Parent Infant Practitioner

Lancashire Care Foundation Trust; Lancaster; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A community health service provider is seeking a Parent Infant Practitioner to support mothers and infants in North Lancashire and South Cumbria. The role entails working collaboratively within a multi-disciplinary team to ensure optimal health and wellbeing for mothers and their babies. Candidates should possess a Nursery Nurse/Early Years qualification and a caring approach. Training provided for those without perinatal experience. Flexible working options are available to promote work-life balance.

Benefits

Flexible working options

Support for a positive work/life balance

Qualifications

• Must have a Nursery Nurse/Early Years qualification.
• Experience or understanding of mental health is advantageous but not required.
• Candidates must demonstrate a caring and supportive approach.

Responsibilities

• Work as a Parent Infant Practitioner under supervision of the Lead Parent Infant Practitioner.
• Support mothers and babies in developing their bond.
• Liaise with multi-professionals to develop person-centred care programmes.
• Be alert to signs of abuse and neglect.

Skills

Confident and enthusiastic

Experience or understanding of mental health

Caring and supportive approach

Ability to work collaboratively

Education

Nursery Nurse/Early Years qualification

Job description

Overview

This is a community based role covering the North Lancashire and South Cumbria area.

We are seeking applications from confident and enthusiastic professionals who are passionate about working in a perinatal service and have experience or understanding of mental health. Post holders will work with women and their babies providing parent infant interventions with the aim to supporting bond and attachment.

We welcome applications from both male and female applicants and although advantageous, there is no requirement to have previous perinatal experience, as training will be provided. Must have Nursery Nurse/Early Years qualification.

Contact

• Emma Stoney, Tel: [phone] Email: [e-mail]
• Peter Bonnick, Tel: [phone] Email: [e-mail]

Responsibilities

• Work as a Parent Infant Practitioner under the supervision of the Lead Parent Infant Practitioner and wider perinatal team.
• To work within the multi-disciplinary team meeting the needs of women, infants and their families by undertaking identified interventions and tasks that support and enable family centred care.
• Have a caring and supportive approach to ensure the optimum health and social wellbeing of each mother and baby and support them to develop and strengthen their bond.
• Work in clients homes, clinics and children’s centres.
• Work in collaboration with parents and multi-professionals to develop person centred programmes of care.
• Be alert to the signs of abuse and neglect and act in accordance with local safeguarding policies and procedures.
• Provide information on signposting to additional services as required.
• To liaise with other members of the health care team as indicated.
• To adhere to all Trust policies and procedure.
• Complete mandatory training within timescales.

Values and Inclusion

LSCFT values diversity and inclusion, recognising that talent from varied backgrounds creates a flexible, creative, and effective workforce. We actively challenge discrimination and welcome applications from all, regardless of age, disability (including those with experience of accessing or caring for someone who has accessed mental health or learning disability services), ethnicity, gender, religion, belief, or sexual orientation.

Our aim is to reflect the communities we serve, so we particularly encourage applications from under-represented groups. If you’d like to discuss your application, please ask.

We also welcome individuals with lived experience relevant to the role or service area, as your insight brings authenticity to our services.

LSCFT support flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as term time, part time, compressed hours and flexi-time.

Additional Information

Please see Job Description and Person Specification attached to this vacancy for the full responsibilities of this role.

This advert closes on Thursday 22 Jan 2026