Specialist Practitioner Psychologist - Family Hubs - 0-5s team

Job overview

Are you passionate about early intervention and giving children the best start in life? We are looking to recruit a creative and enthusiastic Practitioner Psychologist to join our multi-disciplinary team dedicated to offering relationally- focused mental health support to children and their parents in the early years.

Our Tri-Borough Under 5’s Pathway is a specialist team offering therapeutic support across Barnet, Enfield and Haringey to families during pregnancy or with children under five years old   The post holder will be part of a commissioned service for under-2 year olds working as part of LB Enfield Family Hubs programme, whilst also contributing to the wider under-5s offer.

You would be joining a new team with the creative scope to develop the pathway offer further.  Interventions will be offered out of Family Hubs.  The post would suit someone with an interest in giving consultation and the development of community partnership-working, the flexibility and relational skills to work within community settings and a passion for supporting the mental well-being of young children and families.

Flexible working requests can be considered: note our policy of clinicians working a minimum contract of 4 days.  If you might make such a request we welcome you to contact us before applying to discuss the required working days to ensure this is a potential fit.

Note that if there is a high level of interest in this post it may close before the stated deadline date.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will provide highly specialised assessment and formulation to parents/primary caregivers and their infants as well as deliver individualised evidence-based care packages where indicated including both group and individual therapeutic interventions as part of our 0-2 offer and also contribute to the wider Under 5s team.

The post holder will be able to demonstrate that they have a commitment to perinatal and parent-infant / infant mental health and relevant experience of working therapeutically with parents and babies. It is desirable that the post-holder can demonstrate training in parent-infant therapeutic work (e.g. parent-infant psychotherapy, video feedback interventions for assessment and intervention with parents and babies).

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• To provide highly specialised assessment and formulation to parents and their infants and/or child under the age of 5.
• Evaluate and make decisions about treatment options taking into account both theoretical and therapeutic models and factors concerning historical and developmental processes that have shaped the individual, family or group.
• Competent in use of relevant screening and assessment tools
• Formulate / offer / deliver and review psycho-social interventions (including 1:1 therapy and group programs)
• Deliver individualised evidence-based care packages where indicated
• Assist in the continuing development of a high quality service that is underpinned by evidence based practice, care pathways and NICE and DH guidance
• Responsible for the initial assessment process, as well as observation and the ongoing comprehensive and specialist assessment,  providing accurate and timely feedback.
• To provide parent infant supervision where required and to support the growing knowledge and skills regarding infant mental health across the early years system.
• Assess service users’ response to activities in accordance with agreed models of practice
• To be competent in assessing risk to infant and parent when working with relational difficulty

This is not an exhaustive list, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for more information on the role requirements and duties.