Perinatal and Parent-Infant Outreach Psychotherapist

Job Advert Skip to main content Cookies on NHS Jobs We've put some small files called cookies on your device to help us make improvements to our site. To improve our site we'd also like to use cookies which will send information to Google Analytics. You can read more about our cookies before you choose. Accept analytics cookies Do not accept analytics cookies Jobs Menu Sign in Create an account English Cymraeg Menu Close menu Search Sign in Create an account Display in Welsh (Cymraeg) Search Sign in Create an account Display in Welsh (Cymraeg) BETA Your feedback will help us to improve this service. South West London and St Georges Mental Health NHS Trust Perinatal and Parent-Infant Outreach Psychotherapist The closing date is 03 November 2026 Apply for this job Job summary We are seeking an enthusiastic Perinatal Parent Infant Therapist/Adult Psychotherapist/Child & Adolescent Psychotherapist with a passion for perinatal care and infant mental health to join our specialist community perinatal mental health service and support our parent - infant pathway. We are dedicated to high quality, evidence-based practice. We welcome applications from all psychotherapy and psychological professions and those newly qualified with the necessary perinatal/parent-infant experience. The post holder will have a proven interest in working with parents and infants and knowledge of infant and adult mental health. Training as a parent - infant therapist (including extended parent - infant observation) is desirable but not essential. Appropriate specialist clinical and professional supervision and opportunities for training and development will be made available. They will be a key member of our parent-infant psychotherapy sub-team and join an experienced and friendly group of psychological therapists and psychotherapists who provide a range of highly specialist psychological interventions for service users under the care of the Perinatal Mental Health Team. A key aspect of this role is to provide highly specialist psychological care to parents (and their infants) experiencing moderate to severe mental health difficulties. An ability to assess and manage risk in this context is crucial. Main duties of the job Main duties of the role: To provide specialist psychotherapeutic assessments and interventions to service users and their infants of the Perinatal mental health service. To exercise autonomous professional responsibility for managing an identified caseload of parents and infants with complex psychological problems, including assessment of risk and safeguarding adults and babies To enable staff and service users from all backgrounds to flourish by working together to create a psychologically safe and responsive environment, ensuring the team operates from an anti-racist and anti-discriminatory perspective at all times To provide consultation as appropriate to other members of the MDT and wider professional networks involved in a family's care. To undertake service evaluation, research and policy development To work collaboratively and flexibly as a member of the multi-disciplinary team and contribute to a psychologically informed framework of working across the service. To actively contribute to perinatal care plans, providing a psychological perspective, which may require attendance at pre-birth and post-birth planning meetings About us We are Proud to Belong at South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust. We have expert services, a rich history and a clear commitment to providing the best quality care for those with mental ill-health. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as 'good' - we aspire to be 'outstanding'. This is a great time to join us. We are transforming the way we care for our communities to support our mission of Making Life Better Together. We have built two brand new mental health facilities at Springfield University Hospital, which are amongst the best in the world. More developments are planne