CAMHS CYP-PT: Trainee Systemic Family Practitioner (SFP-CDD)

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare trust in London is seeking a trainee practitioner to work in the Lewisham Mental Health Support Team. This role includes assessing and providing interventions for children and families as part of an intensive training program with King's College London. The position offers comprehensive benefits and opportunities for career development. The closing date for applications is November 11, 2025.

Benefits

Generous pay and pensions

Flexible working options

Career development programs

Keyworker housing

NHS discounts

Counselling services

Wellbeing events

Qualifications

• Experience with children, young people, or families.
• Familiarity with referral protocols and clinical guidelines.
• Ability to engage parents/carers in treatment.

Responsibilities

• Accept and assess client referrals.
• Formulate and evaluate therapeutic interventions.
• Engage with multi-disciplinary teams on client care.

Skills

Clinical assessment

Therapeutic intervention formulation

Data collection

Collaboration with multi-disciplinary teams

Education

Degree in relevant field

Completion of Postgraduate diploma at King's College London

Job description

Overview

A Vacancy at South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust.

An NHSE funded training post as part of the CYP Psychological Trainings (formerly CYP-IAPT) which involves time working as a Practitioner in Lewisham Mental Health Support Team in Lewisham and some time studying with King’s College London undertaking a programme of training in SFP-CDD)

Application Process

This is a dual application process. In addition to applying for this position with us, you must also complete a KCL application for the Course Team to review. The Course Team will liaise with us on whether you meet the academic requirements for the course during the recruitment process. 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).

University applications close on Tuesday 25th November 2025 at 23.59 pm. However, it is strongly advised to submit an early application to prevent the delay of a decision. Applications take approximately 4-6 weeks to assess. Teaching will begin on Monday 26th January 2026 at KCL, Denmark Hill Campus.

Please read the application guidance and course brochure included for full information and instructions on how to apply and what to include in your application.

Candidates are reminded that this post may close early due to a high volume of applications.

This intensive training post will equip the post-holder to provide interventions for children, young people or families using the core principles of the CYP Psychological Training Programme and consistent with the evidence base of Systemic Family Practice. The post-holder will work in the service, for at least 2.5 days of the week using the newly developed skills whilst attending the training programme or undertaking self-study days for the remaining days, as required by the education provider.

Benefits

We are committed to ensuring our staff get the most out of their benefits package and understand the importance of a healthy work life balance. There is an extensive range of excellent benefits for you and your family. We want you to feel like you are part of a close knit team at SLaM. It’s important to us that you feel valued and appreciated and that is why we have a comprehensive benefits package on offer.

Some of our benefits are highlighted here:

• Generous pay, pensions and leave, we offer a comprehensive pay, pensions and leave package which is dependent on the role and length of service.
• Work life balance, flexible working and supporting a range of flexible options, such as: part-time working and job sharing.
• Career development, There are plenty of opportunities to progress your career and we support your development through a number of programmes such as mentoring, coaching, positive people management, collective leadership and other talent programmes
• Car lease, our staff benefit from competitive deals to lease cars
• Accommodation, our staff benefit from keyworker housing which is available on selected sites
• NHS discounts, with discounts up to 10% from a variety of well-known retail brands through Health Service Discounts website.

Other benefits include:

• Counselling services
• Wellbeing events
• Long service awards
• Cycle to work scheme
• Season ticket loan
• Childcare vouchers
• Staff restaurants

Main Duties and Responsibilities

Clinical

• With theassistanceof their clinical supervisor accept appropriate referrals;
• Assess clients for suitability for the treatment for which modality specific training is provided;
• Make decisions on suitability of new referrals, adhering to the department’s referral protocols, and refer unsuitable clients on to the relevant service or back to the referral agent as necessary;
• Formulate, implement and evaluate therapeutic intervention for clients in line with their trainingmodality and experience;
• Involve the system around the child in treatment as appropriate, e.g. parent/carer,school, conveying therapy formulations with sensitivity in easily understood language;
• Attend multi-disciplinary meetings relating to referrals or clients in treatment, where appropriate;
• Complete all requirements relating to data collection within the service;
• Keep coherent records of all clinicalactivity in line withserviceprotocols; Work closely with other members of the team ensuring appropriate step-up and step-down arrangements arein place tomaintaina stepped care approach.

Training & Supervision

• Fulfilling the requirements of and completing a PostGraduatediploma at King’s College London including practical, academic, and practice-based assessments, alongside private study;
• Apply learning from the training programme in practice;

Prepare and present clinical information for all patients on their caseload to clinical and case management supervisors within the service on an agreed and scheduled basis,in order toensure safe practice and the clinical governance obligations of the worker, supervisor and service are delivered.

This advert closes on Tuesday 11 Nov 2025