Parenting Practitioner

The parenting team provide and coordinate a range of evidence parenting programmes across Stockport and provide one to on clinic parenting support for families. As we move in a Family Hubs arrangement you will be focusing on community delivery of parenting programmes and provide consultation and parenting support to our integrated 0-19 teams and specialist social care and education services.
There is opportunity to join our exciting Invest In Play Programme and Stockport parenting team have become the first level 4 fidelity facilitators of this international programme., To take a specialist practitioner role in the delivery of effective early intervention parenting support to improve outcomes for children and families, with particular emphasis on those who are vulnerable to poorer outcomes
To support the Parenting Team Leader in the co-ordination of parenting programmes , overseeing referrals, triage process and liaison and consultation with multi agency professionals
To deliver specific evidence-based parenting programmes including Invest in Play programmes and 1:1 interventions in Parent Support Clinics., 1. To foster good working relationships within the clinical teams in order to actively problem solve issues as they arise.
2. To work with the Parenting Team Leader in the development of parenting groups within the localities ensuring the involvement of multi-agency colleagues.
3. To be take part in the awareness raising of parenting initiatives within Stockport Family and other professional colleagues.
4. To develop an effective communication system and close liaison with GP's and members of the wider team, Stockport Family and other professional colleagues in order to avoid duplication and ensure a co-ordinated seamless service to clients.
1. To refer to agencies as required ensuring that appropriate services are accessed.
2. To attend professional meetings as required by the Team Leader/Locality Leader in order to be fully informed of local priorities as well as emerging professional issues and wider Trust and Stockport Family priorities
3. To foster good working relationships across multi-agency teams in a variety of settings.
4. To communicate specific service related information to senior managers, staff and other agencies, ensuring clarity of approach where the information is complex. When necessary ensure a sensitive and confidential approach is maintained.
1. Provide parenting advice and consultation to other services and disciplines based on identified need without direct supervision. This will include statutory and non-statutory agencies across Stockport Family.
Responsibility for Patient Care
1. Offer direct therapeutic work to parents, providing specialist assessment and therapeutic interventions working with difficult and highly expressed emotions in the parents and respond effectively to safeguarding needs.
2. To provide 1:1 parenting support to families in Parent Support Clinics, using brief interventions such as The Solihull Approach.
3. To deliver Invest in Play and other agreed evidence based parenting programmes ensuring that individual pre- and post assessment are carried out and evaluation report written up.
4. To maintain accurate and contemporaneous paper and electronic records in accordance with Trust policy and follow data safety, confidentiality and information sharing policies
5. To work with multi-agency colleagues to deliver universal and targeted parenting support programmes.
6. To advise his/her manager and/or Specialist Safeguarding Nurse of suspected child abuse and adhere to the procedures defined in Stockport Safeguarding Children Guidelines prepared by the Stockport Local Safeguarding Children Board.
7. To participate in clinical supervision, in order to reflect on practice thereby ultimately improving the service offered to clients.
8. To participate in specific supervision for the parenting team which involves the use of video recordings.

Planning and organising
1. To assist the Parenting Team Leader in planning groups and development activities; find suitable venues and assist in organising recruitment to courses
2. To assist the Parenting Team Leader in planning groups and development activities; find suitable venues and assist in organising recruitment to courses
3. Lead any developmental work appropriate to band in negotiation with Parenting Team Leader
4. Plan and organise own work schedule, attend staff meetings, allocate work as needed and problem solve
5. To take responsibility for own professional development

Responsibilities for Teaching and Training
1. Contribute to the delivery of specific training and development programmes as part of Stockport Family Workforce development plan.
2. Be responsible for remaining up to date with new developments in parenting interventions and participate in dissemination within the Parenting Team and wider Stockport Family workforce

Responsibilities for data and information resources
1. Work with Parenting Team Leader to ensure data is collected to report on outcomes from interventions for Key Performance Indicators.
2. Ensure data and client records are recorded in a timely manner as required
3. Keep up to date with information from national and local sources to ensure updated with evidence based practice.
4. Review data sources and requirements with Parenting Team Leader and keep these updated to meet demands of service and commissioners
The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment and promote safeguarding by implementing the Trust's policies and procedures, acting promptly on concerns, communicating effectively and sharing information appropriately.
If successful this vacancy will require an enhanced DBS check at a cost of £41.90. This cost will be deducted from your first Trust salaryIn addition to this it will be a condition of your employment that you will join the DBS update service and pay the annual subscription fee of £13.

We are seeking an experienced and motivated parenting practitioner to come and work in our integrated Stockport Family service.

Stockport NHS Foundation Trust
There are lots of good reasons to choose to come and work at Stockport NHS Foundation Trust. A dynamic integrated Trust with integrity and vision. Exactly the same qualities you'll see in yourself. Stockport NHS Foundation Trust aims to be the organisation of choice for patients and an employer of choice for staff. In order to continually improve all aspects of our patient experience, we rely upon having a highly skilled, motivated, diverse, productive and patient focused workforce.
Stockport Foundation Trust is one of four 'specialist' hospital sites in Greater Manchester. Being a 'specialist' hospital will enhance our general surgery, anaesthetics, critical care and emergency medicine for the benefit of people in Stockport, High Peak, Cheshire and across Greater Manchester.
Our values 'We Care, We Respect, We Listen' are at the heart of everything we do, and come from our promise: 'Making a difference every day.' They drive the behaviour and actions for everyone in our organisation.
In your application for this post, please describe how your experience and skills align with 'Our values-based behaviours' ( see additional documentation) and provide examples.
Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment
As well as recognising previous NHS service, Stockport NHS Foundation Trust is a member of the Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment. If you are currently employed by Greater Manchester Local Authority, Combined Authority, GMFRS, TfGM as well as other public service organisations, Stockport NHS Foundation Trust will recognise your previous service for sickness and maternity/paternity/adoption entitlement and also for annual leave purposes (providing there has been no break in service). If you currently work for one of the above organisations and successfully apply for a post with Stockport NHS Foundation Trust, please ensure the Recruitment team are aware so that this service is reflected in your contract of employment.
Our Values:
We Care
About each other
Our patients and their families
The communities we serve
The environment
We support them and deliver on their promises
We Respect
Each other
Our patients and their families
Our partners
We are kind and helpful, and we expect the same in return
We Listen to
Each other
Our patients and their families
Our partners
We act and learn from what we hear, We hold a unique position in the Stockport community as the provider of healthcare and we are one of its largest employers.
We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population., Stockport NHS Foundation Trust is committed to promoting and championing a culture of diversity, fairness and equality for all applicants and employees. Applications are welcomed from all backgrounds and we strive to reflect the community we serve in our diverse workforce. Our "two tick" kite mark guarantees a candidate with a disability, who fulfills the essential criteria, an interview at the Trust. We can make reasonable adjustments, and offer support and advice in a variety of ways on request.

If you require support with your application please contact a member of the recruitment team, who can discuss alternative application methods.
We recognise that flexible working is important. We take requests for flexible working seriously, consider any request we receive and try to work with you, so we can explore if your request may fit with the needs of the service.
Benefits we offer to you:

• Between 27-33 days of annual leave plus bank holidays


• NHS pension scheme membership


• Salary sacrifice schemes for lease cars, home electronics and more, to make your salary go further


• NHS Staff discounts


• Cycle to work scheme


• Salary finance - for loans, savings, budget planning and tips on managing debt


• Stockport Credit Union- for local financial advice