Perinatal Parent Infant Psychotherapist in London

The opportunity has arisen for a suitably qualified Parent‐Infant Psychotherapist post within the Brent and Harrow Community Perinatal Mental Health Service. This position is open to applicants who have substantial post‐qualification experience, and to appropriately qualified candidates with demonstrable expertise and experience in perinatal mental health who have less than significant years post‐qualification experience.

Job ref: 333-J-PERI-0167-A

Site: Mental Health Unit, Northwick Park Hospital, Harrow

Salary: £61,631 - £68,623 pro‐rata per annum (incl. HCAS)

Contract: Permanent – Part‐time, 30 hours per week (Tuesday mandatory as part of the MDT)

Closing date: 24/02/2026 23:59

Main duties of the job:

• Provide specialist psychotherapeutic assessment and treatment for women and partners during the perinatal period.
• Formulate and implement treatment and management plans for complex, high‐risk cases.
• Offer risk assessment and risk‐management plans, and provide advice to other professionals.
• Deliver individual and group therapeutic interventions, including parent‐infant attachment work.
• Coordinate care within the multidisciplinary team, acting as lead professional where appropriate.
• Participate in audit, research, policy and service development.
• Provide clinical supervision and training to staff and volunteers.

Person specification:

• Post‐graduate or doctoral training in Parent‐Infant Psychotherapy or a related field with a Parent‐Infant component.
• Registration with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) as a Practitioner Psychologist or equivalent accreditation.
• Post‐doctoral or additional specialist training (e.g., CBT, couples work, group therapy).
• Formal training in Parent‐Infant Psychotherapy or Psychoanalytic Parent‐Infant Psychotherapy.

Previous Experience:

• Experience as a psychotherapist in perinatal or CAMHS settings, including MDT work.
• Experience exercising clinical responsibility for psychotherapeutic care within a multidisciplinary care plan.
• Experience teaching, training and/or supervising other mental health staff.
• Experience with child protection procedures.
• Experience working in a multicultural framework.

Other:

• Ability to provide support to carers and staff in distressing situations.
• Ability to employ clinical governance mechanisms for safe practice.
• Experience developing complex multimedia materials for presentations.

Skills, Knowledge, Abilities:

• Expertise in specialist psychotherapeutic assessment and treatment of pregnant and postpartum women.
• Experience with a wide range of child and parent age groups.
• Ability to assess risk and act accordingly.
• Knowledge of new‐born and early infant development and theories of infant mental health.
• Capability to conduct audit and research in perinatal mental health.
• Proficiency in delivering interventions across cultural contexts.

Other Information:

• Due to high response rates, vacancies may close early.
• Applicants requiring sponsorship are welcome; eligibility under UKVI points‐based system must be checked.
• Probationary period: 13 weeks.
• Successful candidates will be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system.
• You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
• Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 – Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Contact Information:

• Lead Parent‐Infant Psychotherapist: Dr Valerie Curen (valerie.curen@nhs.net, 07484 913 863)
• Team Manager: Krupali Avlani (krupali.avlani@nhs.net, 07590 635 135)