CAMHS Practitioner CYP-PT Therapy Trainee (CBT) | South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent healthcare provider in Greater London is seeking a dedicated individual to train in CBT and IPT-A modalities within a community CAMHS post for a 12-month fixed term. This role requires coordination of care for young people, collaboration with multidisciplinary teams, and participation in assessments and treatments. Ideal candidates should possess a relevant Bachelor's degree and experience in mental health settings, along with strong communication and collaborative skills.

Benefits

Generous pay, pensions and leave

Flexible working and support for part-time

Career development opportunities

Competitive deals for car leases

Qualifications

• 2 or more years of experience working within children and young people in a mental health setting.
• Knowledge and understanding of CBT IPT‑A theory and its application.
• Previous experience of working within a therapy framework.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate care for children and young people within the team.
• Support and advise parents and carers of referred young people.
• Participate as an MDT member in assessment and treatment.

Skills

Ability to work in a collaborative and respectful manner

Motivated to learn

Capacity to work well in teams

Well-developed communication skills

Education

Minimum second-class Bachelor’s Degree in a relevant subject

Job description

Overview

A recruit to train in CBT and IPT‑A modality working in a community CAMHS post for a 12‑month fixed term.

Qualifications

• Minimum second‑class Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent standard in a relevant subject (e.g., psychology, social work etc).
• Applicants who do not fulfil the academic criteria but have relevant professional experience are still encouraged to apply and will be considered on a case‑by‑case basis.
• Ability to work in a collaborative and respectful manner with children, young people and their families.
• 2 or more years of experience working within children and young people in a mental health setting.
• Experience of multi‑agency and/or multi‑disciplinary working and liaising across internal and external agencies.
• Motivated to learn and be challenged.
• Capacity to work well in teams.
• Previous training in a mental‑health related profession (e.g., psychology, nursing, health visiting, social work, occupational therapy, speech and language therapy, special needs teaching, psychiatry, psychotherapy, counselling, CWP, EMHP and low intensity therapies).
• Proven record of previous academic attainment.
• Knowledge and understanding of CBT IPT‑A theory and its application.
• Previous experience of working within a therapy framework and/or using informed interventions.

Key Responsibilities

• Coordinate care, assessing and treating children and young people in the team working in collaboration with the MDT.
• Support and advise parents and carers of young people referred to the service as well as offering consultation and advice to their professional networks.
• Participate as an MDT member in the assessment and treatment of children and young people referred to CAMHS.
• Ensure that all recording and reporting of client contact are accurate, up to date, of good quality and within CAMHS and professional requirement standards of record keeping. Collect and collate information about individual clinical activity on ePJS.
• Work with the team and clients to maintain a safe therapeutic environment and assure the quality of care through achieving high operational standards in clinical systems.
• Maintain and ensure good professional standards and attitudes towards the care and treatment of children, young people and their families.
• Link with other statutory and voluntary agencies and professionals as well as other CAMHS teams in terms of referrals and joint work. Maintain good relationships and clear lines of communication with other professional agencies and departments, providing specialist advice and support where appropriate.
• Contribute to the effective functioning of the team and service through attendance at relevant meetings, taking responsibilities within the service as appropriate and negotiated with the line manager.
• Carry out mental health and risk assessments on young people in your care routinely and work under the supervision of the team manager and senior clinicians to manage these situations effectively.
• Work with other CAMHS practitioners in the service from all disciplines. You will be a member of a number of internal and external professional networks to ensure that care plans for individual children are coordinated efficiently across agencies.
• Provide rapid response and intervention for patients who are referred to CAMHS, where required.
• Work across interfaces in order to provide an integrated service model intended to reduce response time of referral.
• Well‑developed communication skills are required to communicate with staff of all levels and from a variety of disciplines within SLaM and partner agencies.
• Ability to promote partnership working between primary and secondary care, local authority, voluntary and statutory agencies, and the independent sector.
• Ability to communicate complex and sensitive information effectively with patients, relatives and carers, where there may be barriers to understanding.
• Ability to deal effectively with patient or carer concerns, complaints and anxieties as they arise.
• Ensure due regard to customs, values and spiritual beliefs of patients, carers and their relatives.
• Maintain a high standard of verbal and written communication to provide continuity of care.
• Assume responsibility for case management of young people and families who are determined to be at low/medium/high risk.
• Make clinical formulation from CAMHS assessment, including risk assessment, on which to recommend a treatment intervention.
• Design, write and share copies of care plans with children, young people and their carers.
• Assess safeguarding issues and refer concerns to Child Protection Teams.
• Deliver interventions for young people who have self‑hailed, are in crisis or presenting with other mental health concerns; the treatment interventions provided would be based on NICE guidelines and evidence‑based practice.
• Use individual, group work, family work, advice and supervision according to the needs of children and young people and have a flexible and innovative approach to packages of care.
• Participate and lead in joint complex assessments with other disciplines and other agencies and provide reports for referrers, families and other agencies as required.
• Maintain good relationships and clear lines of communication with other professional agencies and departments, providing specialist advice and support where appropriate.

Application Information

For applicants wishing to be considered for the IPT‑A position, please apply to UCL via the following link: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1QJmV_HmF4fL9yMk-ufoIgXGe0z1BDo6V/edit?tab=t.0. Closing date for the IPT‑A applications to UCL is Friday 12th December. The portal will be temporarily closed between 5th and 8th December.

For applicants wishing to be considered for the CBT position, please apply to KCL via the following link: UPDATED KCL CYP-PT Therapies Wave 15 Jan 2026 - Application Guidance.pdf. The closing date for candidates wishing to apply to KCL for the CBT course is Monday 8th December at 16:00 hrs. After this date applications will not be accepted.

Please specify in your application which course you would like to be considered for.

Please see attached job specification for further details.

This advert closes on Tuesday 16 Dec 2025.

Benefits

Highlights include:

• Generous pay, pensions and leave. SLaM offers a comprehensive pay, pensions and leave package which is dependent on role and length of service.
• Work‑life balance. SLaM offers flexible working and supports part‑time working and job sharing.
• Career development. SLaM provides 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. SLaM staff benefits from competitive deals to lease cars.
• Accommodation. SLaM staff benefits from keyworker housing, available on selected sites.
• NHS discounts. SLaM staff are eligible for discounts up to 10% from a variety of well‑known retail brands through health service discount websites.

Other benefits include:

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

SLaM is committed to ensuring staff get the most out of their benefits package and understand the importance of a healthy work‑life balance.

SLaM wants you to feel like you are part of a close knit team. It’s important to us that you are valued and appreciated and that's why we have a comprehensive benefits package on offer.