Perinatal Mental Health Community Nursery Nurse (PBEW Service)

delegated duties and activities with limited or indirect supervision.

Promotes engagement with community resources,

including Family Hubs, by offering tailored support with accessing community

services.

Works directly with clients to deliver specific

interventions to promote attuned parent/infant relationships.

Provides assessment of child health and

development using ASQ tools in combination with direct observation and

professional judgement.

Works directly with clients offering tailored

advice and support for a range of child development needs.

To assist with delivery of therapeutic groups

under the guidance of the Specialist Perinatal Mental Health Psychotherapist.

Key result areas

strengthen early attachment, observing parent-infant interactions and

escalating concerns appropriately.

development guidance, parenting support, emotional wellbeing strategies) under

the supervision of specialist clinicians.

and development while supporting parents experiencing perinatal mental health

challenges.

visitors, mental health teams, and social care to ensure joined-up support and safe, consistent care pathways.

contribute to risk assessments by sharing observations with the wider clinical

team.

Main duties and

developing parent-infant relationship and promote healthy attachment.

well-being visits, practical guidance, and low-intensity

interventions as directed by the multidisciplinary team.

baby care, demonstrating an understanding of how this may be hindered by the

presence of mental illness

to deliver coordinated, evidence-based care for parents with

mild - moderate perinatal mental illness.

promoted, and met within the agreed care plan, including monitoring feeding,

routines, development and general wellbeing.

working and therapeutic relationships with women and their families and

communicate effectively with them and the networks surrounding them.

programmes for parents who are experiencing mild -moderate mental health needs

of assessments, interventions, and observations in line with service and

safeguarding requirements.

Tower Hamlets GP Care Group (The Care Group) was incorporated as a community interest company limited by shares in September 2014. Every general practice in Tower Hamlets owns one share of £1. The Care Group was formed to manage borough level contracts on behalf of the practices, deliver primary care led services and support general practices, and to be the provider voice of primary care in the wider health and social care system.

Read up more about Tower Hamlets GP Care Group, click here: https://www.gpcaregroup.org/

The Care Group is also a member of Tower Hamlets Together, a place-based integrated partnership, which includes Bart's Health, East London NHS Foundation Trust, the London Borough of Tower Hamlets and the Council for Voluntary Services.

Click here to know more about Tower Hamlets Together partnership- https://www.towerhamletstogether.com/

The key priorities for the Care Group are:

Innovation and support for primary care

Being a great place to work

Integrating primary and community care

Providing of high-quality cost-effective care to local people

Influencing improvements in health outcomes

Knowledge

Essential: - Understanding of perinatal/infant mental health.

Skills and Abilities

Essential: - Ability to implement personal centred care/action plan in partnership with child, parent and family.

Qualifications

Experience

Essential: - Experience in working with children and families in a community setting and working with safeguarding children's concerns

Skills and Abilities

Essential: - A sound understanding of child development, parenting.

Skills and Abilities

Essential: - Ability to deliver interventions to support the child and family through the perinatal period.