Trainee CWP

LIVING WELL UK; Northampton; Hybrid; GBP 27,000 - 33,000; Full time

Job summary

Living Well Consortium seeks Trainee Children's Wellbeing Practitioners to deliver brief interventions for children and families within the NHS Talking Therapies framework. The traineeship includes University of Northampton teaching, self-directed study, and a placement with Living Well Consortium, starting January 2027.

Candidates should hold a 2:2+ honours degree in psychology or sociology and have at least one year of relevant work or volunteering experience.

Qualifications

• Honours degree (2:2 or above) in Psychology or Sociology
• At least 1 year of work or volunteering experience supporting children/young people with their mental health

Responsibilities

• Deliver brief therapeutic early interventions for children and adolescents with mild to moderate anxiety and depression and parents
• Support community mental health promotion through psychoeducation, training, group work and CYP/parent participation

Education

Honours degree (2:2 or above) in Psychology or Sociology

Job description

Trainee CWP

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 through 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
  • Salary: £30,162.00pro rata per annum
  • Fixed term contract for one year
  • Traineeship begins in January 2027
  • Hybrid working (in-person workingis required at Employer and Universitymultiple days per week)
• Working hours:

Closing date: Midnight, Sunday 11th October 2026. We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications.

Interview dates: TBC- mid/late November 2026.

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.