Psychological Therapist (Perinatal)

South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust; London; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading mental health organization as a Psychological Therapist specializing in perinatal care. You'll provide critical psychological support to parents and their infants within a vibrant multidisciplinary team, enhancing mental health services for families across London. This position offers a chance to actively contribute to impactful mental health initiatives while receiving professional development and support.

Benefits

Flexible working

Career development opportunities

Supportive team environment

Qualifications

• Experience in a specialist perinatal setting is desirable but not essential.
• Proven interest in perinatal mental health.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist psychotherapeutic assessments and interventions.
• Manage an identified caseload of parents and infants with complex psychological problems.
• Contribute to service evaluation, research, and policy development.

Skills

Enthusiasm for perinatal care

Ability to assess and manage risk

Team collaboration and communication

Education

Qualified practitioner psychologists or CBT therapists

Job description

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We are seeking an enthusiastic psychological therapist (0.8 WTE) with a passion for perinatal care and infant mental health to join our specialist community perinatal mental health service on a fixed term basis (6 months).

We encourage applications from qualified practitioner psychologists or CBT therapists looking for an opportunity to expand their knowledge and skills in a specialist perinatal context. Secondment arrangements are welcomed.

The successful candidate will have a proven interest in perinatal mental health – direct experience of working within a specialist perinatal setting is desirable but not essential. Appropriate specialist clinical and professional supervision and will be made available.

You will join an experienced and friendly team of psychological therapists who provide a range of highly specialist psychological interventions for service users under the care of the Perinatal Mental Health Team. A key aspect of this role is to provide highly specialist psychological care to parents (and their infants) experiencing moderate to severe mental health difficulties. An ability to assess and manage risk in this context is crucial.

Alongside their psychology and psychotherapy colleagues they will also work to enhance the work of the MDT by embedding a wider framework of psychologically informed care that can recognize and respond to psychological needs of both parents and infants arising within a perinatal context in a timely and effective manner.

• To provide specialist psychotherapeutic assessments and interventions to service users and their infants of the Perinatal mental health service.
• To exercise autonomous professional responsibility for managing an identified caseload of parents and infants with complex psychological problems, including assessment of risk and safeguarding adults and babies
• To enable staff and service users from all backgrounds to flourish by working together to create a psychologically safe and responsive environment, ensuring the team operates from an anti-racist and anti-discriminatory perspective at all times
• To provide consultation as appropriate to other members of the MDT and wider professional networks involved in a family’s care.
• To undertake service evaluation, research and policy development
• To work collaboratively and flexibly as a member of the multi-disciplinary team and contribute to a psychologically informed framework of working across the service.
• To actively contribute to perinatal care plans, providing a psychological perspective, which may require attendance at pre-birth and post-birth planning meetings
  
  

We are Proud to Belong at South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust.

We have expert services, a rich history and a clear commitment to providing the best quality care for those with mental ill-health. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as ‘good’ - we aspire to be ‘outstanding’.

This is a great time to join us. We are transforming the way we care for our communities to support our mission of Making Life Better Together. We have built two brand new mental health facilities at Springfield University Hospital, which are amongst the best in the world. More developments are planned across our sites and services.

We are inclusive and diverse and strive to be actively anti racist. We want to attract people from all backgrounds and experiences to enrich the work we do together. We are proud to co-produce and involve our local communities in all that we do.

We offer flexible working, career development and a variety of benefits to enable a positive, welcoming environment in which our people and their careers can thrive.

About our locations:

Springfield University Hospital, Tooting

Our largest, 19-ward site is in Springfield Village, created following our £150m investment into two new world class mental health facilities. A 32-acre public park, shops and cafes are coming soon. Close to shops, cafes and Tooting Bec on the Northern Line plus Earlsfield and Tooting rail stations and bus routes.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Dr Catherine Green Job title: Consultant Clinical Psychologist Email address: [e-mail]

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