Trainee CBT Therapist (Children & Young People)

Groundwork; Camden Town; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A community organization in England is offering a training position for providing CBT-based interventions to children and adolescents. This role involves clinical work with students from King's College London and requires a relevant undergraduate degree plus experience working therapeutically. Flexibility to work at different locations and outside normal hours is required. Staff will benefit from BUPA health services and CPD opportunities.

Benefits

BUPA health benefits

Regular CPD opportunities

Team Wellbeing Days

Qualifications

• Candidates must have a minimum of 2 years' experience working therapeutically with children and young people.
• Must balance academic study and clinical work, maintaining accurate records.

Responsibilities

• Provide CBT-based interventions to children and adolescents with mental health difficulties.
• Work in person and online, flexibly across multiple locations.

Skills

Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

Ability to manage emotive interactions

Reflective practice

Sensitivity to cultural and social differences

Flexibility in working across locations

Education

Relevant undergraduate degree

Job description

You will receive weekly teaching from King's College London on Mondays and Tuesdays and concurrently work clinically within our services, providing CBT-based 1:1 and group interventions to children and adolescents with common mental health difficulties, under regular supervision, to meet the requirements of the course and the needs of our service users. Therapeutic interventions will initially be delivered across The Nest in Peckham, working with ages 11-25s, and the Roots in Waltham Forest working with ages 11-17. The therapeutic work will be conducted in person at our hub in Peckham, at a base in Walthamstow, or online with some use of other satellite locations in Southwark possible with some of these sessions being outside office hours. Therefore, an ability and willingness to work flexibly, outside office hours, and to travel across Southwark and Waltham Forest are requirements of the post. Employees for Groundwork London receive BUPA health benefits that mean staff can claim money back for a wide variety of wellbeing services including dental work and optician's appointments. Staff are given the opportunity to participate in regular CPD opportunities to support their professional growth. Groundwork's Youth Team also provide whole team Wellbeing Days allowing colleagues to take the day off from their regular workday to socialise and participate in a range of activities to support positive wellbeing and team cohesion.

This is a training position, where you will be employed by Groundwork London, our Youth Team, while undertaking the Postgraduate Diploma in CBT for Children and Young People at King's College London. The course is part of the Children and Young People's Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (CYP IAPT) programme. Applicants will be required to hold a relevant undergraduate degree and to have a minimum of 2 years' experience working therapeutically with children and young people.

• A relevant undergraduate degree and at least two years' experience working therapeutically with children and young people.
• Ability to balance academic study and clinical work, maintaining accurate records and adhering to clinical governance standards.
• Strong reflective practice - able to manage emotive or challenging interactions and use supervision effectively.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with sensitivity to cultural and social differences.
• Flexibility to work across locations in Southwark and Waltham Forest, including some sessions outside normal office hours.