Senior Parent-Infant Psychotherapist

Summary

Are you interested in improving the relationships between parents and their baby? Do you have experience working as a parent-infant therapist?

Oxford Parent-Infant Project (OXPIP) is a nationally regarded charity providing free parent-infant psychotherapy to support the developing relationship between parents and their forthcoming or new baby. They’re looking for an experienced parent-infant psychotherapist to join their team and help them maintain excellent clinical quality and impact.

Their therapists are drawn from a variety of practitioner backgrounds and have specialist psychotherapeutic knowledge and understanding of infant mental health and attachment theory. They offer a stimulating environment of continuous learning and reflection, with opportunities for strong candidates to join their training team

They work from community venues across Oxfordshire to provide easy and accessible services to the families they serve. They also provide services to highly vulnerable families including babies on a Child in Need or Child Protection Plan.

The role will involve:

• Providing weekly parent-infant therapy sessions to OXPIP Clients
• Providing clinical supervision to OXPIP parent-infant psychotherapists
• Liaison and consultation with professional colleagues both within and outside of OXPIP
• Deputising for the Head of Clinical Services from time to time as business needs determine
• Representing OXPIP externally for example at meetings and conferences.
• Attending Trustee meetings on request
• Ensuring safeguarding of children and vulnerable adults and contributing to the OXPIP safeguarding rota
• Contributing to team learning events and service development work
• Promoting OXPIP and the awareness of parent-infant mental health
• Participating actively in regular individual and peer supervision
• Attending clinical meetings and other OXPIP meetings as required, i.e. OXPIP lectures
• Support for fundraising activities such as attendance at fundraising events, meeting funders, promoting awareness of fundraising events.