CYP Mental Health Practitioner Therapy Trainee: ASC/LD Modality: Sponsorship Available

Whittington Hospital NHS Trust

Job summary

An exciting opportunity for a Trainee (ASC/LD) to join our team as part of the NHS England funded Children and Young People (CYP) Psychological Training Programmes.NHSE covers salary and training costs for a 1-year position, allowing services to employ trainees to support specialist pathways to bridge the gaps in CYP mental health support.

This is an opportunity to apply your learning from weekly teaching into clinical interventions working with clients in the service making a direct impact in the lives of children, young people and their families.

The post-holder will be based within the specialist neurodevelopmental team in Islington Community CAMHS. They will involve work in our diagnostic assessment team, and with our community-based teams, primarily the CAMHS in specialist schools team. The position will be based at the Northern Health Centre but successful candidates will be expected to travel to Anna Freud in Central London (Rodney St, N1 9JH) for teaching during the training year. The position will involve travelling to various sites across the London Borough of Islington.

More information about the course content and the different modalities can be found on the Anna Freud webpage: https://www.annafreud.org/ucl-postgraduate-study/ucl-postgraduate-programmes/child-and-young-person-iapt-therapy-pg-dip/

There is also a useful training FAQ section for prospective candidates: Prospective Trainees_ CYP IAPT Therapy Programme FAQ’s.docx – Google Docs

Main duties of the job

Training Information

This full-time training will begin in January 2027 with around 2.5 days a week for academic work (teaching and personal study), and 2.5 days based at the service seeing clients (children, young people, and carers) related to training assignments. Trainees will be both an employee of the service and an enrolled student with UCL/Anna Freud. Upon completion, qualified trainees will receive a UCL Postgraduate Diploma.

The course start date is 18th January 2027.

This is a training and employment post. Candidates will need to manage a demanding combination of academic work, self-study and clinical case work.

Person Specification

Education/Qualifications

Essential

  • Meets minimum academic requirements of relevant professional experience or 2nd class bachelor’s degree

Desirable

  • Previous training in mental health related profession

Skills & Abilities

Essential

  • Effective written and oral communication, and good computer literacy
  • Good time management and organisational abilities

Desirable

  • Able to advocate for the needs of children and young people with autism and/or LD

Knowledge & Experience

Essential

  • Knowledge and understanding of the unique challenges for autistic/LD CYP and their families
  • 2 or more year experience of working with a children and young people’s MH setting
  • 1 year or more of clinical competence and experience working with autistic and/or LD people

Desirable

  • Knowledge of MDT approach
  • Experience of safeguarding

Personal Qualities

Essential

  • Motivated to learn and be challenged
  • Capacity to work well in teams.

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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: 31 October 2026

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