About the role

ID: 1730 Perinatal Practitioner

Service: South Tees Perinatal Support Service

Salary: £25,221 - £27,780 FTE per annum (£15,132.60 - £16,668 pro rata per annum)

Location: Home based and Family Hubs in Redcar & Cleveland

Hours: 22.2 hours per week (part-time)

Contract: Temporary contract until 31/03/2029

Family Action & the Role’s Impact:
At Family Action we support people through change, challenge or crisis. It’s what we’ve done for over 150 years. We protect children, support young people and adults and offer direct, practical help to families and communities.

We see first-hand the power of family to shape lives, for better or worse, so we speak up for the importance of family in national and local policymaking, amplify family voices and represent the changing needs of families in the UK today.

Family Action is offering an exciting opportunity to work within our Perinatal Support Service in Redcar and Cleveland. We are looking for a Perinatal Practitioner to support parents and their families who are at risk of developing mental health issues in the perinatal period. The service is an early intervention, low intensity service for those with low level (mild to moderate) mental health issues.

Main Responsibilities:
• To oversee the assessment of parents at home and manage the transition of appropriate referrals into the service. Ensure case management is of a high standard and relevant details of all contact is recorded.
• To develop a professional relationship with referred parents and provide home support during the postnatal period up to an age of 2.
• To support new parents to understand the emotional needs of their infants and promote secure attachment for the child.
• To facilitate an outcomes led assessment of the needs of parents with perinatal mental health issues and then help them access the right part of the service.
• To refer parents into and establish support with more appropriate partner agencies during the assessment period if ineligible for the perinatal support service.
• To facilitate the delivery of evidenced based group work with parents and their infants as needed i.e. Theraplay.
• To record, maintain and monitor accurate case records and up-to-date case files within management information systems.
• To work together with partners, wider organisations and local agencies as part of the Family Hub offer and beyond.

Main Requirements (for details check the job description and person specification):
• A recognised qualification (Diploma or above) in social work or social care, health, education or equivalent experience, and evidence of a commitment to continuing learning and professional development.
• Ability to plan and deliver an agreed programme of support for new parents that promotes attachment to the child, improves wellbeing and develops parenting skills.
• An understanding of the development needs of children 0 – 2 and of how mental health issues can affect relationships in a family setting and its impact on an infant/ young baby.
• Knowledge of evidence based approaches to working with mental health issues. A robust understanding of the support needs of mothers with post-natal depression and anxiety and the impact of post-natal depression anxiety on their children.
• Skills, knowledge and aptitude for building and maintaining professional relationships with children, young people, colleagues, partners & families.
• To have an awareness and a good understanding of safeguarding issues and an understanding of the importance of working within agency policy and procedures.
• Appointments are subject to Family Action receiving a satisfactory disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service – Enhanced Level DBS

Benefits:
- an annual paid leave entitlement that commences at 25 working days, rising each April by one day, subject to a maximum of 30 working days plus bank holidays pro rata
- up to 6% matched-pension contributions
- flexible working arrangements and new starters have the right to make flexible working requests from day one of employment
- enhanced paid sick leave and paid family leave provisions
- eye care and winter flu jabs vouchers
- cycle to work scheme
- investing in your professional development with ongoing quality training and career development opportunities

We are forward looking, ambitious and committed to continuous improvement. We are a people focused, can-do organisation, which strives for excellence in all we do and operates with mutual respect.

To Apply:
• Click the “Apply Now” link below and fill out our digital application form
• Closing Date: Closing date 20th March at 9am.
• To learn more about Family Action: Careers

Interviews are scheduled to take place from 27th March, with slots throughout the working day and early/late slots available. You will be notified by email on 23rd March 2026.

For direct queries or if you would like to discuss any aspect of the selection process or flexible working requests, please email: jennifer.booth@family-action.org.uk

Our commitment to Equality, Diversity & Inclusion:
We are happy to consider any reasonable adjustments that candidates may need during the recruitment process and you will be asked whether you require any adjustments if shortlisted for interview. We also make reasonable adjustments on the job, where required.

We are committed to Equality, Diversity & Inclusion in all that we do and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Intersectionality is important to us and we particularly welcome applications from ethnically diverse communities, LGBTQIA+ candidates and disabled candidates because we are committed to increasing the representation of these groups at Family Action. We know that greater diversity will lead to even greater results for families and children and strive for our workforce to be truly representative of the diverse communities we support. We offer a guaranteed interview scheme for disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the role, and will reimburse your travel cost if you attend an interview.

*Ordinarily Family Action appoints new starters at the starting point of the salary scale (with subsequent annual pay progression), unless you have experience that would justify appointment further up the salary scale or there are any other exceptional reasons.