CYP IAPT Training Position SFP CD and SFP ED

Alder Hey Children's Nhs Foundation Trust; Liverpool; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in Liverpool is seeking successful applicants for a role in children's mental health interventions. The position involves delivering supervised evidence-based practices and engaging with community settings. Candidates should be prepared to commit to professional development and possess relevant qualifications. This role emphasizes a supportive work environment and offers various benefits, including flexible working opportunities.

Benefits

Flexible working opportunities

Generous annual leave

Pension and well-being programmes

Qualifications

• Applicants should state which course they are applying for and at which grade by considering the essential criteria.
• Must be registered with a professional body for progression to Band 6 role.

Responsibilities

• Deliver evidence-based mental health interventions for children and young people under supervision.
• Engage with supervision, colleagues, and the broader team for quality improvements.

Job description

Overview

The successful applicants will work within CYP MH as part of a multi-disciplinary team delivering, under supervision, high-quality, outcome informed, focused and evidence-based interventions for children and young people in accordance with the competency framework for their therapeutic modality. This is 200 hours of modality and case specific practice for the full time courses. Applicants should state which course they are applying for and at which grade by careful consideration of the essential criteria and person specification. The training posts will be based in Alder Hey Hospital Community Division with Sefton CAMHS and will enable work with children in a variety of community settings with support from colleagues.

Responsibilities

• Deliver evidence-based mental health interventions for children and young people under supervision, aligned to the practitioner’s therapeutic modality.
• Develop clinical practice hours for academic programmes and progress through the required training pathway.
• Work across community and hospital settings as part of the CYP MH service.
• Engage with supervision, colleagues, and the broader team to ensure quality, safety and service improvements.

Progression and roles

• To progress to the Band 6 role, you must be registered with a professional body or have undertaken the accreditation process and maintain this with the relevant body for your therapeutic modality.
• Those appointed at Band 6 will, on successful completion of the programme, return to the service to deliver interventions aligned to your therapeutic modality alongside generic CYP MH work.
• There will be a local 4-week induction and a skills and competency framework for Band 6 staff to ensure achievement of all elements of the Band 6 role.

Training and recruitment process

• A number of therapeutic modality training places for 2025/2026 are offered in partnership with Alder Hey Children’s Hospital, Venus and Parenting 2000, hosted by Sefton CAMHS.
• Interview dates are 8 and 10 October 2025; successful candidates must be able to start the Post Graduate training programme in January 2026 and commit to university taught and self-study days required by Manchester University.
• We reserve the right to close vacancies early when a sufficient number of applications have been shortlisted.

Organisation and values

Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The Trust promotes equality and diversity and operates a Zero Tolerance policy to aggression, violence, bullying and harassment. The Trust also provides a warm, flexible working environment with a generous benefits package including flexible working opportunities, lease car scheme, home electronics scheme, generous annual leave and pension, and well-being programmes.

Equality, recruitment and eligibility

We actively promote equality and diversity and encourage applications from all backgrounds. If you require any assistance during the application stages please contact the recruiting manager or the recruitment team. Applicants may be asked to declare whether AI has been used in their application. Selection processes monitor the use of AI to ensure applications accurately reflect skills.