Perinatal Social Worker

at  Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust

The Essex Perinatal Mental Health Service operates from five hubs across Essex the hubs are situated around the 5 acute hospitals. The bases are in the areas of Rochford, Laindon, Harlow, Chelmsford and Colchester and provide specialist assessment, interventionfor womenat risk ofmoderate to serious mental illness or complex disorders within thecounty of Essex. The successful candidate will be based at a base and work from either the North or South facing Essex service providing specialist social work support to the team, holding a social worker caseload for women and their families in the perinatal period of conception up until one year following the birth of the baby. This is a wonderful development opportunity for experienced social workers interested in perinatal mental health and wishing to develop specialist knowledge and practice in this rewarding field.
We significantly invest in our social workers to foster expertise in ourteam providing specialist training packages and development opportunities in line with emerging evidence and standards for parental mental illness. Successful candidates will demonstrate knowledge and interestin mental health or child safeguarding duringthe perinatal period together with soundknowledge of child and adult safeguarding practice. Good communication, collaborative partnership working,time management and planning skills are essential. Some previousexperience of working with this groupwould be an advantage.
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