Band 6 Perinatal Mental Health Practitioner - Solihull Perinatal Team
At a glance
- Band
- Band 6
- Contract
- Fixed-term
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 19/08/2026
- Closes
- 06/09/2026
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Role summary
The Perinatal Mental Health Service provides multi-disciplinary care for mothers with mental health problems during pregnancy and in the first year post-partum. This role is for a Mental Health Practitioner to join the Solihull Perinatal Team, providing specialist services to women experiencing moderate to severe mental illness. The practitioner will contribute clinical skills and care coordinate a specialist caseload. Applicants should have a genuine interest in working with women and families in the perinatal period and possess excellent communication and multi-agency liaison skills.
Essential criteria
- Mental Health Practitioner professional registration in nursing or social work
Desirable criteria
- Post registration training in perinatal mental health.
- additional training in mental health interventions, DBT approach, CFT, CBT
- Knowledge/ Experience
- experience of working in women's mental health service
- experience of working with families
- Experience of working within community mental health
- Experience of working within perinatal mental health
- Mental Health Practitioner professional registration in nursing or social work
- Post registration training in perinatal mental health.
- additional training in mental health interventions, DBT approach, CFT, CBT
- Knowledge/ Experience
- experience of working in women's mental health service
- experience of working with families
- Experience of working within community mental health
- Experience of working within perinatal mental health
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.
Posted 11d ago · Closes in 8d
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Job summary
The Perinatal Mental Health Service provides Multi-disciplinary specialised care throughout the West Midlands, to treat mothers with mental health problems, both during pregnancy and in the first year post-partum. There is also community outreach team as well as 10 inpatient bedded Unit at the Barberry. The NHS Long Term Plan (LTP) will see perinatal services expanding its remit to seeing approx. 10% of the birth rate, seeing women for up to 2 years postnatally.
Solihull Perinatal Team provide specialist perinatal service for women living in the Solihull Borough or with a Solihull GP, who are experiencing moderate to severe mental illness during the perinatal period.
We are seeking an additional mental health practitioner from a nursing or social work background to join this new service to contribute their clinical skills and care coordinate a specialist caseload.
Main duties of the job
Applicants will need to have a genuine interest in working with women and families in the perinatal period, have excellent communication and multi-agency liaison skills and a have good knowledge of safeguarding. Experience of working in the Perinatal Mental Health field is desirable but not essential. We are committed to equal opportunities and the development of our staff and will provide a robust induction programme. We also provide regular supervision and training for all
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