Trainee Children's Wellbeing Practitioner (CWP)

Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust; Truro; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 31,000; Full time

Job summary

Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting three Trainee Children’s Wellbeing Practitioners to join the Cornwall CAMHS team in Mid Cornwall. The role combines education-based training with practical service delivery for children and young people.

The programme starts January 2025 and runs for 12 months, with supervision and a university-led curriculum. Successful candidates will gain experience in evidence-based interventions within CAMHS settings.

Qualifications

• All applicants must demonstrate in their application the ability to work at degree level or have an equivalent level of relevant experience, with a proven record of previous learning or formal study in child development, wellbeing or mental health.
• Further to that experience of working with children and young people and an understanding of children's mental health is desirable.
• The training programme for this post starts in January 2025, is 12 months in duration and will consist of academic and supervised practice learning offering evidence based psychological interventions for children and young people within the CAMHS 'Getting help' pathways.
• Delivery of the programme will be provided through a combination of taught days within a University, independent self-guided study days and experience gained in education wellbeing and mainstream mental health services

Responsibilities

• The post holder will work in a multi-disciplinary CAMHS team delivering supervised, high-quality interventions for children and young people.
• Attend university-based taught and self-study days as required by the education provider while working in the service for the remaining days.
• Participate in a 12-month training programme starting January 2025 to gain competence in evidence-based early interventions.

Education

Degree level or equivalent experience in child development, wellbeing or mental health

Job description

Trainee Children's Wellbeing Practitioner (CWP)

Band 4

Main area Education Mental Health Grade Band 4 Contract Fixed term: 12 months (Training programme with no guarantee of employment once completion of the programme and qualification, including registration if relevant to the post. If the training provider removes you from the programme or you are not successful in completing all requirements of the programme and therefore deemed as failing, the Trust will look at appropriate redeployment if applicable, otherwise the Trust reserves the right to terminate the employment contract.) Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week Job ref 201-26-821

Site Children's Centre Town Truro Salary £28,392 - £31,157 Per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 24/09/2026 23:59

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Strategic Themes

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• Care provided at home or close to home.
• Improvement through learning, research and innovation.
• Prevention and alternatives to hospital.

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Great People

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• Living our values with staff (all voices count).
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• Leaders with compassion, who continuously learn and listen.

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• Encourage and enable effective partnerships.
• Joined-up community services.
• Work with others to maximise workforce opportunities.
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At the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s job share, part time or another flexible pattern. In addition, although the role advertised may have a ‘home’ office base indicated, we remain committed to supporting flexibility around workplace locations. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

Job overview

We would like to recruit three Trainee Children's Wellbeing practitioners into Cornwall CAMHS team. The posts will be based in Mid Cornwall. This is an employment based training role within the forming part of a NHSE, HEE and DoH initiative to expand the metal health workforce offering support to children and young people at a stage of early intervention.

The successful post-holder will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team delivering, under supervision, high-quality; outcome-informed, focused, evidence-based interventions for children and young people experiencing, mild to moderate anxiety, low mood and behavioural difficulties. The training and service experience will equip the post holder with the necessary knowledge, attitude and capabilities to operate effectively within the wider service.

The post holder will attend all university based taught and self-study days required by the education provider, as specified within the agreed curriculum and work in the service for the remaining days of the week using their newly developed skills.

Main duties of the job

Successful candidates will be offered a full-time educational programme delivered specifically for the role in partnership with the University of Exeter, due to the location of the employing services, the training will likely be delivered within the Exeter area.

All applicants must demonstrate in their application the ability to work at degree level or have an equivalent level of relevant experience, with a proven record of previous learning or formal study in child development, wellbeing or mental health. Further to that experience of working with children and young people and an understanding of children's mental health is desirable.

The training programme for this post starts in January 2025, is 12 months in duration and will consist of academic and supervised practice learning offering evidence based psychological interventions for children and young people within the CAMHS 'Getting help' pathways.

Delivery of the programme will be provided through a combination of taught days within a University, independent self-guided study days and experience gained in education wellbeing and mainstream mental health services

During training, the post-holder will work under supervision to gain experience to enable them to gain the level of competence required to deliver high-quality, evidence-based early interventions for children and young people experiencing mild to moderate mental health problems.

Working for our organisation

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.