Job summary
The Family Mental Health Team (FMHT) has an exciting opportunity for a Recruit to Train Trainee Systemic Practitioner (conduct) to join our team as part of the NHS England (NHSE) funded Children and Young People (CYP) Psychological Training Programmes (formerly CYP-IAPT).
Recruit to Train is a government-funded initiative aiming to grow the child mental health workforce to meet much needed demand. To help reach this goal, NHSE covers salary and training costs for a 1-year post, allowing services to employ trainees to aid in implementing new or expanding existing specialist pathways to bridge the gaps in CYP mental health support.
You will be committed to the CYP Psychological Training Programme core principles: Accessibility, accountability, participation, awareness and evidence-based practice and in providing an inclusive and effective service for children and young people
You will only be offered a KCL training place if you are successful in securing this post and you meet the university training requirements (such as academic background, relevant experience, visa approval). As you also apply for a training course that is delivered by King's College London, your data may be shared with them for the purpose of processing your application (shortlisting) and enrolling you onto this Programme.
Main duties of the job
The Family Mental Health Team (FMHT) is a CAMHS team working with children and families aged up to 18. We are an MDT providing a range of group and individual interventions to parents and young people with a variety of mental health presentations (anxiety, low mood, challenging behaviours, including more complex and chronic mental health presentations). FMHT provides evidence-based 1:1, group and parenting interventions to children and families.
This is a unique opportunity to apply your learning from weekly teaching into practical 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 hold an appropriate training case load and complete the necessary assignments to meet the course requirements.
Please note: The PT programme is not a standalone CYP MH training course. The programme requirespotential candidates to apply for both the University led training course and the role within aparticipating mental health service.
Next Steps
If you are interested in this training, you can find out more information here CYP-PT Therapy PGDip (Recruit to Train (RtT))
Application Process
o To apply online go to https//apply.kcl.ac.uk
o Please do contact cyp-mh@kcl.ac.uk for any queries
About us
The Tavistock and Portman is caring, compassionate and committed to co-creating the care and training we offer. We are passionate about the quality of our work and committed to openness, the use of evidence and the application of improvement science. We value all our staff, are concerned for their wellbeing, and seek to foster leadership, innovation and excellence in our workforce. We embrace diversity in our workforce and work to make our services and training as accessible as possible. We have made a firm commitment to being an anti-racist, anti-homophobic and anti-transphobic organisation. We work with others, in the UK and internationally, who share our values and can enable us to achieve our mission.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please read the application guidance and course brochure attached for full information and instructions on how to apply and what to include in your application.
Please ensure you address each point in the person specification in your application.
Please note that due to the high number of applications we may need to bring forward the closing date, so do apply early to avoid disappointment.
Tavistock Family Mental Health Team application deadline: 31st October 2025
KCL Application Deadline: Tuesday 25th November 2025
Teaching will begin on: Monday 19th January 2026
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please read the application guidance and course brochure attached for full information and instructions on how to apply and what to include in your application.
Please ensure you address each point in the person specification in your application.
Please note that due to the high number of applications we may need to bring forward the closing date, so do apply early to avoid disappointment.
Tavistock Family Mental Health Team application deadline: 31st October 2025
KCL Application Deadline: Tuesday 25th November 2025
Teaching will begin on: Monday 19th January 2026
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, counselling, social work, mental health nursing, occupational therapy, etc).
- A registerable professional qualification (e.g. clinical or educational psychology, social work, counselling, mental health nursing, occupational therapy etc)
- Applications MAY be considered from those who do not have a registerable professional training if they have at least 3 years' experience in a CAMHS or equivalent setting and can demonstrate equivalence through the RPL (recognition of prior learning) process
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge and understanding of issues relating to safeguarding children and young people
Experience
Essential
- At least two years experience of working with children / young people in a mental health setting
- Experience of working with safeguarding issues
- Experience of multi agency working and liaising across internal & external agencies.
Skills and Abilities
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
- Ability to follow policy and make proposal for change
- Ability to maintain accurate records
- 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 (BAND D) https://www.kcl.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/apply/entry-requirements/english-language.aspx
Desirable
- Understanding of evidence based practice and the ability to demonstrate how this influences clinical practice
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, counselling, social work, mental health nursing, occupational therapy, etc).
- A registerable professional qualification (e.g. clinical or educational psychology, social work, counselling, mental health nursing, occupational therapy etc)
- Applications MAY be considered from those who do not have a registerable professional training if they have at least 3 years' experience in a CAMHS or equivalent setting and can demonstrate equivalence through the RPL (recognition of prior learning) process
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge and understanding of issues relating to safeguarding children and young people
Experience
Essential
- At least two years experience of working with children / young people in a mental health setting
- Experience of working with safeguarding issues
- Experience of multi agency working and liaising across internal & external agencies.
Skills and Abilities
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
- Ability to follow policy and make proposal for change
- Ability to maintain accurate records
- 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 (BAND D) https://www.kcl.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/apply/entry-requirements/english-language.aspx
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).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
