DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES 1. To ensure high quality specialist parent infant relationship mental health assessment and interventions of babies, preschool children and their families. 2. To provide or provide access to a range of quality psychotherapeutic interventions in accordance with individual assessed need. This will include the planning implementation and evaluation of a variety of therapeutic approaches either alone or as a member of the MDT. 3. To deliver therapeutic input to parents and infants referred to the team. 4. To work as a co-therapist where appropriate with other members of the team 5. To be responsible for and manage a defined caseload and undertake case management responsibilities within the caseload. 6. To identify and develop strategies to manage risk to the infant and others in line with Blackpool Teaching Hospitals and perinatal and infant mental health procedures and protocols. 7. To initiate and build working relationships with infants, children, parents, carers and families who are referred to the service from across Blackburn with Darwen area. 8. To liaise closely with a wide range of agencies regarding individual care packages and to promote awareness of parent-infant mental health issues with these agencies. 9. To undertake liaison and joint work with professionals outside the MDT. 10. To provide consultation and training on a wide range of parent-infant emotional health and well-being issues to professionals from a range of services including GPs, Early Help and Primary Care services, adult mental health services, and perinatal services. 11. You will be trained to deliver VIG (Video Interaction Guidance to promote Positive Sensitive Parenting) with parents and infants showing signs of attachment difficulties. This intervention is for supporting parents to develop more attuned parenting in the context of difficulties in the parent-infant relationship. You will be assessed through written case reports, keeping a log of your clinical practice and submitting recordings of your practice with written reflections based on these. 12. To attend multi-disciplinary meetings relating to referrals or clients in treatment, where appropriate. 13. To complete all requirements relating to data collection within the service. 14. To routinely monitor effectiveness of clinical work by use of Routine Outcome Measures and where outcomes are not improving for children and families to engage in peer review meetings and supervision. 15. To take part in the PaIRS service duty rota in order to provide urgent triage of parents and infants in line with Blackpool Teaching Hospitals Trust care protocols to advise other professionals regarding risk and work with them to develop a plan of care for the parent and infant. 16. To engage in/ deliver managerial and clinical supervision, including with appropriate consent, recording and reviewing of live clinical work. 17. To keep coherent records of all clinical activity in line with service protocols and use these records and clinical outcome data in clinical decision making. Personal 1. To identify own Continuing Professional and Personal Development needs with the Clinical Lead and/or Clinical Supervisor. 2. To maintain a current professional portfolio and participate on programmes of personal development and training, which will be identified as part of the individual performance and development review. 3. To maintain all professional registration requirements. General 1. To contribute to the development of best practice within the service. 2. To maintain up-to-date knowledge of legislation, national and local policies and procedures in relation to Mental Health and Primary Care Services. 3. All employees have a duty and responsibility for their own health and safety and the health of safety of colleagues, patients and the general public. 4. It is the responsibility of all staff that they do not abuse their official position for personal gain, to seek advantage of further private business or other interests in the course of their official duties. 5. To attend team, clinical, business and other meetings as required 6. To manage own workload and time effectively. 7. To undertake accurate record keeping. 8. To participate in the development of education and training programmes. 9. To undertake any other reasonable duty, which is appropriate to the band, when requested by Senior staff. Additional information 1. Attend and fulfil all the requirements of the training element of the post including practical, academic and practice-based assessments. 2. Apply learning from the training programme in practice 3. Prepare and present clinical information for all patients on their caseload to clinical case management supervisors within the service on an agreed and scheduled basis, to ensure safe practice and the clinical governance obligations of the worker, supervisor and service are delivered. 4. Receive supervision from educational providers in relation to course work to meet the required standards. 5. Respond to and implement supervision suggestions by supervisors in clinical practice. 6. Engage in and respond to personal development supervision to improve competences and clinical practice. 8. Engage in service user participation as appropriate This job description is not exhaustive but is intended to give an overall picture of the role. Other duties within the general scope of the post may be required from time to time. GENERAL REQUIREMENTS 1. Quality Each member of staff is required to ensure that: a) The patient and customer are always put first; b) That in all issues, the patient/customer requirements are met and all staff contribute fully to achieving the Trusts corporate goals and objectives; c) That all staff hold themselves personally responsible for the quality of their work and therefore seek to attain the highest standards achievable within their knowledge, skills and resources available to them in furtherance of the Trusts Vision and in embedding the organisations Values. 2. Confidentiality Each member of the Trusts staff is responsible for ensuring the confidentiality of any information relating to patients and for complying with all the requirements of the Data Protection Act whilst carrying out the duties of the post. Any breaches in confidentiality will be dealt with by the Trust Disciplinary Procedure and may result in dismissal. 3. Data Protection/Freedom of Information Acts Carry out any requirements within the duties applicable to the Data Protection Act, 1998 and the Freedom of Information Act 2000. 4. Health and Safety Each member of the Trusts staff is responsible for ensuring that they carry out the duties of their post in accordance with all appropriate Health and Safety legislation (Health & Safety at Work Act 1974), guidance and procedures and they do not, by any act or omission on their part, create a threat to the Health and Safety of any other person. 5. Equality & Diversity It is the responsibility of all employees to support the Trusts vision of promoting a positive approach to diversity and equality of opportunity, to eliminate discrimination and disadvantage in service delivery and employment, and to manage, support or comply through the implementation of the Trusts Equality and Diversity Strategies and Policies. 6. Working Time Directive You are required to comply with the regulations governing working time and to any locally agreed associated arrangements. 7. Harassment & Bullying The Trust condemns all forms of harassment and bullying and is actively seeking to promote a work place where employees are treated with dignity, respect and without bias. 8. External Interests Each member of the Trusts staff is responsible for ensuring that any external interest they have does not conflict with the duties of their posts and they must disclose the external interest if this is likely to occur, or if they are in any doubt about a possible conflict of interest 9. Mandatory Training Each member of the Trusts staff has a statutory obligation to attend mandatory training. It is the responsibility of each member of staff to ensure that they comply with this legal requirement. 10. Flexibility This job description is intended to act as a flexible guide to the duties of the post and therefore will require revision in consultation with the post holder to reflect the changing requirements of the post, to enable the Trust to achieve its corporate goals and objectives. 11. Smoke-free Policy In line with the Department of Health guidelines, the Trust operates a strict smoke-free policy. 12. Safeguarding The Trust are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share its commitment. Rigorous recruitment checks are carried out on successful applicants who will be required to undertake Enhanced Disclosure via the DBS. 13. Sustainability The Trust will have positive and engaged staff who believe in the value of sustainability and are enabled to deliver it. We will be recognised as delivering excellent social value by our place-based partners. We will reduce our environmental impact, protect our natural environment, and ensure we deliver compassionate and sustainable healthcare. We will improve the health and wellbeing of all who live and work within the Fylde Coast communities we serve.