Parent Infant Psychotherapist

Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHSFT; Rotherham; On-site; GBP 58,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHSFT is seeking a Parent Infant Psychotherapist to join the Perinatal Mental Health Service in Rotherham. The role involves working with mums and babies, providing psychological care, and offering consultation to the team.

You will hold doctoral-level training in Adult/Child Psychotherapy or Clinical Psychology, plus Parent Infant Psychotherapy training and HCPC/UKCP registration, with experience in perinatal care.

Qualifications

• Doctoral level training in Adult/Child Psychotherapy or Clinical Psychology.
• Registration with the appropriate body (HCPC, UKCP, BPC, ACP).
• Parent Infant Psychotherapy training.
• Evidence of continuing professional development.
• Experience with perinatal mental health service settings.

Responsibilities

• Deliver psychological care within the team and with partner agencies.
• Work autonomously within a multidisciplinary team to provide high-quality care.
• Provide supervision and contribute to training and development within the service.

Skills

Complex assessment

Communication skills

Clinical decision making

Multidisciplinary teamwork

Supervision experience

Education

Doctoral level training in Adult/Child Psychotherapy or Clinical Psychology

Parent Infant Psychotherapy training

Job description

Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHSFT

Parent Infant Psychotherapist

The closing date is 11 November 2026

We are currently looking to recruit a Parent Infant Psychotherapist to work into our Perinatal Mental Health Service in Rotherham. We are seeking to recruit someone with a core Doctorate level qualification (or its equivalent) in Adult/Child Psychotherapy or Clinical Psychology who has also completed the Parent Infant Psychotherapy training.

The Perinatal Mental Health Service is a specialist service for women and birthing people with mental health difficulties during pregnancy and the first year postnatal. This role offers an exciting opportunity to work in a psychologically minded, supportive and values driven team. The role will include working directly with mums and their babies and offering consultation to the team.

Main duties of the job

You will need to be experienced, suitably qualified and registered as a Clinical Psychologist with HCPC or Psychotherapist qualified and registered with the appropriate body, (BABCP, UKCP HCPC) with a real passion for perinatal mental health care. You should have attained a level of experience proportionate to the competencies detailed in the job description, possess the skills as detailed in the person specification and be able to work autonomously and with partner agencies.

The post holder would be an integral part of the team and involved in delivering Psychological care in the team. This is an excellent opportunity to join a multidisciplinary team focused on delivering high quality care and to work alongside other Psychological Professions in the team. The post also offers the opportunity of joining a growing team of supportive, compassionate and value-driven Psychological Professions across Rotherham.

We provide a flexible service that meets the needs of the women and birthing people we serve. Appointments are offered in several locations, and care is tailored to the needs of the families we work with.

The successful candidates will receive management supervision from the Team Manager and Clinical Supervision from the Clinical Psychology lead in the Perinatal Team.

About us

Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust (RDaSH) employ around 4000 talented colleagues who are very much appreciated, valued, and respected.

We have a wide portfolio which includes mental health, physical health, learning disability and drug and alcohol services.

We are dedicated to the development of our our people and hold a learning half day every month for our colleagues.

We are passionate about enhancing the quality of our service and we work hard to attract and select the right colleagues for our organisation. Our goal is to employ those who share our passion for providing first class care while remaining committed to our vision and values. Please view our Strategy using the link below:

https://www.rdash.nhs.uk/about-us/getting-involved/work-with-us/

We are committed to inclusive cultures and really value people in our organisation, view our Allyship video on YouTube to find out more:

https://youtu.be/WMJSkLoTk4Q

The main terms and conditions of service can be found here:

https://www.nhsemployers.org/publications/tchandbook

Job responsibilities

The post holder would be an integral part of the team and involved in delivering Psychological care in the team. This is an excellent opportunity to join a multidisciplinary team focused on delivering high quality care and to work alongside other Psychological Professions in the team. The post also offers the opportunity of joining a growing team of supportive, compassionate and value-driven Psychological Professions across Rotherham.

Qualifications

• Doctoral level training, or equivalen t post graduate training at an accredited institution in Adult and/or Child Psychotherapy or Clinical or Counselling Psychology
• Registration through core registration body corresponding to primary professional training (HCPC, UKCP, BPC, ACP)
• Parent Infant Psychotherapy training
• Evidence of continuing professional development
• Additional, post-qualification short courses
• Experience of further post-qualification working with patients in the perinatal period
• Perinatal mental health service experience

Experience

• Significant experience of specialist psychotherapeutic assessment and treatment of service users across a range of care settings and with a wide variety of service user groups.
• Ability to work with service users presenting with complex and severe psychological difficulties
• Ability to work with the potential of individuals or their carers becoming abusive and aggressive
• Ability to maintain a very high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, with potential risk of verbal abuse or threat of physical abuse.
• Evidence of being able to work effectively in multi-disciplinary settings and teams.
• Extensive experience of clinical supervision whilst working as a Psychotherapist.
• Experience of working in a multicultural setting & Experience of addressing issues of diversity.
• Experience of delivering teaching and/or training.
• Experience of providing supervision.
• Experience of working under supervision in a specialist perinatal mental health setting.
• Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary setting with an ability to form and maintain good working relationships with colleagues from a range of professional backgrounds.
• Experience of specialist perinatal-infant or attachment focused assessments, interventions, or programmes such as NBO, PIIOS, VIG or COSP
• Experience of facilitating interventions in a group setting.

Knowledge

• Specialist knowledge of theory and practice in perinatal mental health.
• Understanding of perinatal red flags.
• High level knowledge of the theory and practice of at least two specialised parent-infant / attachment-based interventions.
• Knowledge of relevant legislation.
• Evidence of engaging hard to reach clients.
• Experience of delivering attachment-based training to other staff groups.
• Ability to teach and train others, using a variety of complex multi-media materials including Powerpoint suitable for presentations within public, professional and academic settings

Skills/Abilities

• Very high level of skill in the use of complex methods of assessment and intervention, frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration, with individuals who experience moderate to severe mental health difficulties.
• Well-developed, high-level skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, highly complex, highly technical, and clinically sensitive information to service users, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
• Experience of taking clinical responsibility for clients with a range of presenting difficulties, whilst simultaneously liaising / consulting with other clinicians within a multi-disciplinary setting.
• Ability to exercise judgement and make appropriate clinical decisions when presented with highly complex facts or situations requiring the analysis, interpretation, and comparison of a range of options.
• Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.

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.

Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHSFT

Address

Rotherham Perinatal Mental Health Service

£57,528 to £64,750 a yearper annum, pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Reference number

376-RCG-0778

Job locations

Rotherham Perinatal Mental Health Service