About this role
Job summary
Do you aspire to change peoples lives for the better?
To work flexibly in a highly regarded team who strive to provide high quality care primarily to mothers, alongside their babies and partners.
Ensuring women experience positive mental health during pregnancy and postnatally.
We offer excellent training and development opportunities to enable you to work in this specialism, including perinatal conferences, simulation training, post graduate opportunities and regular internal training.
We are looking for Senior Perinatal Practitioner (Social Worker) to cover Trust wide Perinatal Service which consists of 3 teams (Northwest in Chertsey, Southwest in Godalming and East in Epsom).
You'll be a core member of the multi-disciplinary team and will assess, plan, implement and evaluate the care needs of the women accessing the service and lead the care for a specified caseload, primarily in the East Team. You'll mentor, supervise and teach qualified and unqualified staff including students.
Main duties of the job
Identify and provide advice/initial assessment of women where a referral to children and families social services may be appropriate.
Act as liaison/interface between perinatal mental health/maternity services and Children and Families Social Services department.
Facilitate access to relevant information, such as previous history with Children and Family Social Services/lead on MASH or MARAC referrals/cases.
Implement and provide necessary interventions to improve a woman's level of functioning and to promote the safety and wellbeing of the infant.
To provide consultation and support to staff within the perinatal mental health team around child safeguarding and child protection matters including domestic abuse, substance use and impact of family system on mental health.
About us
Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is the leading provider of health and social care services for people of all ages with mental ill-health and learning disabilities in Surrey and North East Hampshire. We also provide social care services for people with a learning disability in Croydon.
We actively seek to engage people who use our services and our communities in improving the mental wellbeing of the local population. We work closely with other NHS and voluntary sector organisations who provide services and support people who use services and carers.
Surrey is a beautiful county lying just 30 minutes away from Central London and from the South Coast.
Our historic market towns and bustling districts are enveloped in wonderful countryside, and our excellent road and rail networks bring the rest of the country within easy reach.
For international travel, both Gatwick and Heathrow airports are nearby.
Please note that we reserve the right to close posts as soon as sufficient applications are received.
Regrettably, due to UK Home Office requirements we cannot offer sponsorship for all our job roles.
Applicants must have the right to work in the UK for the duration of the role.
We look forward to receiving your application!
Job description Job responsibilities
Please find attached Job description and Person specification for further information about the role and responsibilities.
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
Social Work England Qualification to degree level/post graduate diploma E.g. PGDip Social Work or BA Social Work Driving licence suitable for use in the United Kingdom
Desirable
Additional qualifications as Approved Mental Health Practitioner, Best Interest Assessor or Practice Educator
Experience Essential
Substantial experience of managing a busy caseload or service users with a range of mental health conditions Experience of working effectively in a multi-disciplinary team and multi-agency environment Professional Knowledge gained through a degree in Social Work or equivalent with relevant mental health and/or children's social work experience Substantial experience post qualification in mental health and/or safeguarding children's including experience of providing supervision
Desirable
Experience of evidence-based interventions for use with mothers and babies, for example Video Interactive Guidance or specialist training such as Family Intervention Training to provide ongoing support within the wider family context Recent experience of perinatal mental health practice and/or safeguarding children practice
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.
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 Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Address Horizon House
28 Upper High Street
Epsom
KT17 4QJ
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.sabp.nhs.uk/working-for-us (Opens in a new tab)