Are you a psychologist, family therapist, psychotherapist or mental health nurse that wants to make a meaningful impact in the lives of babies and their families?

Can you bring your clinical skills to support early development and nurture strong parent-infant bonds?

Are you excited by the idea of working in a creative, community-focused team?

If yes, this could be the perfect opportunity for you!

Southwark Council is seeking a dedicated Clinical Practitioner to join our Healthy Minds Thrive Team, an early intervention therapeutic service focused on strengthening parent-infant relationships and improving parental and infant mental health and wellbeing.

About the Role:

Working within our supportive and friendly clinical services team, you’ll deliver assessments, therapeutic interventions and clinical consultations to families with children aged 0-2.

Embedded across Best Start Family Hubs and Early Help services, this role offers the chance to provide impactful mental health support where it’s needed most. Key responsibilities include:

Delivering specialist clinical assessments and evidence-based interventions for infants and families with mild to moderate needs.
Supporting parent and infant mental health and parent-infant relationships through one to one and group-based work.
Providing consultation, and training to a wide range of professionals across Best Start Family Hubs, Early Help and Social Care.
Promoting safeguarding practices and working collaboratively with key partners, including the NHS.
Working flexibly across home visits, and community and Family Hub settings to ensure accessible support.

You'll be part of an ambitious and forward-thinking team that places families at the centre of everything we do. This is a great opportunity to influence the future of early intervention in Southwark and ensure every child gets the best start in life.

About You:

We’re looking for a clinically skilled and compassionate practitioner who thrives in multi-agency environments and is motivated by strengths based, early intervention work with families.

To succeed in this role, you will:

Hold a recognised therapeutic qualification and be registered with a relevant body (e.g., UKCP, BACP, BABCP, NMC or HCPC).
Have direct experience providing evidence-based therapeutic support to adults and/or parent-infant dyads.
Demonstrate sound knowledge of early childhood development, attachment theory, systemic approaches, and family dynamics.
Be committed to trauma-informed, anti-discriminatory, and inclusive clinical practice.
Show confidence in working collaboratively with professionals from a range of backgrounds to support positive change

About the Team:

Our Clinical Services Team is committed to providing early intervention and mental health support to babies, young children, and their families, helping to give every child the best possible start in life. We foster a supportive, collaborative, and compassionate culture where staff work closely with colleagues across Family Hubs, Early Help, and partner agencies to deliver high-quality, family-centred care. This role offers excellent opportunities for professional development through clinical supervision, specialist training, multi-disciplinary working, and the chance to build expertise in infant and early years mental health.

For detailed qualifications and requirements, please review the job description and person specification located at the bottom of the advert.

Contact Information:

For an informal discussion about the role, please contact Julia Tropiano at Julia.Tropiano@southwark.gov.uk

Additional Information:

Salary: £ £50,175 - £57,495 per annum (Grade 11).
This role receives a 10% Registered Mental Health Professional payment supplement which is subject to annual review and continuation.
Location: multiple locations – primarily in Southwark Best Start Family Hubs.
Contract: Until 31^st March 2029.
Working Hours: 36 hours per week.
This position requires a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) clearance at Enhanced - Adults and Children (Barred) level.

Recruitment Timeline:

Advert close date: 11:59pm on Sunday 19th July 2026.

Shortlisting date: Monday 27th July 2026.

Interview date: Week commencing Monday 3rd August 2026.

The closing date is given as a guide. We reserve the right to close this vacancy once a sufficient number of applications has been received. We strongly advise you to complete your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.

We are an organisation who is passionate about our people and understands that richness of diversity is a requirement to provide the best possible services to our communities. This is demonstrated through our council-wide ambitious commitment to tackle racial inequality in our communities and workforce through our Southwark Stands Together initiative. We particularly welcome applications from members of the black, Asian and ethnic minority communities to increase representation at senior management level in the Council.

Guaranteed Interview Scheme:

As part of our commitment to inclusion, we offer guaranteed interviews for specific groups of people. To qualify, you'll need to meet the minimum requirements for the role, and identify with one of the below criteria:

Members of the Armed Forces and veterans
Are currently in care, or have previously been in care
If you consider yourself to be disabled or if you have a long-term health condition

About Southwark:

We are the largest local authority social landlord in London, managing 55,000 homes lived in by 40% of Southwark’s residents. We are home to over 18,300 businesses including iconic London venues and social enterprises, and we have a young, diverse and growing population.

At Southwark we are committed to making our borough just and fair and are taking positive action to tackle inequalities. Our residents and communities are our greatest asset and the passion we have for Southwark is shared by millions of Londoners who enjoy our outstanding cultural offer, use our hospitals and attend our universities. Our refreshed borough plan and focus on Southwark Stands Together, (which is our work with Southwark’s communities and the council’s staff to tackle racism, injustice and inequality) underpins all that we do.

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Job Description and Person Specification - Clinical Practitioner