Family Safeguarding Mental Health Practitioner

This is a hybrid role. You will spend part of your week working in the office to support effective multidisciplinary working, attend meetings, and collaborate with colleagues. There is also flexibility to complete administrative tasks from home, supporting a healthy work-life balance. Specific working patterns can be discussed at interview.

Completing mental health needs and risk screening assessments

• Providing consultation on mental health issues to Family Safeguarding teams
• Delivering short-term, psychologically informed interventions for parents
• Supporting engagement with adult mental health services
• Signposting or referring to Clinical Psychologists within the service
• Attending MDT meetings, group supervision, and reflective practice sessions
• Contributing to service evaluation and development
• Co-facilitating training and workshops for colleagues

Experience in delivering DBT skills is desirable, particularly in supporting parents to develop emotional regulation and distress tolerance. However, ongoing training and supervision will be provided to support the development of psychosocial intervention skills, including DBT-informed approaches.