HEE CYWP Trainee: Sponsorship Available

Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust

Job Summary

12 month Fixed Term Posts available

This is an exciting opportunity to join Sefton CAMHS as a trainee Children and Young People’s Wellbeing Practitioner (CYWP). We are currently recruiting to new training posts to start the Postgraduate/Graduate Certificate in Evidence Based Interventions to commence January 2025.

The posts are part of the Children and Young People’s IAPT initiative. Alder Hey is an equal opportunities employer, and our workforce is currently under-represented from people from Black and Minority Ethnic (BAME) and disabled communities

For the postgraduate level course applicants are required to have a degree or be able to demonstrate academic equivalence. For the graduate level course, applicants must be able to demonstrate they can study at this level (level 6). CYWP trainees provide low intensity interventions for anxiety, depression and conduct problems including guided self-help.

The training is provided by Greater Manchester Mental Health Foundation Trust in partnership with the University of Manchester and trainees will attend for study approximately one day a week, the remaining 4 will be service based. Trainee CYWPs are NHS pay band 4 or equivalent.

Interview dates are planned for end September/early October 2025.

Main duties of the job

The Children and Young People’s Improving Access to Psychological Therapies programme (CYP IAPT) is a service transformation programme delivered by Health Education England and partners that aims to improve existing children and young people’s Mental Health Services (CAMHS) working in the community. CYP Wellbeing Practitioner training will benefit from being integrated fully within CYP MHS and linked to the CYP IAPT Collaborative, which brings a valuable organisational infrastructure.

This is a training role within the Children and Young People’ Improving Access to Psychological Therapies programme (CYP IAPT). The post-holder will work within a CYP MHS as part of a multi-disciplinary team delivering, under supervision, high-quality; outcome -informed, focused, evidence-based interventions for children and young people experiencing, mild to moderate anxiety, low mood, behavioural difficulties

The training and service experience will equip the post holder with the necessary knowledge, attitude and capabilities to operate effectively in an inclusive, value driven service.

The post holder will attend all university based taught and self-study days required by the education provider, as specified within the agreed national curriculum and work in the service for the remaining days of the week using their newly developed skills.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Evidence of ability to study successfully at undergraduate level (level 6) or the equivalent through a proven academic record of previous learning/formal study in Child Development, Well-being or Mental Health
  • Evidence of study at level 5
  • Evidence of numeracy

Desirable

  • Psychology or other health /social care/youth related undergraduate degree
  • Other relevant postgraduate degree

Experience

Essential

  • Experience of working with children and/or young people

Desirable

  • Evidence of working with children and young people with mental health difficulties
  • Experience of working in mental health or related services
  • Worked in a service where agreed targets in place to demonstrating outcomes

Skills and Competencies

Essential

  • Ability to evaluate and put in place the effect of training
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including telephone skills and use of internet mediated communication

Desirable

  • Received training (either formal or through experience) and carried out risk assessments within scope of 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.

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: 18 September 2025

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