Band 6 CBT Psychological Therapy Trainee, Bristol

Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust; Bristol; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A mental health service provider in Bristol seeks dedicated individuals for a permanent practitioner role in CAMHS, offering fully funded training in Cognitive Behaviour Therapy at the University of Exeter. Ideal candidates will be passionate about child mental health and ready to provide interventions while training, with excellent clinical supervision and a supportive team environment.

Benefits

Excellent clinical supervision

Well supported induction

Access to a staff wellbeing programme

Qualifications

• Interest in working with children and young people.
• Dedication to young people's mental health.
• Willingness to engage fully in training.

Responsibilities

• Provide interventions as part of the CAMHS team.
• Attend training sessions at the University of Exeter.
• Work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team.

Skills

Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT)

Child mental health

Teamwork

Education

PGDip/GradDip in Psychological Therapies Practice

Job description

Job overview

We are in the fortunate position of being funded for 3 recruits to traininCognitiveBehaviourTherapyforAnxiety and Depressionfor children and young people. The training startsin January 2026at the University of Exeter. We are looking for exceptional individuals who are dedicated to working with children and young people and are keen to take up this brilliant opportunity of a permanent post with a year of training at Exeter fully funded. If you are passionate about young people’s mental health and have an interest in CBT this would be an excellent opportunity

• A permanent position following training as a mental health practitioner working in CAMHS
• Excellent clinical supervision
• A place at Exeter to study CognitiveBehaviour Therapy
• A well supported induction into CAMHS, ensuring that at the end of the year you will feel confident to work as a mental health practitioner as a part of a multidisciplinary team
• Access to astaffwellbeing programme
• The opportunity to work and live in a beautiful part of the country with a wide range of housing and leisure options.

Main duties of the job

This is a training roleto obtain a PGDip/GradDip in Psychological Therapies Practice (Child, Young People and Families) in Cognitive Behaviour Therapy. The post-holder will work within the Bristol, North Somerset & South Glos CAMHS service at Avon & Wiltshire Partnership Trust,providing interventions whilst undertaking a programme of training for this role at the University of Exeter.

This intensive training post will equip the post holder to provide interventions based onPsychological Therapiescore principles and an evidence based intervention consistent with their training course.The post- holder would be expected to attend and fulfil all the requirements of thecourse to then be able to work in theorganisationat the end of the course.