Job Summary
An NHSE funded training post as part of the CYP Psychological Trainings (formerly CYP-IAPT) which involves some time working as a Practitioner in Hillingdon CAMHS and some time studying with King’s College London undertaking a programme of training in CBT
This intensive training post will equip the post-holder to provide interventions for children, young people or families using the core principles of the CYP Psychological Training Programme and consistent with the evidence base in the area of mood and anxiety disorders. The post-holder will work in the service, for at least 2.5 days of the week using the newly developed skills whilst attending the training programme or undertaking self-study days for the remaining days, as required by the education provider.
The post holder will hold an appropriate training case load and complete the necessary assignments to meet the course requirements.
Main duties of the job
With the assistance of their clinical supervisor accept appropriate referrals.
Assess clients for suitability for the treatment for which modality specific training is provided;
Make decisions on suitability of new referrals, adhering to the department’s referral protocols, and refer unsuitable clients on to the relevant service or back to the referral agent as necessary;
Formulate, implement and evaluate therapeutic intervention for clients in line with their training modality and experience;
Involve the system around the child in treatment as appropriate, e.g. parent/carer, school, conveying therapy formulations with sensitivity in easily understood language;
Attend multi-disciplinary meetings relating to referrals or clients in treatment, where appropriate;
Complete all requirements relating to data collection within the service;
Keep coherent records of all clinical activity in line with service protocols;
Work closely with other members of the team ensuring appropriate step-up and step-down arrangements are in place to maintain a stepped care approach.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Qualifications that demonstrate a capacity to complete academic work at postgraduate diploma level.
- Minimum second-class Bachelor’s Degree from a UK University or an overseas qualification of an equivalent standard in a relevant subject (e.g. psychology, social work etc). OR Applicants who do not fulfil the academic criteria but with relevant professional experience are encouraged to apply and will be considered on a case-by-case basis,
- A core profession as recognized by BABCP (for example, mental health nursing, social work) or a level 6 qualification (typically this would be an undergraduate degree) and meet the eligibility criteria for the BABCP Knowledge Skills and Attitudes (KSA) route. To be eligible for the KSA route you would need to have relevant full-time equivalent therapeutic experience in a mental health setting.
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge and understanding of issues relating to safeguarding children and young people
Desirable
- A foundation in or basic knowledge of CBT
Experience
Essential
- Substantial experience of working with children /families/ young people in a mental health setting
- Experience of working with safeguarding issues
- Experience of multi-agency working and liaising across internal & external agencies
- Experience of working with, and addressing issues of diversity
Skills and Ability
Essential
- Ability to communicate effectively and sensitively with children, young people, and their families
- Ability to maintain a reflective stance in emotive/challenging interactions with children and their families
- Ability to use supervision to reflect on practice
- Ability to organise own time and diary, to manage competing demands and a high case load.
- Ability to follow policy and make proposal for change
- Ability to maintain accurate records
Desirable
- Understanding of evidence based practice and the ability to demonstrate how this influences clinical practice
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Closing Date: 17 October 2025
