Bank Perinatal Psychology Therapist

Job summary

Come join our Parent-Baby Emotional Wellbeing (PBEW) Service as a Bank Perinatal Psychology Therapist.

This is a time-sensitive opportunity within our Parent-Baby Emotional Wellbeing (PBEW) team. Were seeking a skilled Psychological Therapist who is available to start immediately, helping to maintain continuity of service while permanent recruitment and appointment is underway.

The Parent-Baby Emotional Wellbeing (PBEW) Service is a borough-wide triage and therapeutic holding service supporting families during pregnancy and the first two years postpartum. It offers early identification, emotional wellbeing support, and time-limited therapeutic work while clients are awaiting or transitioning into other pathways such as Talking Therapies, PPIMHS, or Family Hubs.

This is a psychologically minded service with strong emphasis on reflective practice, attachment-based work, and borough-wide system integration. External clinical supervision will be provided via a recognised perinatal mental health provider (e.g. NELFT).

The team is hosted by TH GP Care Group and works in close partnership with Waltham Forest health and early years systems.

Interviews are scheduled for Tuesday 17 June 2025.

Main duties of the job

You will provide:

1:1 and group clinical supervision and reflective practice

Brief psychological interventions with parents experiencing mild to moderate emotional wellbeing needs

Input into MDT discussions, case formulation, and pathway navigation

You will join a small, trauma-informed and attachment-aware team, with external clinical supervision provided through a recognised perinatal mental health provider (e.g. NELFT). The role is borough-wide and community-based, with a blend of in-person and remote working.

About us

Tower Hamlets GP Care Group (The Care Group) was incorporated as a community interest company limited by shares in September 2014. Every general practice in Tower Hamlets owns one share of £1. The Care Group was formed to manage borough level contracts on behalf of the practices, deliver primary care led services and support general practices, and to be the provider voice of primary care in the wider health and social care system.

Read up more about Tower Hamlets GP Care Group, click here:

The Care Group is also a member of Tower Hamlets Together, a place-based integrated partnership, which includes Bart's Health, East London NHS Foundation Trust, the London Borough of Tower Hamlets and the Council for Voluntary Services.

Click here to know more about Tower Hamlets Together partnership-

The key priorities for the Care Group are:

Innovation and support for primary care

Being a great place to work

Integrating primary and community care

Providing of high-quality cost-effective care to local people

Influencing improvements in health outcomes

Job description

Job responsibilities

Clinical Delivery

• Deliver brief, evidence-based psychological support to parents presenting with mild to moderate mental health or relational difficulties in the perinatal period.
• Hold a small caseload where needs are not met by other services (e.g. declined from PPIMHS or IAPT, or on a waiting list for other service).

Supervision & Reflective Practice

• Provide regular 1:1 clinical supervision to the PBEW team.
• Facilitate weekly group reflective practice for the wider multidisciplinary team, including Early Help and Community Nursery Nurse staff.
• Support psychologically informed thinking within team discussions and MDT-based case formulation.

Liaison and Multi-agency Working

• Act as a key point of contact for 019 practitioners (Health Visitors, School Nurses), Early Help teams, and Family Hubs regarding parental emotional wellbeing and the parent-infant relationship.
• Provide psychologically informed input into multi-agency discussions, referral pathways, and planning.
• Work closely with external services (PPIMHS, maternity, VCS, IAPT) to ensure continuity and integration of care.

Training & Workforce Development

• Support the co-design and delivery of training workshops for health visiting teams, Early Help, and partner agencies.
• Contribute to the ongoing development of borough-wide perinatal mental health awareness and relational practice skills.

Safeguarding & Risk

• Contribute to identification and escalation of safeguarding concerns.
• Work in partnership with the Operational Lead to ensure safe management of risk and appropriate referral or escalation.
• Maintain clear documentation and participate in case reviews where required.

Clinical Governance & Professional Standards

• Adhere to the ethical and professional standards of your registering body (e.g. UKCP, BACP, HCPC).
• Maintain professional registration and complete mandatory CPD.
• Engage in regular external clinical supervision provided by a specialist service (e.g. NELFT).
• Ensure all clinical notes, outcome measures, and communications are completed to a high standard and in line with GP Care Group policy.

Job description
Job responsibilities

Clinical Delivery

• Deliver brief, evidence-based psychological support to parents presenting with mild to moderate mental health or relational difficulties in the perinatal period.
• Hold a small caseload where needs are not met by other services (e.g. declined from PPIMHS or IAPT, or on a waiting list for other service).

Supervision & Reflective Practice

• Provide regular 1:1 clinical supervision to the PBEW team.
• Facilitate weekly group reflective practice for the wider multidisciplinary team, including Early Help and Community Nursery Nurse staff.
• Support psychologically informed thinking within team discussions and MDT-based case formulation.

Liaison and Multi-agency Working

• Act as a key point of contact for 019 practitioners (Health Visitors, School Nurses), Early Help teams, and Family Hubs regarding parental emotional wellbeing and the parent-infant relationship.
• Provide psychologically informed input into multi-agency discussions, referral pathways, and planning.
• Work closely with external services (PPIMHS, maternity, VCS, IAPT) to ensure continuity and integration of care.

Training & Workforce Development

• Support the co-design and delivery of training workshops for health visiting teams, Early Help, and partner agencies.
• Contribute to the ongoing development of borough-wide perinatal mental health awareness and relational practice skills.

Safeguarding & Risk

• Contribute to identification and escalation of safeguarding concerns.
• Work in partnership with the Operational Lead to ensure safe management of risk and appropriate referral or escalation.
• Maintain clear documentation and participate in case reviews where required.

Clinical Governance & Professional Standards

• Adhere to the ethical and professional standards of your registering body (e.g. UKCP, BACP, HCPC).
• Maintain professional registration and complete mandatory CPD.
• Engage in regular external clinical supervision provided by a specialist service (e.g. NELFT).
• Ensure all clinical notes, outcome measures, and communications are completed to a high standard and in line with GP Care Group policy.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working with parents or families in the perinatal period.

Qualifications

Essential

• Postgraduate qualification in a recognised psychological therapy (e.g. psychotherapy, counselling psychology, CBT, systemic therapy).

Qualifications

Essential

• Accreditation/registration with a relevant professional body (e.g. UKCP, HCPC, BACP, BABCP).

Experience

Essential

• Experience of delivering 1:1 psychological interventions.

Experience

Essential

• Experience providing clinical supervision or reflective practice.

Person Specification
Experience

Essential

• Experience of working with parents or families in the perinatal period.

Qualifications

Essential

• Postgraduate qualification in a recognised psychological therapy (e.g. psychotherapy, counselling psychology, CBT, systemic therapy).

Qualifications

Essential

• Accreditation/registration with a relevant professional body (e.g. UKCP, HCPC, BACP, BABCP).

Experience

Essential

• Experience of delivering 1:1 psychological interventions.

Experience

Essential

• Experience providing clinical supervision or reflective practice.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name

Tower Hamlets GP Care Group
Address

Chingford Health Centre

109 York Road

London

E4 8LF

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