Specialist Perinatal Practitioner - Healthy Little Minds

Job Description

Contract Type: Fixed Term until March 2027

Working Hours: 37 hours per week

Worker Type: Hybrid Worker

Salary: Starting Salary is £36,363 rising to £39,152 per annum (pro rata for part-time)

Location: Meadows Family Hub, Kirkby Gardens, Nottingham, NG2 2HZ

We’ve got an exciting opportunity available for talented individuals to join our workforce - perhaps this is the opportunity you’ve been looking for? Read on to find out more…

Working for Nottingham City Council has great benefits. As well as competitive pay, great leave entitlement and access to a generous pension scheme, we strive to create an innovative, inclusive and progressive work culture where everyone is supported to do and be their very best.

In return, we are looking for people like you - people who are innovative, driven and committed to serving and improving Nottingham. So, if you are passionate about making a difference to the lives of those who live and work in our city, we want to hear from you.

* You can read more about the different benefits offered to colleagues working for Nottingham City Council here .

About The Role

We have 2 positions available. 1 fixed-term contract until March 2027 and 1x fixed-term contract until December 2026.

The post holder will promote perinatal mental health, focusing on strong attachments between parent/carer and their infant, promoting positive infant mental health inclusive of early intervention prior to birth, in the form of assessment, risk management, formulation, individual therapeutic interventions, and professional consultation.

Through evidence-based therapeutic interventions, the post holder will support parents and carers and promote positive infant and parental mental health.

The post holder will also use their specialist knowledge and skills to develop understanding and early identification of attachment concerns and perinatal mental health difficulties across the wider partnership.

About You

The ideal candidate will have:

• Specialist knowledge and understanding of child development, brain development and the emotional and mental health needs of infants, parents and their families.
• Specialist knowledge and skills in delivering therapeutic interventions to promote parental mental health and promote positive attachment

Ability to deliver evidence based therapeutic interventions and ensure these are safe and nurturing, inclusive, and compliment the wider support from other services

Experience of working with vulnerable infants, children, young people and adults, from a variety of backgrounds, in an outcome focused way.

A DBS enhanced check for a regulated activity is required for this post.

You can find the job description for this post here .

At Nottingham City Council we believe that work is what you do, not where you do it. We offer different working arrangements, depending on the role, including hybrid working. Further information on Worker Types and what these mean in terms of how and where you work can be found on the additional information for applicants page.

For informal enquiries please contact Rebecca Green Team Manager, by telephone on 07925891649 or to contact me by email, please click here .

Closing Date: 10th February 2026

Please note there may be occasions where we close the advert before the closing date and we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

Interviews will be held:

w/c 23rd February 2026

If you have any technical issues when completing your application, please contact our Employee Service Centre: https://emss.org.uk/support

By applying to this job, you agree to our Terms & Conditions.

About Us

Thank you for your interest in working for Nottingham City Council. As one of the largest employers in Nottingham we offer a wide range of roles across a range of services. In return for your skill, drive and commitment to serving the people of Nottingham, we can help you to develop an exciting and rewarding career, with access to the following benefits.

In addition to working within a great team and a competitive salary you will have access to:

• 26 days annual leave (rising to 33 days after 5 years’ service) + bank holidays with the ability to buy additional leave annually
• Access to a generous, defined benefit pension scheme offering 17.9%
• Smart Working – to support your work life balance
• Health and wellbeing benefits including access to our Employee Assistance Programme
• Discounted membership at selected local sports and fitness centres, cinema, shopping and much more!
  
  

Nottingham City Council is committed to recruiting a talented workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We are a fair and inclusive employer and welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and with different abilities. We recruit for diversity and value difference.

We particularly want to hear from you if you are from Minority Ethnic communities, identify within the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer+ community (LGBTQ+) and if you are Disabled - these groups of people are underrepresented in our workforce, and we’d like to reflect our local population more through our recruitment processes.

We are supportive of flexible working arrangements wherever possible and we would encourage you to discuss this with us during the selection process, should this be something you are interested in.