Perinatal and Parent-Infant Outreach Psychotherapist


Company:	NHS Jobs
Salary:	£58,133 to £65,261 a year
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	London, SW17 7DJ
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	21 Oct 2026
Closing date:	3 Nov 2026

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Summary

To provide specialist psychotherapeutic assessments of parent infant dyads in the perinatal mental health service based upon the appropriate use, interpretation and integration of complex data from a variety of sources including psychological tests, self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations and semi-structured interviews with clients, family members and others involved in the clients care. To formulate and implement plans for the formal psychotherapeutic treatment and/or management of difficulties within the parent-infant relationship, based upon an appropriate conceptual framework of the clients problems, and employing methods based upon evidence of efficacy, across the full range of care settings. To be responsible for implementing a range of psychotherapeutic interventions for parent infant relationship difficulties within and across teams employed individually and in synthesis, adjusting and refining psychotherapeutic formulations drawing upon different explanatory models and maintaining a number of provisional hypotheses. To evaluate and make decisions about treatment options taking into account both theoretical and therapeutic models and highly complex factors concerning historical and developmental processes that have shaped the individual, family or group. To exercise autonomous professional responsibility for the assessment, treatment and discharge of clients whose problems are managed by psychotherapeutic care plans. To provide specialist psychotherapeutic advice, guidance, consultation and training to other professionals contributing directly to the formulation and treatment plan for difficulties in the parent infant relationship. To contribute directly and indirectly to a psychologically based framework of understanding and care to the benefit of all service users under the care of the team. To undertake risk assessment and risk management for individual clients and their babies and to provide advice to other professions on psychotherapeutic aspects of risk assessment and risk management. To utilise specific experience of assessing risk to the unborn child as well as to the infant and to make decisions based on care needs which are most supportive of mother and child. To communicate in a skilled and sensitive manner, information concerning the assessment, formulation and treatment plans of clients under their care and to monitor progress during both uni and multi-disciplinary care, integrating the contribution of other professionals on the basis of client need. To work jointly with psychologists & psychotherapists based in community teams, to plan and hand over the psychotherapy assessment and treatment of patients that may continue after discharge from the Perinatal Team. Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in job applications If you have used AI to support the preparation of your application, please briefly indicate how it was used within your supporting statement or application form. Please remember, your application is your opportunity to tell us about your skills, experience and motivation for the role. We encourage applicants to complete their application and supporting statement in their own words wherever possible. We recognise that AI tools can be helpful in supporting accessibility, and for improving spelling, grammar and structure. Applications that rely heavily on AI-generated content can become generic and fail to accurately reflect an applicant's individual experience. Applications that clearly demonstrate your own voice, reflections and experiences are often the most effective and help us better understand your suitability for the role. Please be aware that information provided in your application and supporting statement may be explored further during the selection process. It is important that all applications accurately represent your own knowledge, skills and experience.

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