- Salary:
- £22,367
- Location:
- Queens Street, March
- Closing date for all applications:
- 9am, Monday 22nd August 2022
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Perinatal Mental Health Senior Practitioner
Permanent position with full-time and part-time hours considered
Starting salary £22,367 FTE based on 35 hours per week
Based in: Queens Street, March
Small Steps Together is a Perinatal support service based in Cambridgeshire. It is a preventative service working with those who are at risk of developing, or who have, low to moderate perinatal mental health and wellbeing needs. Perinatal is an umbrella term used to refer to the period of time covering pregnancy and up to a year after giving birth. We can support families up until the youngest child’s second birthday. Modern day life can bring its own stresses and strains which can become heightened during the perinatal period causing additional levels of anxieties and concerns. We offer a package of services which can involve 1-1 support, to access community services, ensuring they are getting the right level of help. We also run within the project physical and emotional based activities for parents and their children to attend.
To work with the Small Steps Together Project Team to co-ordinate. plan and deliver programmes of work during the perinatal mental health period for mothers and their families. The practitioner will manage their own caseload and have the ability to identify risk, have experience of child protection as well as up to date knowledge of legislation, research and best practice; and the ability to evaluate the effectiveness of their own practice. The work will largely be conducted remotely using digital platforms such as Zoom and Microsoft teams, although in some circumstances you will be conducting home visits.
This is your opportunity to contribute to service development not only in terms of direct work but also be able to get involved in evaluation, influencing and dissemination of learning.
For further information and to apply please visit our website https://www.ormiston.org/work-with-us/ or contact christian.iszcchak@ormistonfamilies.org.uk
Closing date for applications: 9am, Monday 22nd August 2022
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