Assistant Practitioner (Perinatal Physical Health and Wellbeing)

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust; Liverpool; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Liverpool is seeking a dedicated professional to assist mothers experiencing perinatal mental health issues. The role focuses on identifying health needs, conducting community assessments, and providing support in homes and community settings. Candidates should have experience with mental health interventions and a commitment to promoting wellbeing. This position offers a meaningful opportunity to make a difference in family health.

Qualifications

• Experience working with mothers facing perinatal mental health issues.
• Ability to conduct holistic community assessments.
• Strong practical support and advisory skills.

Responsibilities

• Assist in identifying physical health and lifestyle needs.
• Work alongside mothers with perinatal mental health problems.
• Contribute to holistic community assessments.
• Offer practical support and advice in community settings.

Job description

Overview

The post holder will assist in the identification of physical health and lifestyle needs, and participate in the delivery and evaluation of interventions developed to meet those needs. Working alongside mothers experiencing moderate to severe perinatal mental health problems, and including those with pre-existing severe mental health disorders. The post holder will contribute to holistic community assessments, in a range of settings, with a strong emphasis on promoting optimum physical health and wellbeing. The post holder will actively work with families and carers in their own home and in the community settings flexibly and will offer practical support and advice based on the identified needs of service users, partners and their children.

Responsibilities

• Assist in the identification of physical health and lifestyle needs, and participate in the delivery and evaluation of interventions developed to meet those needs.
• Work alongside mothers experiencing moderate to severe perinatal mental health problems, including those with pre-existing severe mental health disorders.
• Contribute to holistic community assessments in a range of settings, with a strong emphasis on promoting optimum physical health and wellbeing.
• Actively work with families and carers in their own home and in community settings, flexibly, offering practical support and advice based on the identified needs of service users, partners and their children.

Organisation

Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands. We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities. At the heart of all we do is our commitment to 'perfect care' - care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We\'re currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.