East London NHS Foundation Trust
Job summary
We are pleased to offer an exciting opportunity for two Band 6 CYP-PT CAMHS Practitioner Trainees (CBT Modality) to join City & Hackney Specialist CAMHS. One trainee will be based within the Emotional & Behavioural Team (E&B) and one within the Adolescent Mental Health Team (AMHT).
These are 12-month fixed-term training posts, commencing in January 2027, combining specialist clinical experience within CAMHS with postgraduate CBT training through UCL/Anna Freud. Trainees will spend approximately half of their working week undertaking academic teaching and study and the remainder working clinically within their allocated CAMHS team.
City & Hackney Specialist CAMHS is a large and vibrant service with a strong tradition of multidisciplinary and inter-agency working. We provide a broad range of specialist services to children, young people and families across Hackney and the City of London, working closely with colleagues across health, education, social care and the voluntary sector.
The posts offer an excellent opportunity to develop specialist CBT skills while working alongside experienced clinicians within supportive multidisciplinary teams. Trainees will work directly with children, young people and families, contributing to assessment, formulation and evidence-based interventions, including work with young people presenting with complexity and risk.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidates will join either the Emotional & Behavioural Team (E&B) or Adolescent Mental Health Team (AMHT) within City & Hackney Specialist CAMHS while completing the CYP-PT CBT training programme with UCL/Anna Freud.
This is a full-time training role, with approximately 2.5 days per week dedicated to academic teaching and study and 2.5 days based within the service undertaking clinical work.
Trainees will provide CBT interventions to children and young people and their families/carers, working with a range of mental health presentations. The role will include direct clinical work, assessment and management of complex and sometimes high-risk cases, with appropriate support from the trainee’s clinical supervisor and line manager.
The postholder will work as an integral member of the multidisciplinary CAMHS team, participating in MDT meetings and wider service developments, and will liaise with partner agencies involved in the care of children and young people, including schools, social care and other community services.
Successful applicants will be both employees of the service and enrolled students with UCL/Anna Freud and will be expected to meet the academic and clinical requirements of the training programme. Successful completion leads to a UCL Postgraduate Diploma.
Person Specification
Education/ Qualification/ Training
Essential
- RMN, OT, SW or equivalent professional qualification
- Evidence of continuing professional development
Desirable
- Professional knowledge acquired through degree/diploma or KSA evidence
- Teaching/mentoring qualification
Experience
Essential
- Post qualification experience in a mental health setting, working with young people or adults with mental illness.
Desirable
- Experience of using Routine Outcome Measures (ROMS
- Experience of working with children and young people who have serious mental illness and their families and carers in the community
- Experience of mentoring and clinical supervision of others
Knowledge & Skills
Essential
- To have ability to manage case load and act as care coordinator for clients on case list
- To be able to function as part of multi disciplinary team and liaise with external agencies i.e. primary care, education, social and health care.
- To have ability to assess client need, both mental health, health and social needs
- Ability to reflect on and critically appraise the performance of self and others.
- Willingness to undergo regular supervision in order to develop own practice.
- Ability to organise own time and diary and that of junior staff and learners
- Have ability to follow policy and make proposal for change
- Understanding of evidence based practice and the ability to demonstrate how this influences clinical practice
- Maintain patient records both written and electronic
- Understanding of the legal and social policy issues influencing the work environment.
- Ability to maintain effective working relationships with relevant parties
Desirable
- To have knowledge and understanding of the research process
Other
Essential
- To have knowledge and understanding of the research process
- Car driver, and willingness to drive for work purposes.
- To be I.T competent
- Commitment to client centred, non discriminatory practice
- Commitment to lifelong learning
- Willingness to be flexible
Closing Date: 25 October 2026
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