Perinatal Mental Health Practitioner (Cheshire East)
At a glance
- Band
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working
- Posted
- 22/09/2026
- Closes
- 06/10/2026
Sponsorship verdict
Candidates needing sponsorship are encouraged to apply.
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“Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications.”Quoted verbatim from the source advert
Role summary
This role involves working as part of a multi-disciplinary team to provide Perinatal Mental and Infant Mental Health Services to women with an identified caseload. The practitioner will deliver high-quality, tailored interventions focusing on maternal mental health and attachment-based approaches. The service aims to raise the profile and standards of mental health care for expectant and newly delivered mothers. Applicants with a core professional qualification such as Nurses, Social Workers, Midwives, or Occupational Therapists are welcome.
Essential criteria
- Educated to diploma/degree level and registered with an appropriate professional body (i.e Registered Mental Health Nurse, Social Worker, Registered General Nurse etc)
- Training to Level 3 in Safeguarding children and young people: roles and competencies for Health Care staff or willingness to undertake training
Desirable criteria
- Post graduate qualification relevant to specialism
- Clinical supervision qualification
- Educational qualification
- Knowledge and Experise
- Specialist knowledge in perinatal mental health or willingness to undertake training
- Specialist knowledge in attachment and infant mental health or willingness to undertake training
- An understanding of the NSF and Mental Health Act/Mental Health Capacity Act requirements
- CPA process
- Able to produce well written reports
- Ability to communicate with a wide range of professionals from various settings
- Able to own problems and get involved in the solutions
- Ability to manage risk
- Able to plan creatively to maximise effectiveness of care plans.
- Able to work independently and as part of a team
- Ability to manage own time and that of the team's
- Ability to work flexibly
- Able to be mobile across a geographic area
- Ability to manage change in a positive manner
- Awareness of community structures and social care options and processes
- Understanding of recovery principles in mental health
- Skills and experience in delivering mental health training and education to non-mental health professionals
- Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary and multi-agency environment
- Substantial experience of managing a busy caseload of clients with a range of mental health problems
- Working within a community mental health setting in either the statutory or voluntary sector
- Trust Values
- Demonstrate alignment with Trust Values (6 C's: Commitment, Communication, Care, Courage, Compassion, Competency)
- Educated to diploma/degree level and registered with an appropriate professional body (i.e Registered Mental Health Nurse, Social Worker, Registered General Nurse etc)
- Training to Level 3 in Safeguarding children and young people: roles and competencies for Health Care staff or willingness to undertake training
- Post graduate qualification relevant to specialism
- Clinical supervision qualification
- Educational qualification
- Knowledge and Experise
- Specialist knowledge in perinatal mental health or willingness to undertake training
- Specialist knowledge in attachment and infant mental health or willingness to undertake training
- An understanding of the NSF and Mental Health Act/Mental Health Capacity Act requirements
- CPA process
- Able to produce well written reports
- Ability to communicate with a wide range of professionals from various settings
- Able to own problems and get involved in the solutions
- Ability to manage risk
- Able to plan creatively to maximise effectiveness of care plans.
- Able to work independently and as part of a team
- Ability to manage own time and that of the team's
- Ability to work flexibly
- Able to be mobile across a geographic area
- Ability to manage change in a positive manner
- Awareness of community structures and social care options and processes
- Understanding of recovery principles in mental health
- Skills and experience in delivering mental health training and education to non-mental health professionals
- Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary and multi-agency environment
- Substantial experience of managing a busy caseload of clients with a range of mental health problems
- Working within a community mental health setting in either the statutory or voluntary sector
- Trust Values
- Demonstrate alignment with Trust Values (6 C's: Commitment, Communication, Care, Courage, Compassion, Competency)
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 6 at £37,338 – £44,962 a year, across England.
This advert: £39,959 – £48,117 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Perinatal Mental Health Practitioner (Cheshire East)
The closing date is 06 October 2026
Job summary
The post holder will be part of a multi-disciplinary team, contributing to the effective provision of Perinatal Mental and Infant Mental Health Services to an identified caseload of women.**** The core purpose of the team in which the post-holder will work, is to deliver high quality, tailored interventions in maternal mental health and attachment based approaches to mothers and infants. The service will have a key role in raising the profile and standards of mental health care for expectant and newly delivered mothers across universal and specialist services.
We are supportive service who offer training in perinatal mental health and a robust supervision model.
We welcome applicants with a core professional qualification such as Nurses, Social Workers, Midwives, Occupational Therapists.
This post is to caseload hold in the Cheshire East patch of our service but there will be some working across the CWP footprint
We will consider applicants who wish to work full time, part time and condensed hours (flexible working).
Main duties of the job
Manage a defined caseload of women with diagnoses of moderate - severe mental health difficulties in the perinatal period.
Complete initial assessments for wo
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