Job Description

Organisational Values

Shared Health Foundation is a clinically-led, evidence-based non-profit organisation that is passionate about reducing the impact that poverty has on health.

Our infant-parent service,

The Together Service

, focuses on Improving the mental health of vulnerable parents and pregnant women with the wider effect of improving health outcomes of infants throughout the perinatal stages. We have developed a model of care, embedded and delivered in general practice by our experienced Clinical Psychologist.

The service offers:

Training and consultation for professionals linked to the practice/network Universal antenatal sessions for pregnant women and families promoting social and emotional wellbeing Targeted clinical interventions for those needing more tailored support (conception to first year).
This includes:

Parent-infant relationship work Parental mental health work Wider family interventions
Learn more about The Together Service here: https://sharedhealthfoundation.org.uk/our-work/perinatal-health-outcomes/

Job Purpose

To provide a primary-care based psychological service supporting families in the perinatal period.

Key Responsibilities

To build effective working relationships with the primary care team. To offer training and consultation to healthcare staff and other professionals around perinatal mental health, infant development and trauma-informed care. To identify and engage with particular groups/families/individuals where engagement with services may be low but need is high. To build relationships with other organisations/communities in the local area to enhance engagement. To carry out outreach work to homeless families in the perinatal period. To set up and facilitate antenatal group sessions focussed on the social and emotional aspects of becoming a parent, baby development and infant-parent relationships. To offer psychological assessment, formulation and intervention with families in the perinatal period. This may include one-to-one work, couple work, family work, broader systemic interventions as appropriate. To offer flexible and appropriate therapeutic input including parental mental health work, infant-parent relationship work and work around baby loss (miscarriage/stillbirth/removal). To adhere to HCPC Practice Policy Guidelines. To keep up-to-date records of all work in line with organisational policies and prepare reports/letters as required. To engage with safeguarding support and work effectively within multi-disciplinary networks to protect the wellbeing of families. To access regular supervision with the Principal Clinical Psychologist. To undertake service audit and service development tasks as appropriate. To contribute a psychological perspective to the policy/campaign work of Shared Health. To maintain CPD and keep up-to-date with mandatory training.

Person Specification

Qualifications and Professional Registration

Essential Requirements

Doctorate in Clinical Psychology. Registration with HCPC as a Clinical Psychologist.

Desirable Requirements

Additional training/qualification in infant-parent interventions, couples work, family work and/or perinatal mental health work.

Experience

Essential Requirements

Experience of using psychological assessment, formulation and interventions flexibly. Experience that supports working with, and addressing issues of inequality within local communities. Experience of working with families. Experience of multi-disciplinary working.

Desirable Requirements

Experience within a perinatal and/or infant-parent therapy service. Experience offering teaching/consultation to non-psychologists. Experience of carrying out audit or service evaluation projects.

Knowledge/ Skills/Abilities

Essential Requirements

Knowledge of relevant psychological theory (e.g. attachment theory). Ability to work with more than one person in the therapy room. Ability to critique psychological assessments/interventions and offer input honouring different cultural experiences. Ability to communicate skilfully complex and sensitive information with families and colleagues. Ability to manage own diary and complete IT skills as required. Ability to work effectively within a multi-disciplinary team. Ability to manage emotionally stressful situations such as working with victims of abuse or trauma, and with people who engage in severe self-harming or aggressive behaviour. Ability to use supervision effectively.

Desirable Requirements

Knowledge of specific infant-parent approaches e.g. VIG, Infant-parent psychotherapy, Circle of security, Watch, wait, wonder. Knowledge of compassion-focussed therapy and/or narrative approaches such as the Tree of Life.
To discuss further please contact Jen Davies (Clinical Psychologist) at j.davies@nhs.net

To apply please provide CV and/or letter indicating how you meet the person specification.

Closing Date: 13/10/2025

Interview Date: 20/10/2025

Job Type: Part-time

Pay: 43,742.00 per year

Expected hours: 15 per week

Benefits:

On-site parking
Work Location: In person

Application deadline: 13/10/2025