Trainee Children's Wellbeing Practitioner

Whittington Health NHS Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 34,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Training opportunity

Job summary

Whittington Health NHS Trust is recruiting two trainee Child and Adolescent Mental Health Worker (CWP) positions in Islington. Trainees will undertake a one-year post-graduate qualification (PG Dip Child and Young Persons Psychological Wellbeing Practice) through University College London while working within Islington CAMHS.

These training posts involve online and face-to-face learning, supervision by a CAMHS clinician, and delivering brief evidence-based guided self-help interventions for

Qualifications

• Must be willing to undertake PGDip training.
• Ability to work with children and young people in CAMHS settings.

Responsibilities

• Deliver guided self-help interventions under supervision.
• Work within Islington CAMHS delivering brief outcome-focused interventions.
• Attend university teaching days and integrate learning into service delivery.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Willingness to learn

Education

Postgraduate Diploma in Child and Adolescent Psychological Wellbeing Practice

Job description

Islington CAMHS are looking to recruit two trainee CWPs to continue to improve children and young people's mental health services in Islington. The training forms part of the service transformation initiative delivered by Health Education England as part of the Children and Young People's Mental Health (CYP-MH) programme. Trainees will be employed by Whittington Health, managed and supervised by a CAMHS clinician to train for a one-year post graduate qualification (PG Diploma Child and Young Persons Psychological Wellbeing Practice) through University College London.

This is a training position; the post holder will undertake online and face to face training at University College London alongside working face to face in service for Islington CAMHS. They will be taught to deliver evidence based guided self-help interventions for children and young people experiencing mild to moderate mental health difficulties. The post holder will use their newly developed skills to support children and young people who are referred into the service and trainees will receive supervision to support their professional development. The training and service experience will equip the post holder with the necessary knowledge, attitude and capabilities to operate effectively in an inclusive, value driven service.

The post holder will attend all university London based taught and self-study days required by the education provider in person and online, as specified within the agreed national curriculum and work in the service for the remaining days of the week using their newly developed skills. The CWPs therefore must work full time and be available for all training days from January 2027.

The post-holder will work within Islington CAMHS delivering, under supervision, high-quality; brief outcome focused evidence-based interventions and guided self-help for children and young people experiencing mild to moderate mental health difficulties., Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone.

Nowhere is this more obvious than in the way we look after our staff. We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this population, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, and religion or belief. The Trust believes that as a public sector organisation we have an obligation to have recruitment, training, promotion and other formal employment policies and procedures that are sensitive to these differences. We think that by doing so, we are better able to treat our patients as well as being a better place to work.