Perinatal Senior Community Practitioner

Job overview

Are you passionate about supporting women, birthing people, and families during one of the most critical stages of life? Do you have the clinical experience and leadership skills to help shape perinatal mental health services in the community? If so, we want to hear from you.

We are seeking a dynamic and compassionate Senior Perinatal Community Practitioner to join our specialist perinatal mental health team in York. You will play a key role in delivering high-quality, person centred care to women and birthing people experiencing moderate to severe mental health difficulties during the perinatal period (from pregnancy to the baby's first year)

Candidate must have 18 months post qualifying experience including sign off of appropriate preceptorship or competency framework.

Main duties of the job

• Deliver specialist assessments and interventions in a community setting.
• Work collaboratively with maternity services, health visitors, GPs, social care and voluntary sector organisations.
• Provide clinical leadership and supervision to junior staff.
• Contribute to service development, quality improvement and training initiatives.
• Ensure trauma-informed, culturally sensitive, and inclusive care.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

We are looking for:

• A qualified mental health professional (RMN, Social Worker, Occupational Therapist) with current registration and at least 18 months post-qualifying experience.
• Strong communication, assessment, and risk management skills.
• Significant post-registration experience, ideally in perinatal, maternal, or adult mental health.
• A compassionate, non-judgmental approach and a commitment to holistic, family-focused care.

Please attached job description and person specification for full details.