Parent Infant Therapist

CTI Clinical Trial and Consulting Services; Maldon; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading healthcare service in Essex is seeking a Parent Infant Therapist to support families with infants aged 0-2 years. The role involves specialized assessment, therapeutic interventions, and fostering parent-infant relationships in a hybrid setting. Candidates with therapeutic experience and a passion for this area are encouraged to apply, as comprehensive training will be provided.

Benefits

NHS discounts for staff

Excellent Training facilities

Buying and Selling annual leave scheme

Flexible working options

Qualifications

• Therapeutic experience welcomed, training provided.
• Strong therapeutic assessment and formulation skills required.

Responsibilities

• Support families through assessments and interventions.
• Utilize Video Interaction approaches with parents and infants.
• Assist professionals in formulating family difficulties and addressing risks.

Skills

Therapeutic assessment skills

Formulation skills

Evidence-based therapeutic interventions

Job description

Job Overview

Essex Parent Infant Mental Health Service - Together With Baby -is looking to recruit a Parent Infant Therapist to join the team to support families living in Essex. The service offers highly specialised assessment and intervention to parents and their infants (0-2yrs), offering support and guidance to improving and strengthening the Parent Infant relationship. The service covers Essex with a mix of urban and rural challenges utilising a small team of psychologists, psychotherapists and parent infant therapists. This post will be 1 day (0.2wte) and will offer a hybrid approach of both virtual working and home visiting. The team base is in Maldon however we welcome applicants from across Essex as we have access to team bases in locations across the county. We welcome applications from people who are interested in this area and have therapeutic experience but not with this client group as we provide a comprehensive training package and specialised supervision

Main duties of the job

The service offers a consultation model and applicant will be expected to support professionals to formulate a family's difficulties and support thinking regarding risk both to the infant and the parent.

Specialist assessment and formulation are integral to the service approach in supporting the understanding of the parent infant relationship difficulties. The applicant will need to draw upon strong therapeutic assessment and formulation skills.

The service offers a range of evidence based therapeutic interventions including Video Interaction approaches. The use of video offer a unique insight to the parent infant relationship and applicants will be expected to use these approaches in their work with families.

Working for our organisation

EPUT are looking for motivated staff who shares our Trust values of Care, Learn and Empower. In return, EPUT can offer you a range of benefits and development including;

• Season Ticket Loans
• NHS discounts for staff
• Excellent Training facilities and opportunities
• Buying and Selling annual leave scheme
• The opportunity to work bank shifts and expand knowledge and experience in other areas
• Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars and Cycle to Work
• Day One Flexible Employer
  
  
  

The Trust supports and actively encourages flexible working for all employees. We offer many options and you are encouraged to ask the recruiting manager what is possible for this role. If appointed, you will have the opportunity to apply for a flexible working request from the first day of your employment

Join our Staff bank

What is Staff Bank?

Our EPUT NHS staff bank is an entity managed by the trust that hires clinical and non-clinical healthcare professionals to take on shifts at our trust hospitals and community settings. Here at EPUT we maintain our own bank of specialist staff to ensure that we are able offer safe and effective care at all times.

All our permanent staff are automatically enrolled onto the staff bank however this does not mean you have to work any additional shifts, but the option is there for you if you wish.

If you are joining our Trust in a fixed term role, please indicate on your New Starter Paperwork that you wish to join our staff bank.

Please note - staff who are formally at risk within the organisation will be given priority in securing alternative employment. Should it come to light that a post being advertised by the Trust is considered ‘suitable alternative employment’ to an individual who is at risk, the recruiting manager will be advised and the post will be withdrawn from NHS Jobs.

Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Applications for this role should be written by the applicant. If artificial intelligence (AI) programmes are used then the application may be rejected due to this document being an important part of the assessment process. This does not prevent applicants seeking appropriate support with applications should they need to for the purposes of any declared disability.

Important Professional References

Make sure that as a part of your application you have professional references with business contract information covering your last three year employment history. We are unable to accept personal or character references.

As a newly appointed employee you are responsible for incurring the cost of your initial DBS check relevant to your post, the amount will be deducted from your first salary with the Trust.

Applications for Job Share are positively welcomed.

Equal Opportunities Employer

Our Trust is an Equal Opportunities Employer. We particularly welcome applications from people with experience of using mental health services. We also hold the Disability two tick symbol and have made the pledge to commit to employing more people with learning disabilities, we encourage people with a disability to apply. If you require this application form in another format i.e. Braille or audio tape etc, please contact the Recruitment Department on 01375 364513 or email [e-mail] and we can arrange for this to be dispatched to you.

The Trust has the right to expire vacancies prior to the closing date if they so wish. The Trust makes every attempt to contact all applicants and we strongly advise that you check the email account which is registered with NHS Jobs regularly, we would advise however due to the high number of applications we receive that if you have not heard from us within three weeks of the closing date your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults, and expect all staff to undertake this commitment. Applicants will be subject to robust safer recruitment processes.

Covid Vaccination

Although Covid vaccinations are no longer a mandatory requirement within the NHS we continue to encourage and support the vaccination uptake as this remains the best line of defence against Covid19. The safety of our staff and patients is a top priority for us at EPUT.

If you would like to book a Covid vaccination or would like more information please contact us by emailing [e-mail] .