CAMHS Systemic CYP- IAPT Trainee | Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Cornwall Partnership Foundation NHS Trust; Launceston; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 34,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Funded CYP-IAPT training

Job summary

Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is seeking committed practitioners to train with South West CYP IAPT in Systemic Therapy within community CAMHS. Two funded places are available on the Systemic Practitioner CYP-IAPT course, with placements across East and Mid/West Cornwall.

Post holders will deliver systemic interventions for children and adolescents and study at the University of Exeter for two days per week while working in a CAMHS service for 2–3 days a week.

Qualifications

• CAMHS experience and registered competencies in children’s mental health.
• Backgrounds from various professions welcome for CYP-IAPT training.
• Willingness to train on the Systemic Practitioner CYP-IAPT course.

Responsibilities

• Deliver evidence-based systemic interventions within community CAMHS.
• Work with families and sub-systems to explore emotions and perspectives.
• Participate in a training programme while providing clinical supervision.

Skills

CAMHS experience

Systemic therapy knowledge

Children’s mental health competencies

Education

Registration in children’s mental health

Job description

CAMHS Systemic CYP- IAPT Trainee | Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Company:

Company: Cornwall Partnership Foundation NHS Trust

We are seeking committed practitioners who wish to further their studies by training with South West CYP IAPT in Systemic Therapy. We are offering two funded places on the Systemic Practitioner CYP-IAPT course.

The successful candidates will work within community CAMHS, delivering evidence-based systemic interventions for children and adolescents experiencing depression, self-harm, and/or conduct disorder.

One post is likely to be based in East Cornwall for most of the training and the other will be based in Mid/West Cornwall. Both roles may involve travel between clinics.

The course runs for one year, January to December, funded by Health Education England. You will study at the University of Exeter two days per week and work in a children’s mental health service for 2–3 days per week.

We welcome applicants from a range of professional backgrounds who have CAMHS experience and relevant competencies and registration in children’s mental health.

Please note:If you are an internal candidate and wanting to apply for this position as a secondment opportunity. Before applying, please ensure you have discussed the post with your current line manager and obtained their agreement to support your release for the duration of the secondment.

Please note:This opportunity is open to internal candidates withinWest ICA specialist CAMHS team, Cornwall Partnership Foundation Trust. If you do not currently work for this NHS organisation, your application will not be considered at this time.

EXPECTED START DATE: 5th January 2027 and candidates will need to register for the course by December 2026.

This is a training role within the Child and Young Persons Improving Access to Psychological Therapies Programme (CYP-IAPT). The post-holders will work within Cornwall CAMHS service at Cornwall Partnership Trust, providing systemic interventions whilst undertaking a programme of training for these roles at the University of Exeter.

Systemic therapy explores relationships and involves working with family members and sub-systems to safely explore difficult emotions and thoughts and emotions, to understand each other’s experiences and perspectives. The training and supervisory experience will equip the learners to deliver evidence based systemic interventions in either eating disorders or community CAMHS.

Learners will gain a critical and reflective understanding of the CYP IAPT model of service change, outcome monitoring, and fundamentals of systemic approaches working with children and families.

This clinical practise will complement and enhance the knowledge gained from the university as you will be given the opportunity to learn a range of systemic techniques and interventions under the supervision of highly specialised family and systemic practitioners.

We’re an NHS community and mental health provider Trust based in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. We deliver community and hospital-based care to improve people’s physical and mental health. We also provide specialist support to people with dementia or a learning disability.

We are a people organisation and people matter to us. As part of the team, you'll help support the health and wellbeing of the people who live and visit this beautiful part of the UK.

Over 4,000 people make up the Trust. This includes doctors, nurses, therapists, plus admin and support staff.

We work in people's homes, in community clinics and bases. Some staff work from one of our 13 community hospitals. Our aspiration is to have great people, provide great care, be a great place to work and a great partner.

Just over 532,000 people live here. A third of people who live in Cornwall are supported by acute hospital services in Devon. As a result, we also work closely with our partners in Devon. In the summer, and during other holidays lots of people choose to visit the area. This increases the numbers of people who use our services.

For full information of the roles and responsibilities of this role, please see the attached job description and person specification.

This advert closes on Monday 16 Nov 2026

Cornwall Partnership Foundation NHS Trust