Perinatal Mental Health Community Nursery Nurse

Job description

Job responsibilities

Key Roles and Responsibilities

Provide 121 support with mother/caregivers as directed by the team, such as interventions, lower risk listening visits, and group intervention.

• Support the training programmes within the Family Hub pathway.

• Demonstrate a high level of communication skill which is sensitive and enables parents to absorb and act on advice. Be able to keep clear and contemporaneous records electronically.

• Report back to the appropriate team member any significant changes in the client circumstances that may impact on safety of others.

• To establish and maintain communications with parents, children and other professionals in a variety of settings and mediums about daily activities, childcare and child related information.

• Overcome barriers to communications such as language or learning difficulties.

• Provide empathy and reassurance between persons involved within scope of the role.

• Developing working and therapeutic relationships with women and their families and communicate effectively with them and the networks surrounding them.

• Develop relationships with professionals groups including but not limited to, Midwives, Health Visitors, GPs, Childrens centres and mental health services.

• To be proactive in liaising with non-statutory/voluntary/community-based agencies

• To provide information and participation in case conferences and reports relating to specific cases

• Regular liaison with other community-based nursery nurses, health visitors and other professionals involved in the care of the baby.

• Demonstrate a sound knowledge of caring effectively for infants under 1 year of age and use this to teach and guide colleagues.

• Demonstrate a sound understanding of the principles of child health care.

• To ensure and take responsibility for attending all statutory and mandatory training and can operationalise training to enhance practice.

• Provide practical advice regarding establishing patterns and routines for the baby.

• Support to families with common baby issues and signposting where needed, recognising when to refer when an issue falls outside of expected development.

• To assess different problems to determine the course of action with a range of options to compare.

• Provision of advice and support surrounding age appropriate play and child development.

• Plan and manage own workload and contribute to organisation of the team and the service.

• Work in line with the Lone Working Policy and highlight any health and safety concerns as required.

• Organise own time.

• Prioritise service user care under the supervision of qualified perinatal practitioners.

• Under the supervision of registered practitioners, making decisions about service user care as appropriate, with the support of the wider multi-disciplinary perinatal team.

• Work within the Local Safeguarding Board guidelines for child protection, including attendance at client related case conferences where necessary to discuss your observations following work with the family.

• To access child protection supervision.

• To maintain accurate and contemporaneous electronic records of work undertaken.

• Ensure strict confidentiality in respect of clients and staff.

• Provide practical and emotional support to help women prepare for the transition into parenthood.

• Supporting partners, siblings and wider family members prior to arrival of the baby

• Enhancing attachment and bonding through pregnancy using current research

• Help to support families understand the world from the babys perspective.

• Explore the demand and need to develop and facilitate groups to encourage socialisation and signposting to childrens centres.

• Provide practical advice regarding establishing patterns and routines for the baby.

• Signpost and assist mothers to attend current parenting programmes at local childrens centres.

• Identify local age appropriate play opportunities.

• Providing advice and practical support on feeding and promoting breastfeeding where possible

• To support mothers in the general management of baby care, demonstrating an understanding of how this may be hindered by the presence of mental illness.

• To assist in assessing baby's health, well-being and related needs and contribute to the planning, implementation and evaluation of care.

• To provide support to families within a variety of community settings under the direction of the perinatal mental health clinicians, considering the diverse needs of the community

• Work in partnership with families and other agencies that provide support and services for children with special needs.

• Work in partnership within a multi-professional environment to ensure services meet the identified needs of the individual patient.

• Manage complex packages of care to families with the support of the health visitor.

Person Specification

Knowledge

Essential

• Experience of working with safeguarding children issues. Basic understanding of mental health issues in the peri-natal period.

Skills and Abilities

Essential

• To be able to work s part of a wider team to support the delivery of the Healthy Child Programme 0-19.

Qualifications

Essential

• NNEB or Diploma in Childcare & Education (CDE) awarded by CACHE or NHC in Childcare & Education (Scotland)/Level 3 BTEC National Diploma in Early Years (DEXCEL).

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working with children and families within a community setting.

Skills and Abilities

Essential

• A sound understanding of child development, parenting.

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.

Employer details

Employer name

Tower Hamlets GP Care Group

Address

Chingford Health Centre

109 York Road

London

E4 8LF

Employer's website

https://www.gpcaregroup.org/section/387/Home (Opens in a new tab)