Lead Principal Psychologist (Parent-Infant Mental Health)

Supporting Parents and Babies in Warrington to have Stable Homes Built on Love

McCallisters Independent Review of Children Social Care (Reset, 2022) put a spotlight on the need for radical reform/reset in Childrens Services to better support our most vulnerable families, nationally.

The Implementation Strategy and Consultation paper Stable Homes Built on Love (2023) was later published, shared with government and has resulted in a £200 million investment to reset Childrens Services across the UK.

The golden thread and ethos throughout this new strategy mirrors the BABS model and service. The best way of promoting childrens welfare is by supporting childrens families and the loving relationships around them and recognises that To achieve this reset, Childrens Services must put love and stable relationships at the heart of everything it does .

Warrington Childrens Services has been selected as 1 of the UKs 7 national pathfinders to take ambitious action across six pillars to transform childrens Social Care; laying down the foundations for whole system reform and setting national direction for change. BABS being recognised nationally (PIF, 2024) and across other Merseyside as a Best practice parent infant mental health service and model for supporting vulnerable complex families is delighted to be joining forces with Warrington Childrens Services to be part of this exciting, transformational work

This Principle Clinical Psychologist post will be a key MDT team member in BABS, and Warringtons Child Protection MDT Team and Multi Agency Hub.

The post will involve delivery of direct therapeutic parent infant mental health support/interventions to vulnerable parents and babies in the community. In addition to working systemically with Childrens Services via offering a model of joint working, assessments, supervision, consultation, reflective practice and training to build workforce capacity and ensuring that vulnerable parents and babies receive the right, specialist, integrated support to help build secure bonds and break negative life cycles.