Senior Perinatal Mental Health Practitioner

Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust; Wokingham; Hybrid; GBP 33,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

NHS pension

Learning and development opportunities

Cycle to Work

Free parking

Staff networks and inclusion

Job summary

Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Band 6 Senior Mental Health Practitioner to support women and birthing people with moderate to severe mental health difficulties during pregnancy and postnatal care.

The role offers a mix of remote, community and office-based work across Berkshire, with a base in Wokingham. You will lead trauma-informed assessments, develop care plans and collaborate with a wide MDT to promote recovery and strong parent-infant relationships.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering trauma-informed mental health interventions.
• Experience conducting specialist assessments and care planning.
• Ability to work autonomously within a multidisciplinary team.
• Experience coordinating care for birthing people and families.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high-quality, trauma-informed interventions to birthing people and families.
• Conduct comprehensive assessments and develop collaborative care plans.
• Provide or facilitate therapies to support recovery and parent-infant relationships.
• Work within a multidisciplinary team including midwives, health visitors and social care.
• Contribute to risk management and safeguarding, liaising with maternity services.

Skills

Trauma-informed practice

Care coordination

Risk assessment

Collaborative working

Job description

Join our dynamic and compassionate Community Perinatal Mental Health Team in Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust as a Band 6 Senior Mental Health Practitioner, where you will play a pivotal role in supporting women and birthing people experiencing moderate to severe mental health difficulties during pregnancy and in their postnatal period.

If you are passionate about maternal mental health, early intervention, and making a lasting impact on the birthing population and their families, this is an opportunity to grow your career in a forward-thinking and supportive environment.

This role is 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday Service. The Team's base is at Resource house in Wokingham where you are surrounded by local cafés and shops. The role combines both remote, community and office working with hot desking bases across Berkshire.

• In this rewarding role, you will act as a Care Coordinator, delivering high-quality, trauma-informed, and evidence-based interventions to birthing people and their families at a crucial stage of life.
• You'll undertake comprehensive specialist assessments, develop collaborative care plans, and provide or transfer into therapeutic interventions that promote recovery, resilience, and positive parent-infant relationships.
• You will be working autonomously and collaboratively within a highly skilled multidisciplinary team—including other MH practitioners' psychiatrists, psychologists, mental health wellbeing practitioner's nursery nurses and support workers and closely linked to specialist midwives, health visitors, other community MH teams and social care partners
• You'll contribute your expertise to risk management, safeguarding, and case formulation. You'll also liaise closely with maternity services, health visiting, adult MH services, primary care, and community agencies to ensure seamless, holistic care and recovery in the community.

Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated 'outstanding' by the CQC, we're committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire. As an employer, we're committed to offering an inclusive and compassionate environment where our people share in a sense of belonging and are supported to flourish.

Our Values At Berkshire Healthcare Are

• Caring for and about you is our top priority
• Committed to providing good quality, safe services
• Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions

Your wellbeing is important to us. Some of the benefits of working for us include:

• Flexible working options to support work-life balance
• 27 days' annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell
• Generous NHS pension scheme
• Excellent learning and career development opportunities
• 'Cycle to Work' and car leasing scheme including electric vehicles
• Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services
• Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants
• Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities, the environment and armed forces community to support equality
• Generous maternity, paternity, adoption and special leave
• Free parking across Trust sites