Perinatal Mental Health Practitioner (CPN or Social Worker)

Job overview

Are you a Registered Mental Health Nurse or Mental Health Social Worker with a passion for Perinatal Mental Health?

Are you looking for a role which make a real difference to women suffering from mental health issues associated with pregnancy and childbirth in Oxfordshire?

Oxfordshire Specialist Perinatal Mental Health Service is a community-based, forward thinking service. We are committed to delivering quality patient interventions to meet the needs of our service users. Our service works with women and birth people from pre-conception, during pregnancy & postnatally where mental health concerns have been identified.

We are devoted to improving the outcomes for mothers, babies and families by providing assessment and treatment of the woman's needs. Our service provides perinatal care across the beautiful county of Oxfordshire and this role will cover across the county. It is therefore essential that you are able to travel to service user's homes and travel freely to meet the needs of the service so you should have access to a car for work purposes.

Main duties of the job

In this role, you will hold responsibility for the clinical triage of women and birthing people who access Mental Health Services during pregnancy and in the first-year post-partum and signposting on to the most appropriate service as needed.

You will also be completing social and health assessments involving assessment of risk within the support framework of the perinatal mental health service and in a location acceptable to the birth parent, usually via digital consultation or within the person's home, using the perinatal assessment document.

We'll need you to ensure that each assessment is conducted collaboratively in consultation/agreement with the birth parent and their carer, where available, and the assessment will be informed by the wider multidisciplinary team involved with the birth parent during the perinatal period, including, but not exclusively midwifery and health visiting.

The office is based in Slade House, Headington but this is admin space only. Our service covers the whole of Oxfordshire and clinical work is completed in women and birthing people's homes and/or at an Adult Mental Health Team clinical base's. Therefore, access to transport for business use is essential for the role. There is an expectation that you work from Slade house a minimum of 2 days a week.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

We hope that the advert has given you a clear understanding of the skills we are seeking and the opportunity at hand. You will need to use the “supporting statement” element of your application form to demonstrate your suitability for this role and you should refer to the job description, person specification and the guidance notes attached to this role to help you tailor your application.

The essential and desirable criteria will be used to shortlist for interview, and you should ensure that you refer to these within your application to increase your chances of being selected for interview.

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.