The Specialist Community Perinatal Mental Health Team is a multi-disciplinary team that provides support for women/birthing parents who experience moderate to severe mental health problems or present with a high risk of relapse during pregnancy and the postnatal period. We provide multiagency training in perinatal mental health to other professionals and agencies working with women/birthing parents in the perinatal period, in addition to offering consultation and advice.
The Team works across Bristol, North Somerset, and South Gloucestershire. We have a shared care ethos, working closely with primary care, maternity services, adult mental health teams, early years’ services, and independent sector organisations to ensure that women can have access to specialist support, advice, risk assessment, and care planning in relation to their mental health needs.
This is an opportunity for appropriately qualified professionals to work in this specialised field.
At AWP, we actively encourage applicants from all backgrounds; we are particularly keen to encourage applications from people from Black, Asian, and minority ethnic backgrounds, those with disabilities, and from the LGBTQ+ community. We want people to bring their unique blend of experiences, backgrounds, perspectives, and knowledge to AWP, as diversity makes us stronger.
Main duties of the job
We offer assessment, treatment, and psychological interventions aimed at treating mental ill health and enhancing the parent-infant relationship, where mental health needs have impacted this.
We provide multiagency training in perinatal mental health to other professionals and agencies working with women in the perinatal period, in addition to offering consultation and advice.
The team is able to work alongside women/birthing parents and their families throughout pregnancy and following their baby's birth.
We are now also able to accept referrals during the second post-birth year.
This post is open to newly qualified social workers. In line with AWP trust policy, all newly qualified social workers (NQSW) will be recruited initially at Band 5 level, regardless of advertised role banding. All NQSWs are expected to successfully complete their ASYE within 2 years of employment, unless there are exceptional circumstances in which case it may be extended for a further 2 years.
If you have been appointed to an advertised Band 6 role, this will be an automatic progression, following confirmation of your successful ASYE completion. If you have been appointed to a Band 5 post, you will then be eligible to apply for a subsequent Band 6 vacancy upon successful ASYE completion.
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