Perinatal Mental Health Social Worker – Flexible Hours

East London Nhs Foundation Trust; Bedford; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible hours

Job summary

Bedfordshire Perinatal Mental Health Team is seeking Registered Mental Health Social Workers to join a dynamic service in Bedfordshire. ELFT is committed to staff development and training tailored to perinatal care, with options for flexible hours in a supportive, evolving environment.

You could be current Band 5/6 or an experienced practitioner; this role offers induction, ongoing supervision, and opportunities to influence care for women and birthing people in the perinatal period.

Responsibilities

• Support highly specialist evidence based assessment, care planning, treatment and review for perinatal service users.
• Provide specialist consultation, advice and support to Trust inpatient and community services on best practice when working with women/birthing people in the perinatal period.
• Work intensively with a small complex and challenging group of pregnant women/birthing people or those with an infant up to two years old.
• Work with colleagues to establish a clear process and criteria for receiving referrals to undertake direct work or information for advice and liaison work.
• Assist in setting up structures that allow the dissemination of knowledge and skills regarding working with perinatal service users in inpatient and community services.
• Liaise and work with Mother and Baby Units.
• Work as a member of the multi-disciplinary team exercising professional responsibility with team guidance and supervision to provide risk assessment, monitoring and review of women with complex need in the perinatal period.
• Be mindful of the needs of women, children, young people, families and individuals from a wide range of backgrounds and develop sensitive and innovative ways of meeting these needs.
• Participate in perinatal service user planning meetings, pre-birth and post-birth.
• Participate in team multi-disciplinary meetings, CPA Meetings and other Child Protection meetings/case conferences.
• Be responsible for monitoring, recording and reporting on clinical work and communicating highly complex clinical information to a variety of recipients, including patients, families, carers and other professionals, orally and in writing.
• Record relevant information at the time of referral, during ongoing work, and for evaluation purposes in line with ELFT record keeping policies.
• Seek consultation with clinical supervisor and line manager on clinical work and participate in regular supervision.
• Be aware of and comply with all Trust policies and procedures, and promote the Safeguarding and Promoting the Welfare of Children Policy and the Perinatal Mental Health Policy.
• Provide assessment, health education and guidance to partners of women in the perinatal period.
• Develop an assessment clinic for partners and co-parents of women in the service.
• Work with colleagues to promote and evolve a perinatal mental health service for the assigned locality.
• Maintain appropriate links with colleagues in perinatal mental health services, safeguarding children and parental mental health services across the Trust and other agencies.
• Attend ELFT Trust wide meetings as appropriate.
• Ensure documentation and care plans are developed, comprehensive and consistent with Trust policies and protocols.
• Provide clinical information as required for input into local and ELFT electronic data collection systems.
• With the line manager, construct a job-plan containing workload targets in line with service needs and local agreements.
• Be knowledgeable about and advise on best practice on treatment of pregnant and postpartum women, with particular regard to relevant NICE guidelines and MBRRACE reports.
• Be knowledgeable about and advise on best practice on safeguarding children, incorporating latest guidelines, policy and statutory requirements.
• Adhere to the NMC Standards of Conduct, performance and ethics for nurses and midwives.
• Participate in the Trust appraisal systems and be committed to ongoing continuing professional development.
• Support and assist with developing and delivering professional development training on perinatal mental health for Trust and external staff.

Job description

Bedfordshire Perinatal Mental Health Team is seeking Registered Mental Health Social Workers to join a dynamic service in Bedfordshire. ELFT is committed to staff development and training tailored to perinatal care, with options for flexible hours in a supportive, evolving environment.

You could be current Band 5/6 or an experienced practitioner; this role offers induction, ongoing supervision, and opportunities to influence care for women and birthing people in the perinatal period.