Job summary
Mental Health Practitioner
Dudley and Sandwell Perinatal Mental Health Team
Base: Bushey Fields Hospital, Dudley
2 x WTE posts
1 x 0.4 WTE post

The Perinatal Mental Health Practitioner will work as a member of the wider Perinatal Mental Health Service, providing specialist support to women during the antenatal period and up to two years postnatally. The practitioner will manage a defined caseload of women experiencing moderate to severe perinatal mental health difficulties, including those with pre-existing severe mental health disorders, with the aim of promoting maternal wellbeing, strengthening the parent-infant relationship, and reducing risk during this significant period.

The post holder will undertake comprehensive, holistic community-based assessments across a range of settings, developing and delivering person-centred care plans with a strong emphasis on the parent-infant relationship, safeguarding, and collaborative multidiscipl...