Job summary
Parent & Child Wellbeing Team | East Sussex Health Visiting Service
Are you passionate about supporting families during the most important early stages of life?
We are looking for an enthusiastic, skilled and compassionate practitioner to join our Parent & Child Wellbeing Team within the East Sussex Health Visiting Service. This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a highly motivated, forward-thinking and supportive team, delivering impactful interventions that make a real difference to families across East Sussex.
Our team works at the heart of Family Hubs and Healthy Babies programmes, providing specialist support around perinatal mental health and parent-infant relationships. We are committed to delivering evidence-based, relationship-focused care that promotes emotional wellbeing, strengthens early attachment, and ensures every child has the best possible start in life.
You will join a passionate workforce that values collaboration, reflective practice and continuous development, working alongside Health Visitors, partner agencies and specialist mental health services. Together, we support families facing a wide range of challenges, offering timely interventions, guidance and compassionate care.
If you are looking for a role where you can truly make an impact, grow professionally and be part of a service that actively shapes the future of early help in East Sussex--we would love to hear from you.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will play a key role in delivering and developing perinatal mental health and parent-infant relationship support across East Sussex. This includes coordinating and facilitating Parent & Child Wellbeing interventions, undertaking triage and assessment of families, and providing advice and support to Health Visiting teams managing complex cases. The role involves working collaboratively with Family Hubs, Early Help services and specialist mental health teams to ensure families access the right support at the right time, while contributing to service development, training, and quality improvement. The practitioner will also line manage a team of Video Interactive Guidance Practitioners, offer supervision and guidance, promote best practice in perinatal and infant mental health, and ensure safeguarding, documentation and data collection are maintained to a high professional standard.
This role is ideal for someone who:
- Is deeply committed to improving outcomes for babies, parents and families
- Thrives in a dynamic, community-focused environment
- Enjoys both autonomous working and being part of a strong, supportive team
- Is motivated to contribute to service development and innovation
About us
A wide range of staff benefits are available to our staff including staff development, enrolment in the NHS pension scheme, auto-enrolment to our Temporary Workforce Service, access to onsite nurseries. staff restaurants and accommodation.
In addition to an internal Occupational Health department, all staff also have access to free psychological support through our confidential Employee Assistance Programme. Onsite parking is available from only £50 a year.
There has never been a better time to join East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust, submit your application today.
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Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the job description attached.
If you have any questions about this position please do not hesitate to contact us.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Professional qualification in a relevant health, psychology or social care discipline to degree level or equivalent, with current registration (e.g. NMC, HCPC)
- Professional knowledge acquired through degree level supplemented by training and or combination of additional post reg / post graduate specialist training, experience and or short courses
- Evidence of post-qualification training/CPD in PIMH, infant mental health, attachment, trauma, or parent-infant relationships
Desirable
- Postgraduate qualification or accredited training in a relevant therapeutic or relational intervention (e.g. CBT-informed approaches, counselling skills, Video Interaction Guidance (VIG), parent-infant or attachment-based interventions)
- Training in clinical supervision, mentorship or leadership, relevant to supporting and supervising other practitioners.
- Additional specialist training related to perinatal loss, birth trauma, trauma-informed practice, or compassionate/relational models of care
Experience
Essential
- Experience of identifying and supporting parents with perinatal mental illness and parent infant relationship need
- Experience of undertaking telephone-based triage or face to face assessment, using sensitive and professional communication to identify family needs and support access to appropriate interventions or support pathways in a way that matches the level of need
- Experience of managing difficult or sensitive conversations, using professional judgement to support safe decision-making while working within appropriate professional boundaries
- Experience of working with a range of mental health conditions including suicidal ideation, trauma and crisis.
Desirable
- Recent experience of service or project development / audit and evaluation
- Experience of line managing staff
Skills / Knowledge / Abilities
Essential
- Demonstrate skills needed to deliver quality supervision
- Knowledge of the impact of birth trauma, perinatal loss and perinatal mental health on infant mental health
- Knowledge of a range of psychological interventions and appropriate application and ability to explain to others.
Desirable
- Knowledge of compassionate mind approach and transactional analysis models
- Knowledge of attachment theory and its application in practice
- Knowledge of trauma sensitive care
Other
Essential
- Ability to travel across county as required in a timely and efficient manner
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
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UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details
Employer name
East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust
Address
Hailsham Family Hub
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BN27 2JZ
United Kingdom
Employer's website
http://jobs.esht.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
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