventions including Circle of Security Parenting, video feedback interventions, play based interventions and psychological interventions as appropriate to the needs of the relationship.
Parent/Carer Feedback
I felt truly understood and listened to her for the first time ever. My needs were met as well as the child which I didn't expect i.e., like that we were treated together rather than separately. The service has been amazing.
As part of the system wide parent infant strategy work, the 0-4 service is now working more closely with perinatal and maternal mental health services under the specialist service parental umbrella, as well as with the newly developed Family Hub Services. This move hopes to nurture the workforce and scaffold the training and development needs of the staff across all parts of the system, improving access to robust specialist clinical supervision and training opportunities as well as giving us the opportunity for combined triage, regular interface meetings and co-facilitated groups.
As a Parent Infant Practitioner, youll be working alongside a Service Manager and clinicians including a Principal Clinical Psychologist, trainee psychotherapists, and parent infant practitioners.
We are at the forefront of Parent Infant Mental Health Services transformation in Norfolk and Waveney - with the National conversation increasingly focussed on infant mental health this is a hugely exciting time to be working in these services. With community awareness about the challenges families of infants and young children face, the 0-4 Parent Infant Mental Health team focus support on the development of healthy relationships which promote emotional health and resilience.
Youll work as part of our established team and will play a key role in ensuring the smooth delivery of our service including clinical supervision, therapeutic interventions that aim to improve the relationship between infant and main caregiver and consultation and training to other professionals as needed.
This an exciting time to join the team as we continue to grow and develop to deliver a high-quality mental health response to babies and young children. Your experience, compassion and enthusiasm could be just what we need.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Nursing degree or equivalent, Dip OT, Clinical Psychology or equivalent
- Mentorship qualification or ENB 998. Willingness to train to become Sign-off Mentor
- Ongoing professional development working towards degree level
- Higher degree or post graduate certificate in area of clinical / therapeutic practice
Experience
Essential
- Able to demonstrate an appropriate level of knowledge of mental health practice from previous experience
- Demonstrate effective risk assessment and risk management experience
- Experience in the delivery of clinical interventions
- Experience in working in team delivering person centred treatment packages
Desirable
- Experience in delivering group based interventions
- Experience in supporting service development
Other
Essential
- Ability to travel independently
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Nursing degree or equivalent, Dip OT, Clinical Psychology or equivalent
- Mentorship qualification or ENB 998. Willingness to train to become Sign-off Mentor
- Ongoing professional development working towards degree level
- Higher degree or post graduate certificate in area of clinical / therapeutic practice
Experience
Essential
- Able to demonstrate an appropriate level of knowledge of mental health practice from previous experience
- Demonstrate effective risk assessment and risk management experience
- Experience in the delivery of clinical interventions
- Experience in working in team delivering person centred treatment packages
Desirable
- Experience in delivering group based interventions
- Experience in supporting service development
Other
Essential
- Ability to travel independently
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
