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Prif leoliad
Perinatal and Parent Infant Mental Health
Gradd
NHS AfC: Band 4
Contract
Cyfnod Penodol: 12 mis (From start date)
Oriau
Rhan-amser - 18.75 awr yr wythnos
Cyfeirnod y swydd
311-HYM750-26-A
Cyflogwr
Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust
Math o gyflogwr
NHS
Gwefan
Tameside and Glossop Parent Infant Mental Health Service
Tref
Ashton-Under-Lyne
Cyflog
£28,392 - £31,157 PA, pro rata
Cyfnod cyflog
Yn flynyddol
Yn cau
16/04/2026 23:59

Teitl cyflogwr

Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust logo

Assistant Psychologist

NHS AfC: Band 4

 

If you are Kind, Fair, Ingenious and Determined then we want you to come and join our #PennineCarePeople

https://www.penninecare.nhs.uk/values

 

Trosolwg o'r swydd

We have an exciting opportunity for a motivated and compassionate Assistant Clinical Psychologist to join our dynamic Parent Infant Mental Health Service, supporting delivery of the Perinatal and Parent Infant Mental Health Support for the Healthy Babies initiative of the  Best Start in Life (BSIL) programme across Tameside.

This is an excellent opportunity for someone passionate about parent‑infant mental health, early relationships, research, and service development. The postholder will support both clinical delivery and workforce development, helping to promote the importance of early relationships and emotionally healthy caregiving.

We are looking for someone who is:

Passionate about early relationships and infant mental health.

Warm, professional, and able to engage sensitively with parents, carers, infants, and multi‑agency partners.

Comfortable working with data, evaluation, and digital tools.

Enthusiastic about contributing to both clinical delivery and service development.

Able to work flexibly within a compassionate and reflective team.

Why Join Us?

Be part of a highly specialised, supportive, and reflective multidisciplinary team.

Contribute directly to improving long‑term outcomes for local babies and families.

Access excellent training, supervision, and development opportunities.

Work within a service committed to inclusion, kindness, and high‑quality care

 

Prif ddyletswyddau'r swydd

  • Support the promotion of parent‑infant mental health, including contributing to workforce development sessions (digital and face‑to‑face) and producing promotional materials.
  • Assist with the delivery of clinical work for babies and families, including observations, structured interviews, gathering feedback, and supporting clinicians with low‑level clinical tasks.
  • Help develop and deliver group interventions and create clinical resources (digital and hard‑copy).
  • Collect, manage, and analyse data to support evaluation and reporting for the BSIL programme.
  • Maintain accurate clinical records and ensure all work complies with Trust policies, safeguarding requirements, and professional standards.
  • Participate in supervision, reflective practice, mandatory training, and the Trust’s appraisal processes.

 

Gweithio i'n sefydliad

Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health, learning disability, and community services across Greater Manchester.

The Parent Infant Mental Health Service is a warm, reflective, and supportive team that works alongside families, partners, and wider agencies to improve outcomes in the earliest years of life.

You will be supported with regular clinical supervision, opportunities for training and development, and inclusion within a multidisciplinary team committed to compassionate, relationship‑focused care.

We are committed to the Trust values of kindness, fairness, ingenuity and determination.  


This role is well‑suited to individuals hoping to develop their skills and experience in a parent‑infant mental health setting or progressing toward further clinical psychology training.

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Clinical and Service Delivery

  • Undertake clearly defined clinical tasks under close supervision.
  • Support clinicians through observations, interviews, feedback collection, and low‑level therapeutic tasks within competence.
  • Support delivery of parent‑infant groups and contribute to resource development.

Workforce Development & Promotion

  • Support the delivery of training sessions and the creation of digital and printed materials.
  • Contribute to social media content relating to parent‑infant mental health (within agreed parameters).

Audit, Research & Evaluation

  • Collect data for research, audit, and service evaluation.
  • Maintain and update databases; summarise findings for internal reporting.

Professional Standards & Governance

  • Maintain accurate and up‑to‑date clinical records.
  • Ensure compliance with Trust policies, safeguarding procedures, confidentiality standards, and infection control guidance.
  • Participate in personal development through training, supervision, and appraisal.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential:

  • Psychology degree (minimum 2:1) or equivalent conferring Graduate Basis for Chartered Membership (GBC).

Experience

Essential:

  • Experience working with people in a supportive, care, or childcare setting.
  • Experience of handling data, record‑keeping, and/or research tasks.

Desirable:

  • Experience working with infants, young children, or parents.
  • Experience contributing to audit, evaluation, or service development.

Skills & Abilities

Essential:

  • Ability to communicate sensitively and professionally with parents, carers, and infants.
  • Ability to collect and analyse data accurately.
  • Strong organisational skills and attention to detail.
  • Ability to work effectively as part of a team.

Knowledge

Essential:

  • Understanding of confidentiality, safeguarding, and professional boundaries.
  • Awareness of parent‑infant mental health and the importance of early relationships.

Please also refer to the attached job description and person specification which can be found in the “documents to download” section below. 

Use your supporting information section to give examples of how you demonstrate each of the essential criteria, and where possible as many of the desirable criteria, as this is ultimately what you'll be shortlisted against.

Manyleb y person

Qualifications

Meini prawf hanfodol
  • An upper second class honours degree or higher in psychology. Entitlement to graduate membership of the British Psychological Society
Meini prawf dymunol
  • Undergraduate research relevant to Child Psychology
  • Further postgraduate training in relevant areas of psychology and / or mental health

Experience

Meini prawf hanfodol
  • Work as a Psychology Assistant in Child Specialty
Meini prawf dymunol
  • Experience using micro computers for data analysis, especially SPSS for Windows

Knowledge

Meini prawf hanfodol
  • An understanding of infant development, parental mental health and the parent-infant relationship
  • An understanding of psychology applied to health care
  • Knowledge of child development
Meini prawf dymunol
  • Evidence of ability to design and evaluate research projects relevant to Clinical Psychology

Skills and Abilities

Meini prawf hanfodol
  • High level of communication skills (written and verbal)
  • Ability to communicate sensitive information to patients, carers and colleagues in a way that addresses psychological resistance
  • Ability to devise observational measures
  • An ability to interact effectively with staff from all disciplines. An ability to interact with babies and their families
  • Ability to accept and use supervision appropriately and effectively
  • Ability to use modern digital technology, online applications and social media
Meini prawf dymunol
  • High Standard of report writing
  • An interest in working with parent infant mental health
  • A desire to explore a career in Clinical Psychology

work related circumstances

Meini prawf hanfodol
  • Use of a car or access to a means of mobility to travel across the Trust footprint in line with service needs
  • Willing to carry out all duties and responsibilities of the post in accordance with the Trust’s Equal Opportunities and Equality and Diversity policies
  • Appointments to regulated and controlled activities require an enhanced DBS disclosure

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Gofynion ymgeisio

Mae'r swydd hon yn ddarostyngedig i Orchymyn Deddf Adsefydlu Troseddwyr 1974 (Eithriadau) 1975 (Diwygio) (Cymru a Lloegr) 2020 a bydd angen cyflwyno Datgeliad i'r Gwasanaeth Datgelu a Gwahardd.

Application numbers

We may close vacancies early if we receive a high volume of applications. To ensure your application is considered, please apply as soon as possible.

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Enw
Natalia Brocklehurst
Teitl y swydd
Senior Mental Health practitioner and BSIL lead
Cyfeiriad ebost
[email protected]
Rhif ffôn
0161 716 3569

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Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust
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