Overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen to work alongside the existing perinatal mental health specialist in Brighton and Hove. The Post holder, working within Sussex Community Foundation Trust (SCFT), will be responsible for leading and developing Perinatal and Infant Mental Health services across the local health sector. The Post holder will ensure, jointly with other services, the development of multi-disciplinary pathways, policies, and procedures to address the mental health needs of women in the perinatal period and their families. This is an established service and the team also work collaboratively with their West Sussex counterparts. The post sits within the Brighton and Hove Healthy Futures Team based at Tarner Family Hub, a highly specialist team that works with hard-to-reach and vulnerable families and is well supported by safeguarding teams and nursing Heads of Service providing robust clinical supervision and support. The post holder will act as a specialist practitioner to manage, develop and lead family-based care in the perinatal period where the parents have or are at risk of developing mental health difficulties and where these are likely to impact on their infant's emotional development. This will supplement the care given by the universal health visiting service.
Responsibilities
* Act as an advocate for parents and their infants with perinatal mental health difficulties to ensure they receive active and effective care. This will be done by liaison with adult mental health, perinatal services and other partner agencies.
* Lead on Perinatal and Infant Mental Health training for all 0-5 teams in line with NICE/IHV guidance and the HCP, including the rollout of Promotional Guides. Provide awareness training for partner and third sector agencies. The post holder will lead the provision of perinatal and infant mental health awareness training, support and advice to the wider workforce.
* Improve the quality of the learning environment by providing evidence-based consultation, support, supervision and training to colleagues to develop their skills in critical thinking, reflective practice and knowledge about perinatal and infant mental health and the importance of whole family engagement. This will include identifying, sourcing and planning training required for clinical teams and leading the evaluation and benefits realisation of the impact of training on clinical outcomes.
Benefits and What We Offer
* Positive 2024 NHS Staff Survey results, highlighting compassionate leadership and wellbeing.
* Varied environments: community hospitals, patients' homes, and bases across Sussex.
* Flexible working options: part-time, flexi-time, annualised hours, and flexi-retirement.
* Excellent training, development, and research opportunities.
* Accredited Living Wage Employer, fair pay for all our staff.
* Cost-effective workplace nurseries in Crawley, Hove, and Brighton.
* Active EMBRACE, Disability & Wellbeing, LGBTQIA+, and Religion & Belief networks.
* Level 3 Disability Confident Leader and Veteran Aware Trust.
Our Values
Our values—Compassionate Care, Working Together, Achieving Ambitions, Delivering Excellence—guide everything we do.
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