Senior Mental Health Practitioner

This is an exciting opportunity to join our Community Perinatal Mental Health Service within the county wide Norfolk & Suffolk Perinatal Community Mental Health Service. We are offering a maternity leave cover 12 months fixed term/secondment opportunity for an experienced Band 6 Mental Health Practitioner to work within a highly specialist, multidisciplinary perinatal setting. This role provides a fantastic opportunity to develop specialist skills in perinatal mental health, with a strong focus on thinking about the whole family system, including the parent infant relationship.

You will work as part of a large, supportive and dynamic multidisciplinary team, including:

o Consultant Psychiatristso Consultant Clinical Psychologisto Therapies teamo Registered Nurseso Social Workerso Assistant Practitionerso Peer Support Workerso Nursery Nurseso Occupational Therapistso Community Team Managerso A Matron and an Operational Manager specialising in perinatal mental health, The post holder will be responsible for:o Managing a caseload of women with moderate to severe mental health needs during the perinatal periodo Undertaking comprehensive initial assessments, including the use of outcome measureso Developing and reviewing trauma informed, co produced care plans, including signposting to appropriate serviceso Working collaboratively with maternity services, primary care, social services and tertiary services to improve outcomes for the birthing person, baby and wider familyo Maintaining a focus on the parent infant relationshipo Participating in the duty rota, responding to urgent clinical matterso Escalating safeguarding concerns appropriately to Early Childhood and Family Services / Children's Serviceso Ensuring all service users have a current combined assessment and care plan

Here at NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing experiences and learning from each other. In addition to ongoing training and development opportunities, we are committed to providing an environment in which you can thrive.

Why work for us? We have challenges as a Trust, but we have ambitious aspirations, are pushing ahead with exciting transformation work and we need dedicated individuals to support us on our journey. We have strong, established professional networks coupled with an exceptional leadership team who will ensure you are truly cared for and cared about.

Why Norfolk and Suffolk?The people here are warm and welcoming, you'll never be far from the beautiful coastline or Broads National Park. We're an hour and a half away from London and have an international airport in Norwich too. Our villages, towns and cities are packed full of history, independent cafes, shops and theatres. We have excellent shopping, eating out, top ranking schooling and affordable house prices too.