Perinatal Practitioner

Hertfordshire’s Family Centre Service is made up of the Public Health Nursing Service (Health Visitors and School Nurses) and the Family Support Service. Our purpose is to support children and families to have the best start in life, develop well and thrive. We provide families with children aged up to 5 years with a wide range of services, information and support on key areas relating to family life.

As a Perinatal Practitioner you will promote the engagement of all parents and families, primarily antenatally and postnatally in the services and support available to them, both face to face and digitally, through the Family Support Service and other agencies, with particular focus on the more vulnerable families in the community.

You will engage with all parents and carers, including soon-to-be and young parents, while gaining a solid awareness of the local community's demographics and the networks, services, facilities, and support systems that are available to families in the area.

The Role
- Participate in the preparation and delivery of a range of antenatal and postnatal specialist programmes for first-time parents and those identified as a priority. Delivery will be through a range of methods including in groups, one to one, digital platforms and social media.
- Provide a range of services, information, advice and specialist support and interventions that support with aspects such as: infant feeding, safe sleep, self-weigh appointments, reducing isolation, baby massage.
- Hold a caseload of vulnerable families, working within the defined support interventions, planning creative responses to families’ needs and deliver support sessions and activities within the home and community, using various evidence-based parenting models and programmes, individually and in groups.
- Keeping accurate records so a good level of computer literacy is essential
- Partnership working.
- Some evening and Saturday work on occasion. Centre opening hours are between 8:00am - 6pm. Some lone working shall be required.

**Requirements**:

- At least a Level 3 in a recognised professional qualification in health, education, childcare, social care or equivalent
- Knowledge of the importance of Child Protection Procedures and Safeguarding children
- Excellent communication skills
- Experience of working with families from a wide range of backgrounds
- You will need a valid UK driving licence and access to a car during working hours, and Willingness to travel on a regular basis. You must have insurance that allows you to drive for business purposes.
- An enhanced DBS check is required for this role.

This is a Full Time role.
Hours per week: 37.5
Working Pattern: Monday - Friday, Flexible times 8am - 6pm and an occasional Saturday

By the end of these three days, there was a brilliantly multi-faceted set of themes and ideas, which formed the starting point for the rest of the Mission 25 process to build on. The aim of Mission 25 is to give every staff member and volunteer the opportunity to play their part in shaping the strategy to do “more and better, together” so that we double our impact by 2025. We deliver a vast array of services across Herts, Beds and Bucks that reach over 135,000 individuals annually.

These include:

- Provision of over 700 units of accommodation for homeless people
- Move on accommodation for individuals moving onto independent living
- Housing and practical/emotional support for young asylum seekers
- Community HUBs hosting a range of activities and meeting space hire
- Childcare provision in Hertfordshire
- Family support through a network of children’s and family centres covering Hertfordshire and Bedford
- Therapeutic and non-therapeutic support for male and female victims of domestic abuse and their children
- Independent sexual violence services across Bedfordshire, Luton and Hertfordshire
- Domestic abuse perpetrator reform programmes across Bedfordshire
- Youth services offering emotional wellbeing support and youth club opportunities for 11-19 year olds alongside our National Airplay programme funded by the RAF Benevolent Fund
- A community gym where everyone can enjoy the benefits of physical exercise Our values remain at the forefront of how we operate as a charity, and it is important to us that all staff and volunteers can fully buy in to our ethos.