Community Perinatal Parent Infant Practitioner (CPPIP)

The Community Perinatal Mental Health Service currently has an exciting opportunity to appoint a motivated and enthusiastic Parent Infant Practitioner (PIP) to join the Team. The PIP role is a pivotal one within the multidisciplinary perinatal team -- with a varied and diverse profile of interventions offered to women/birthing people and their families at a very crucial time of the parent/s and child life. This is a fantastic opportunity to enhance family wellbeing within this mental health specialism.

In addition, this is a new innovative opportunity for development of skills and knowledge in post, leading to pay progression. This development role starts at band 4 with progression to Band 5 once a competency framework is completed. Competencies will be agreed and signed off through supervision whilst in post and there will be access to specialist training to enable continued development of knowledge and key interventions to help enhance the parent /infant bond and attachment., The Perinatal Community team provide a 9-5 Monday to Friday service to Women/birthing people in the Hampshire area who have a serious mental illness during pregnancy or following birth. The CPPIP role involves visiting women/birthing people in their own homes or at other premises such as children's centres across Hampshire. We work in partnership with mental health Mother and Baby Units which provides inpatient care for mothers and their babies.

You will be expected to visit women/birthing people in their own homes or at other premises; therefore, car driver is essential for this role. You will need to be able to work autonomously in the community and use your own initiative.

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a newly established organisation, bringing together expertise from across mental health, learning disabilities, community, and physical health services. We are dedicated to delivering compassionate, high-quality, and accessible care to the diverse communities of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight.

With over 13,000 dedicated staff working across more than 300 sites, we place patients and staff at the centre of everything we do. Our goal is to create an integrated healthcare system that improves accessibility and ensures more consistent care for patients. By working together, we aim to improve patient outcomes, drive innovation, and meet the unique needs of the populations we serve.

Our Trust unites services from Southern Health, Solent NHS Trust, Isle of Wight NHS Trusts community and mental health teams, as well as Hampshire CAMHS, originally part of Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. This transformation enables us to deliver more seamless care across the region, ensuring that patients receive the right support, in the right place, at the right time.

Join us as we embark on this exciting journey to shape the future of healthcare across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. We are deeply committed to our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect, and excellence, and offer outstanding opportunities for career development, training, and collaborative working.