CAMHS Practitioner CYP-PT: Therapy Trainee – Systemic, Conduct - NCCT

North London NHS Foundation Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 36,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Health & wellbeing initiatives

NHS pension scheme

NHS discounts

Generous annual leave

Job summary

North London NHS Foundation Trust is offering a CYP Psychological Training – Systemic Traineeship in North Camden Community CAMHS Team. The one-year fixed-term post runs January 2027 to January 2028, with a mix of academic teaching and direct client work.

Trainees will be employed by the service and enrolled as students at King’s College London, aiming to achieve a KCL Postgraduate Diploma. The role provides MDT supervision across CAMHS disciplines and offers a pathway into specialised systemic

Qualifications

• Training post emphasizes evidence-based interventions based on NICE guidelines.
• Core principles: accessibility, accountability, participation, awareness, evidence-based practice.

Responsibilities

• Apply learning from weekly teaching at King’s College London to practical clinical work.
• Collaborate within an MDT including psychology, nursing, social work and family systemic therapy.
• Provide services for children and young people aged 0–18 with emotional wellbeing needs.

Skills

Evidence-based practice

NICE guidelines

Education

Enrolled student at King’s College London

Job description

CYP Psychological Training – Systemic Training Roles

Band 6 – 1 x within North Camden Community CAMHS Team

1-year fixed term Training Post. - January 2027 –January 2028.

Based at: NCCT Tavistock Centre 120 Belsize Lane London NW3 %BA

We are seeking highly motivated candidates who are enthusiastic about making a difference to children's mental health through evidence-based interventions based on NICE Guideline recommended treatment.

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, along with a dedication to equity, diversity and inclusion.

This full-time training will begin in January 2027 with around 2.5 days a week for academic work (teaching and personal study), and 2.5 days based at the service seeing clients related to training assignments. Trainees will be both an employee of the service and an enrolled student with King’s College London. Upon completion, qualified trainees will receive a KCL Postgraduate Diploma

The Camden Community CAMHS Teams (North) have an exciting opportunity for a CYP Psychological Training – Systemic (conduct) Trainees to join their teams as part of the NHS England (NHSE) funded Children and Young People (CYP) Psychological Training Programmes (formerly CYP-IAPT).

The Camden Community CAMHS Teams work with children and families from 0-18 years and work with moderate + emotional wellbeing needs, the teams have a strong MDT approach with clinical staff from a variety of disciplines to include: child psychotherapy, psychiatry, psychology, nursing, social work and systemic psychotherapy and offering evidence-based talking therapies. The teams works closely with Camden CAMHS services and partner agencies within the Units, and with Camden primaries and secondary schools.

This is a unique opportunity to apply your learning from weekly teaching held at King’s College London into practical clinical interventions working with clients in the service making a direct impact in the lives of children, young people and their families.

North London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT) is committed to improving mental health care across North London to deliver excellent services to our local people.

Our Five-Year Strategy

• We will provide consistently high-quality care closer to home.
• With our partners in North London and each borough we will ensure equity of outcome for all
• We will offer great places to work, providing staff with supportive environment to deliver outstanding care.
• We will be more effective as an organisation by pioneering research, quality improvement and technology.

Why NLFT?

• We develop and retain our staff through leadership behaviours and managers programme and many more opportunities.
• We promote flexible working and support staff with a range of health and wellbeing initiatives.
• NHS Discounts, generous annual leave and NHS pension scheme
• Excellent internal staff network

In order to meet the needs of the Trust you may be required from time to time to work at different locations to your normal place of work. This may mean that you are required to work at any location that fall under Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Haringey or Islington. The Trust reserves the right to require staff to work at such other places or locations as it considers reasonable and necessary on a temporary or permanent basis.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Natalino Putzu Job title: Systemic & Family Psychotherapist Email address: [e-mail]