CAMHS Practitioner CYP-IAPT Trainee (CBT)

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached jd/ps for job description and main duties.

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 Islington CAMHS 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.

Candidates will need to be ready to start work on Monday 8th January 2024and posts cannot be offered to candidates unless they can guarantee this start date.

Please note that applications will not be considered from applicants who are formally registered (or re-sitting examinations) for another concurrent programme of study at UCL or any other Higher Education Institution.

This is a training position and so all candidates will need to apply for both the trainee role with our organisation and the UCL Post Graduate Diploma in Child and Young Person IAPT Therapy in order to be shortlisted.

More information about the courses and how the training works can be found here (AFC website) including the course brochures, and we strongly recommend you read the FAQs.

NHSE have implemented a rule regarding beneficiaries of their training year funding this affects candidates who have been on one of the courses listed on the NHSE website from 1st August 2022. We recommend you read this if you plan to apply to future trainings.

Please complete your university application using the UCL University Application Guidance supplied.

UCL covers the modalities of ASC/LD, Under 5s, IPT-A and CBT, You only need one application to the associated University no matter how many Recruit to Train job posts you apply for. However, it is very important to mention which modality/modalities you are applying for and why you are qualified & interested in them in your personal statement as this will be assessed by the course team to determine course/modality suitability.

Please note that when you apply to this role, your name will be shared with the Higher Education Institute (HEI) running the course. The service will usually be the course teams main way of contacting you until you have been sent an offer, and so the course team at the HEI may ask for information if it is missing but relevant to deciding eligibility. Other information that might be shared is:

• Reason behind ineligibility for the course.
• Queries regarding application (such as if you claim to have a professional registration without submitting certificates, course may ask service to pursue more information)
• Name change if you may have registered with a different name than HEI was given, they will confirm with service to ensure that they are reviewing the correct candidate.

This is an integral part of the process to confirm that you have applied to the University and that you meet their course requirements. Please apply to the University at the same time as applying to this job position.

If you apply to this job, you are giving permission for information to be shared between the Course Team at the HEI and the Recruitment team at the Service. The only information that is shared will be relevant to establishing eligibility for the job/course. No irrelevant information will be disclosed or discussed in relation to your application.

As these are training positions, please be aware that this is a dual application process where you must be employed in a Recruit to Train funded job to also receive a place on the course, and vice-versa. If you are ineligible for the University Course, we will be unable to be offer the role. If you withdraw from an employment offer but you have accepted a university offer, you will be unable to join the course. You must apply to the course at the same time as this job.

Please note in this instance the course is not optional; the roles are dependent on meeting all course requirements. Applicants for this training at UCL will need to be available to start by the 8thth of January at the latest (with the course starting on the 15th January)

Person Specification

Education/qualifications

Essential

• Qualifications that demonstrate a capacity to complete academic work at postgraduate diploma level.

Desirable

• Degree or equivalent

Skills and abilities

Essential

• Ability to communicate effectively and sensitively with children, young people, and their families, whilst considering social differences.
• Ability to maintain a reflective stance in emotive/challenging interactions with children and their families.
• Capability to complete academic work at postgraduate diploma level, including IELTS or equivalent to the appropriate level for students with English as a foreign language (Level 2) https://www.ucl.ac.uk/prospective-students/graduate/english-language-requirements

Desirable

• Fluency in another language in addition to Englishish

Knowledge and experience

Essential

• Experience of working within a mental health setting
• Demonstrates an understanding of child and adolescent development and its significance for emotional well-being and mental health
• Experience of working with children, young people and their families

Desirable

• Knowledge and understanding of issues relating to safeguarding
• Demonstrates knowledge and experience of local community groups
• A year or more experience working within a CBT framework and/or using CBT informed interventions (e.g., PWP, CWP, EMHP and Parent Trainer).
• Knowledge understanding and prior experience of CBT theory and its application.

personal qualities

Essential

• Ability to work within a team and foster good working relationships with colleagues inside and beyond the service
• Motivation to learn and be challenged
• Demonstrates an interest in CBT as a therapeutic approach with children and young people

Other

Essential

• Commitment to using data and relevant measures to assess clinical outcomes
• An interest in CBT as a therapeutic approach with children and young people

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.

Employer details

Employer name

Whittington Hospital NHS Trust

Address

Northern Health Centre Islington CAMHS,

580 Holloway Road. 3rd Floor

London

N7 6LB

Employer's website

https://www.whittington.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)