Trainee CWP

Living Well Consortium; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 22,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

Living Well Consortium in Birmingham and Solihull is recruiting Trainee Children's Wellbeing Practitioners (CWPs) to join the NHS Talking Therapies service. The Traineeship combines university-led training with self-directed study days and a placement with LWC.

Starting January 2027, the role involves brief therapeutic interventions for children, adolescents, and parents, plus community prevention work. The programme blends face-to-face and remote teaching, and successful trainees will become

Qualifications

• A relevant honours degree graded at 2:2 or above (e.g., psychology or sociology).
• Minimum of one year’s work or volunteering experience supporting children/young people with mental health.

Responsibilities

• Provide brief therapeutic early interventions for children and adolescents with mild to moderate anxiety and depression.
• Support parents of children with mental health problems and deliver psychoeducation and group work.
• Engage in community prevention work and participate in training with University of Northampton.
• Complete assessments and portfolio-based tasks during the traineeship.

Education

Honours degree (2:2 or above) in psychology or sociology

Job description

Living Well Consortium (LWC), a partnership of member organisations in Birmingham and Solihull, is recruiting for Trainee Children's Wellbeing Practitioners (CWPs) to work within their NHS Talking Therapies (previously IAPT) service. The Traineeship involves teaching with University of Northampton as well as self-directed study days and a placement with Living Well Consortium. The Traineeship will start in January 2027.

The Trainee CWP role will include brief therapeutic early interventions for children and adolescents with mild to moderate anxiety and depression as well as parents of children experiencing mental health problems. The role also involves preventative work within communities, supporting mental health promotion in community settings though psychoeducation, training, group work, and supporting CYP/parent participation.

Training delivered by the University of Northampton is a combination of face-to-face, remote/online teaching, and university directed independent learning sessions. The Traineeship is assessed in numerous ways including module tests, video recordings of clinical assessments and intervention sessions, written work, case reports, presentations, and submission of portfolios.

The Traineeship is one year long, and, at the end of the programme, successful candidates will be fully qualified CWPs.

Candidates should have a relevant honours degree graded at 2:2 or above, such as a psychology or sociology degree. They should also have a minimum of one year’s work or volunteering experience of supporting children/young people with their mental health.

Successful candidates will be employed with a Living Well Consortium Service Provider.

Terms and Conditions

• Working hours: 37.5 hours per week
• Fixed term contract for one year
• Traineeship begins in January 2027
• Hybrid working (in-person working is required at Employer and University multiple days per week)

Recruitment Process

Living Well Consortium is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, Living Well Consortium will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. If reasonable accommodations are needed to participate in the job application or interview process, please contact us via the email address above or call on 0121 663 1254.

Living Well Consortium is a Disability Confident Employer.