Recruit to Train Trainee - London, United Kingdom - Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust

Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust
Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust
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Our service has 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 Anna Freud, University College London, and Kings College London.

The post-holder will be training on the Children & Young People Mental Health (CYP-MH/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.

The training post will equip the post-holder to provide interventions for children, young people or families using evidence-based intervention consistent with the course they are attending.

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.


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 the service 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) andhere(KCL website) including the course brochures, and westronglyrecommend you read theFAQs.


The MHST works with Young people with mild to moderate mental health presentations attending school/education setting in the Harrow area.

The purpose of the team is to

  • Provide evidencebased interventions for mild to moderate mental health issues.
  • Support the senior mental health lead in each education setting to introduce or develop their whole school or college approach.
  • Give timely advice to school and college staff, and liaising with external specialist services, to help children and young people to get the right support and stay in education.
Young people have access to the MHST via one phone number. School staff and other potential referrers are able to contact a team of clinical staff to discuss potential referrals.


The MHST will manage referrals, deal with queries, undertake clinical telephone triage and face to face assessment, give advice and signpost young people where appropriate.


  • 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 KCL will need to be available to start by the 15thof January 2024 at the latest (with the course starting on the 22ndJanuary 2024)

The successful applicant may have contact with patients or service users.

As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings.

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