Camhs Practitioner Cyp-iapt Trainee - London, United Kingdom - Whittington Health NHS Trust

Whittington Health NHS Trust
Whittington Health NHS Trust
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4 weeks ago

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This is an exciting opportunity to join our team as a Recruit to Train Trainee, part of the NHS England (NHSE) funded Recruit to Train Programme in partnership with the Anna Freud Centre, University College London, and Kings College London.

The post-holder will be training on the Children & Young People Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (CYP IAPT) Therapy Course and carrying out clinical work in our service to complement their studies and use their newly developed skills.

We are seeking highly motivated and enthusiastic mental health practitioners to work and train within our service.


This graduate level practitioner will be employed by Whittington Health and managed and supervised by a CAMHS clinician to train for a one year qualification in the CBT strand of CYP IAPT through University College London (UCL).

The training post will equip the post-holder to provide interventions for children, young people or families using the core principles of CYP-IAPT practice along with an evidence-based intervention consistent with the CBT course they are attending.

The post-holder will work in the service for at least days of the week using their newly developed skills whilst attending the UCL training programme for the other days.

The post holder will work with people with different cultural backgrounds and ages, using interpreters when necessary and should be committed to equity, diversity and inclusion.

Please see attached JD/PS for full details of main duties
- disciplinary service providing a child and family mental health service to the population of Islington across the 0-18 year age range. The service provides a range of community based, multi-disciplinary interventions and specialist treatments and consultation to partnership agencies, and has been part of the Children and Young People's IAPT initiative for many years. Our local Future in Mind Transformation Plan has been refreshed and we are recruiting to meet the aspirations of the new plan, including work force development and early intervention. The populationwe serve come from the 40,500 children and young people in Islington. 60% are from ethnic backgrounds other than white British which accounts for the other 40%. 120 different languages are spoken in the homes of Islington children. Islington is the 4thmost deprived Local Authority in London and 12thmost deprived local authority in England. We are an equal opportunities employer, and we welcome applicants from diverse backgrounds to ensure our workforce is representative of the communities that we work with.


Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone.

Nowhere is this more obvious than in the way we look after our staff.

We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this population, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, and religion or belief.

The Trust believes that as a public sector organisation we have an obligation to have recruitment, training, promotion and other formal employment policies and procedures that are sensitive to these differences.

We think that by doing so, we are better able to treat our patients as well as being a better place to work.

Please see attached jd/ps for job description and main duties.


This role will be best suited for applicants that are able to balance a very busy work and study schedule.

You will be an employee at Islington CAMHS but also enrolled on a Postgraduate Diploma course. As this is a Postgraduate level training, you will be required to study and perform at academic level.

Applicants must be prepared to work towards their studies outside of protected study time (such as on weekends and after work).

Protected study time or teaching days are typically two days a week during term (with possibility of extra university days near start) and will be a mixture of in person and online sessions.

Applicants must be willing to travel into London to attend their lectures.


More information about the courses and how the training works can befound here(AFC website) including the course brochures, and westronglyrecommend you read theFAQs.


  • Reason behind ineligibility for the course.
Please note in this instance the course is not optional; the roles are dependent on meeting all course requirements. Applicants for this training at UCL will need to be available to start by the 8ththof January at the latest (with the course starting on the 15thJanuary)
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