Job summary
Tower Hamlets is one of 5 pilots across the country delivering a workforce pilot to families in first 1001 critical days. We have 4 pathways and the pilot has been extended until 31st December 2025.
We are looking for an experienced Community Nursery Nurse join the team and work with the perinatal lead in supporting families where the parents are experiencing mild to moderate mental health.
The successful candidate will be experienced in child development and infant parent relationships and is looking to help make a difference in these families lives. You will have excellent communication skills and be able to make and maintain professional relationships.
This is a fixed term contract that ends 31 December 2025.
Main duties of the job
The main aim of the role is to assist women with perinatal mental
health conditions to care for their babies, ensure that the emotional and
physical needs of babies are met and engage in activities to promote the
mother-infant relationship working within the Tower Hamlets Family Hub team.
The post holder will understand the stages of development and assist
where difficulties are identified and empower families to be confident in their
parenting. They will work as part of the multi-disciplinary team, utilising
skills and knowledge to support and advise mothers across all domains of caring
for their baby.
The post holder will provide a service to women experiencing perinatal
mental health conditions and their families as delegated by the Perinatal Lead
and will participate in the delivery of interventions under the direction of
the perinatal Lead.
The postholder will work in partnership with the family .
The majority of interventions are delivered in a community setting most
often in the womans home however the post holder will be expected to work in
various community settings including the wider community and assist the team in
supporting women being admitted to or discharged from inpatient Mother and Baby
Units.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we
receive sufficient applications for the role.
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: https://www.gpcaregroup.org/
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- https://www.towerhamletstogether.com/
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
Key Roles and
Responsibilities
- Provide 121
support with mother/caregivers as directed by the team, such as interventions,
lower risk listening visits, and group intervention.
- Support the
training programmes within the Family Hub pathway.
- Demonstrate a high level of communication skill which is sensitive
and enables parents to absorb and act on advice. Be able to keep clear and contemporaneous
records electronically.
- Report
back to the appropriate team member any significant changes in the client circumstances
that may impact on safety of others.
- To
establish and maintain communications with parents, children and other
professionals in a variety of settings and mediums about daily activities, childcare
and child related information.
- Overcome
barriers to communications such as language or learning difficulties.
- Provide
empathy and reassurance between persons involved within scope of the role.
- Developing
working and therapeutic relationships with women and their families and
communicate effectively with them and the networks surrounding them.
- Develop
relationships with professionals groups including but not limited to,
Midwives, Health Visitors, GPs, Childrens centres and mental health services.
- To
be proactive in liaising with non-statutory/voluntary/community-based agencies
- To
provide information and participation in case conferences and reports relating
to specific cases
- Regular
liaison with other community-based nursery nurses, health visitors, Perinatal and MESCH champions and other professionals involved in
the care of the baby.
- Demonstrate
a sound knowledge of caring effectively for infants and children under 2 years
of age and use this to teach and guide colleagues.
- Demonstrate
a sound understanding of the principles of child health care.
- To
ensure and take responsibility for attending all statutory and mandatory
training and can operationalise training to enhance practice.
- Provide
practical advice regarding establishing patterns and routines for the baby.
- Support
to families with common baby issues and signposting where needed, recognising
when to refer when an issue falls outside of expected development.
- To
assess different problems to determine the course of action with a range of
options to compare.
- Provision
of advice and support surrounding age-appropriate play and child development
- Plan
and manage own workload and contribute to organisation of the team and the service.
- Work
in line with the Lone Working Policy and highlight any health and safety
concerns as required.
- To
be responsible for own activity data reporting.
- Organise
own time.
- Prioritise
service user care under the supervision of qualified perinatal practitioners.
- Under
the supervision of registered practitioners, making decisions about service
user care as appropriate, with the support of the wider multi-disciplinary
perinatal team.
- Work
within the Local Safeguarding Board guidelines for child protection, including
attendance at client related case conferences where necessary to discuss your
observations following work with the family.
- To
access safeguarding children supervision.
- To
maintain accurate and contemporaneous electronic records of work undertaken.
- Ensure
strict confidentiality in respect of clients and staff.
- Provide
practical and emotional support to help women prepare for the transition into parenthood.
- Supporting
partners, siblings and wider family members prior to arrival of the baby
- Enhancing
attachment and bonding through pregnancy using current research
- Help
to support families understand the world from the babys perspective.
- Explore
the demand and need to develop and facilitate groups to encourage socialisation
and signposting to childrens centres.
- Provide
practical advice regarding establishing patterns and routines for the baby.
- Signpost
and assist mothers to attend current parenting programmes at local childrens centres.
- Identify
local age-appropriate play opportunities.
- Providing
advice and practical support on feeding and promoting breastfeeding where
possible
- To
support mothers in the general management of baby care, demonstrating an
understanding of how this may be hindered by the presence of mental illness.
- To
assist in assessing babys health, well-being and related needs and contribute
to the planning, implementation and evaluation of care.
- To
provide support to families within a variety of community settings under the
direction of the perinatal mental health clinicians, considering the diverse
needs of the community
- Work
in partnership with families and other agencies that provide support and
services for children with special needs.
- Work
in partnership within a multi-professional environment to ensure services meet
the identified needs of the individual patient.
- Manage
complex packages of care to families within the support of the health visitor.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Key Roles and
Responsibilities
- Provide 121
support with mother/caregivers as directed by the team, such as interventions,
lower risk listening visits, and group intervention.
- Support the
training programmes within the Family Hub pathway.
- Demonstrate a high level of communication skill which is sensitive
and enables parents to absorb and act on advice. Be able to keep clear and contemporaneous
records electronically.
- Report
back to the appropriate team member any significant changes in the client circumstances
that may impact on safety of others.
- To
establish and maintain communications with parents, children and other
professionals in a variety of settings and mediums about daily activities, childcare
and child related information.
- Overcome
barriers to communications such as language or learning difficulties.
- Provide
empathy and reassurance between persons involved within scope of the role.
- Developing
working and therapeutic relationships with women and their families and
communicate effectively with them and the networks surrounding them.
- Develop
relationships with professionals groups including but not limited to,
Midwives, Health Visitors, GPs, Childrens centres and mental health services.
- To
be proactive in liaising with non-statutory/voluntary/community-based agencies
- To
provide information and participation in case conferences and reports relating
to specific cases
- Regular
liaison with other community-based nursery nurses, health visitors, Perinatal and MESCH champions and other professionals involved in
the care of the baby.
- Demonstrate
a sound knowledge of caring effectively for infants and children under 2 years
of age and use this to teach and guide colleagues.
- Demonstrate
a sound understanding of the principles of child health care.
- To
ensure and take responsibility for attending all statutory and mandatory
training and can operationalise training to enhance practice.
- Provide
practical advice regarding establishing patterns and routines for the baby.
- Support
to families with common baby issues and signposting where needed, recognising
when to refer when an issue falls outside of expected development.
- To
assess different problems to determine the course of action with a range of
options to compare.
- Provision
of advice and support surrounding age-appropriate play and child development
- Plan
and manage own workload and contribute to organisation of the team and the service.
- Work
in line with the Lone Working Policy and highlight any health and safety
concerns as required.
- To
be responsible for own activity data reporting.
- Organise
own time.
- Prioritise
service user care under the supervision of qualified perinatal practitioners.
- Under
the supervision of registered practitioners, making decisions about service
user care as appropriate, with the support of the wider multi-disciplinary
perinatal team.
- Work
within the Local Safeguarding Board guidelines for child protection, including
attendance at client related case conferences where necessary to discuss your
observations following work with the family.
- To
access safeguarding children supervision.
- To
maintain accurate and contemporaneous electronic records of work undertaken.
- Ensure
strict confidentiality in respect of clients and staff.
- Provide
practical and emotional support to help women prepare for the transition into parenthood.
- Supporting
partners, siblings and wider family members prior to arrival of the baby
- Enhancing
attachment and bonding through pregnancy using current research
- Help
to support families understand the world from the babys perspective.
- Explore
the demand and need to develop and facilitate groups to encourage socialisation
and signposting to childrens centres.
- Provide
practical advice regarding establishing patterns and routines for the baby.
- Signpost
and assist mothers to attend current parenting programmes at local childrens centres.
- Identify
local age-appropriate play opportunities.
- Providing
advice and practical support on feeding and promoting breastfeeding where
possible
- To
support mothers in the general management of baby care, demonstrating an
understanding of how this may be hindered by the presence of mental illness.
- To
assist in assessing babys health, well-being and related needs and contribute
to the planning, implementation and evaluation of care.
- To
provide support to families within a variety of community settings under the
direction of the perinatal mental health clinicians, considering the diverse
needs of the community
- Work
in partnership with families and other agencies that provide support and
services for children with special needs.
- Work
in partnership within a multi-professional environment to ensure services meet
the identified needs of the individual patient.
- Manage
complex packages of care to families within the support of the health visitor.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- NNEB or Diploma in Childcare & Education (CDE) awarded by CACHE or NHC in Childcare & Education (Scotland)/Level 3 BTEC National Diploma in Early Years (DEXCEL).
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- A sound understanding of child development and parent/infant relationships.
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Ability to work on own initiative and manage own workload.
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Able to implement specific action plans in partnerships with parent, child and family.
Knowledge
Essential
- Effectively uses specialist knowledge and communication skills to initiate and sustain open and honest interactions, recognising the individual and collective needs of clients and other professional agencies.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- NNEB or Diploma in Childcare & Education (CDE) awarded by CACHE or NHC in Childcare & Education (Scotland)/Level 3 BTEC National Diploma in Early Years (DEXCEL).
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- A sound understanding of child development and parent/infant relationships.
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Ability to work on own initiative and manage own workload.
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Able to implement specific action plans in partnerships with parent, child and family.
Knowledge
Essential
- Effectively uses specialist knowledge and communication skills to initiate and sustain open and honest interactions, recognising the individual and collective needs of clients and other professional agencies.
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.
