Parent Infant Practitioner

As a Parent Infant Practitioner, you will play a vital role in supporting families across the antenatal and postnatal period. You will: • Deliver specialist parent-infant interventions that promote healthy attachment, emotional wellbeing and positive child development. • Carry out assessments, develop personalised support plans and monitor progress for families with complex needs. • Work directly with parents to build confidence, strengthen parenting skills and enhance relationships with their babies. • Provide practical guidance on infant care, feeding, sleep, development and emotional wellbeing. • Act as an advocate for babies within multidisciplinary discussions, ensuring their needs remain central to care planning. • Collaborate closely with midwives, health visitors, mental health professionals, social care teams and community organisations to provide joined-up support. • Identify and manage risks, contributing to safeguarding processes and multidisciplinary care plans. • Support the ongoing development of the service through training, education, supervision and sharing specialist knowledge with colleagues and partner agencies. Job description Job responsibilities As a Parent Infant Practitioner, you will play a vital role in supporting families across the antenatal and postnatal period. You will: • Deliver specialist parent-infant interventions that promote healthy attachment, emotional wellbeing and positive child development. • Carry out assessments, develop personalised support plans and monitor progress for families with complex needs. • Work directly with parents to build confidence, strengthen parenting skills and enhance relationships with their babies. • Provide practical guidance on infant care, feeding, sleep, development and emotional wellbeing. • Act as an advocate for babies within multidisciplinary discussions, ensuring their needs remain central to care planning. • Collaborate closely with midwives, health visitors, mental health professionals, social care teams and community organisations to provide joined-up support. • Identify and manage risks, contributing to safeguarding processes and multidisciplinary care plans. • Support the ongoing development of the service through training, education, supervision and sharing specialist knowledge with colleagues and partner agencies.