Band 7 Primary Infant Mental Health Specialist - Bristol

Job summary

We are looking for someone who is passionate about promoting and nurturing emotional wellbeing for babies and children up to school age. This is an exciting opportunity to be connected to the wider team of health care professionals that includes motivated clinicians from the professional disciplines of psychiatry, clinical psychology, community psychiatric nursing, primary mental health specialists and family therapists.

This team has a clear line of operational management and a professional lead structure and places a strong emphasis on continuing professional development and clinical supervision for all team members.

The aim of the service is to provide a comprehensive, multi-disciplinary approach informed by the CYP IAPT programme.

We are currently implementing then I thrive programme in partnership with our wider stakeholders and this presents an exciting opportunity for the successful applicant to support this process alongside their clinical work.

Main duties of the job

The role is to be part of a specialist team of clinicians working with the under-five age range and their families. Offering a relational approach to social and emotional problems that emerge in this age group. Parents benefit from our support where there are difficulties around activities such as sleeping, feeding and toileting or where parents and their child are finding it difficult to bond or connect with each other.

Parent and child sessions. A chance to explore parent's relationship with their baby/child and to help them understand their own and their babies behaviour.

Child Lead play By observing the child play and following their lead we can help parents gain a deeper understanding of their child's feelings and thoughts and why they may be having difficulties.

Sessions with the parents on their own. A chance to reflect on the impact of the parent's own experiences -past and present - with the use of a calm space to find a way forward for them and their child. We work closely with parents who may be experiencing any of the following issues, which may in turn be affecting the relationship with have with their child

We are looking for individuals who have appropriate professional qualifications and experience or working with families and young children/infants eg family therapy, child psychology, social work, health visiting, relevant infant mental health training ( eg M9 Tavistock ) would be desirable.

About us

We are the lead provider of healthcare for people with serious mental illness, learning disabilities and autism across Bath and North East Somerset (BaNES), Swindon and Wiltshire, and Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire.We aim to provide High Quality, Compassionate Care everywhere, every day. This means our services will be safe, clinically effective and provide a positive all round experience for our patients, families and carers. And we believe passionately in treating everyone with kindness, respect and empathy.Key to this is providing a supportive and safe environment for our 4,000 staff where we all feel welcome and able to do the best we can for those we support. Our staff and teams work incredibly hard delivering services across more than 90 locations, covering 2,200miles, to more than 1.8million people.At AWP we actively encourage applicants from all backgrounds; we are particularly keen to encourage applications from people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, those with disabilities and from the LGBTQ+ community. We want people to bring their unique blend of experiences, backgrounds, perspectives and knowledge to AWP, as diversity makes us stronger.

Details

Date posted

13 July 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£49,387 to £56,515 a year pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

342-CAMHS041-0726

Job locations

Kingswood Hub

Alma Road

Kingswood Bristol

BS154DA

United Kingdom