Psychotherapist | East London NHS Foundation Trust

2 weeks ago


London, United Kingdom East London NHS Foundation Trust Full time

Perinatal Mental Health Teams (PMHTs) are secondary care mental health teams that specialise in supporting women in the perinatal period (pregnancy through until 12 months postnatal) who have severe and complex mental health difficulties. The service is designed to provide timely input to women and their families to mitigate the impact of mental health disorder on the child. We are a multi-disciplinary team including psychiatry, psychology, nursing, occupational therapy, and nursery nursing. The service works closely with maternity/obstetric services as well as other agencies (e.g., health visiting and social services). We have close links with the Mother-Baby Unit (East London MBU). The service has a growing team of perinatal psychologists who are committed to providing evidence-based interventions to women and their families that are accessible and acceptable to the diverse population that we serve in Tower Hamlets.


In order to meet the ambitions set out in the NHS Long-Term Plan for Mental Health , we seek to recruit a Parent Infant Psychotherapist with experience and skills in working with parents and infants aged 0-2.
The post holder will ensure the systematic provision of a high quality parent-infant psychotherapy service to mothers and infants in Tower Hamlets Perinatal Mental Health team. They will offer assessment, individual and group parent-infant psychotherapy. They will operate as an integrated member of the team, placing the mother and baby at the centre of service planning and delivery. They will assess suitability for parent-infant psychotherapy including the capacity of the family and network around the child to support psychotherapy and work in partnership using appropriate psycho-therapeutic methods and techniques. This post-holder will be responsible for the delivery and development of the parent-infant pathway of clinical interventions using a psycho-dynamically informed parent infant psychotherapy model. Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive - so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.
Education/ Qualification/ Training
Doctoral level training in Child Psychotherapy including the completion of a 2 year infant observation and personal psycho-analysis.
Registration with the Association of Child Psychotherapists.
Further specialist training in parent-infant mental health

Experience of planning and exercising clinical responsibility for patients' psychological care and treatment within the context of a multidisciplinary care plan
Experience of the application of psychology in different cultural contexts

Experience of perinatal mental health services, i.e. working with infants under the age of 2
Experience of representing psychology within the context of multi-disciplinary care
Experience of developing and delivering training programmes

Knowledge of newborns, early infancy and child development including knowledge of infant mental health.
Knowledge of policies and procedures relating to child safeguarding
ability to communicate clearly & effectively about complex ideas both verbally & in writing
ability to monitor and assess risk and act accordingly and to keep accurate notes and records
Ability to support carers and partners of women attending the service.

A positive attitude to issues of diversity and an ability to relate well to range of personal and cultural backgrounds
East London NHS Foundation Trust
Ground Floor Burdett House, Mile End Hospital 275 Bancroft Road



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