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
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.
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
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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.
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The post holder will be expected to conduct specialised assessment and intervention of parent infant relational difficulties.
To engage in MDT working with team colleagues supporting relational and safeguarding risk plans and careplanning,
To ensure partnership and system wide working to support the growth of infant mental knowledge as well as development of training and consultation.
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