CYP-PT ASD/LD - CAMHS Practitioner Trainee

The Methodist Church in Britain; Luton; Hybrid; GBP 23,000 - 28,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary funded by NHS England

Job summary

East London NHS Foundation Trust is offering a fixed-term trainee post in the South Bedfordshire CAMHS Neurodevelopmental Team for 12 months, while the trainee studies a UCL postgraduate diploma. The role focuses on autism and learning disability, including challenging behaviours, with a two-year rule excluding recent BABCP graduates.

Applicants must submit a separate UCL application, and the course team will review the Diploma intake.

Qualifications

• Minimum second-class Bachelor's degree from a UK university or equivalent.
• BABCP core profession or a level 6 qualification meeting KSA route.

Responsibilities

• Help implement new or expanded specialist pathways to close gaps in child and young person mental health support.
• Complete a separate application to the UCL Postgraduate Diploma course and have data shared with UCL for shortlisting.
• Engage with multi-agency teams and liaise across internal and external agencies.

Skills

Autism knowledge

Intellectual disability

NICE guidelines

Communication with families

Education

Bachelor's degree (psychology / social work / nursing)

BABCP core profession or level 6 qualification (KSA route)

Job description

This fixed-term trainee post sits in the South Bedfordshire CAMHS Neurodevelopmental Team at East London NHS Foundation Trust, funded by NHS England under the Children and Young People Psychological Training Programmes. The trainee works in the team for twelve months while also studying for a UCL postgraduate diploma. The focus is autism and learning disability, including children whose distress shows as behaviours that challenge. Applicants need a separate UCL application, and recent CWP and EMHP graduates are excluded by a two-year rule.

What the job involves

• Help implement new or expanded specialist pathways to close gaps in child and young person mental health support
• Complete a separate application to the UCL Postgraduate Diploma course, which the course team reviews
• Accept that application data will be shared with UCL for shortlisting and enrolment

What’s required

Qualifications

• Minimum second-class Bachelor's degree from a UK university, or an equivalent overseas qualification, in a relevant subject such as psychology, social work or nursing
• BABCP core profession (for example mental health nursing or social work) or a level 6 qualification, meeting the BABCP KSA route criteria

Experience

• Minimum of two years working in a relevant environment or service
• Two years' full-time equivalent therapeutic experience in a mental health setting, for the KSA route
• Experience supporting people with autism or intellectual disability
• Experience supporting people whose distress shows as behaviours that challenge others
• Experience of multi-agency working and liaising across internal and external agencies

Skills & knowledge

• Knowledge of features of autism and intellectual disability, co-morbidities and associated challenges
• Understanding of issues related to post-diagnosis
• Knowledge and understanding of NICE guidelines
• Ability to communicate effectively and sensitively with children, young people and families

Nice to have

• Further postgraduate training in professional psychology, health or social care practice
• MSc or PhD in child mental health or child development
• Experience implementing adapted communication aids, CBT principles and PBS or SPELL approaches
• Experience of teaching other professionals
• Experience of working in a multi-ethnic community and with interpreters
• Knowledge of current developments in CAMHS
• Ability to teach basic CAMHS concepts
• Understanding of evidence-based practice and how it influences clinical practice

What’s offered

• Salary and training costs covered by NHS England funding