Children’s Wellbeing Practitioner (CWP) trainee

Job summary

We are excited to announce 8 training CWP posts in West London Trust across Hammersmith and Fulham, and Hounslow The purpose of the role is to provide early intervention by way of Guided Self Help (GSH) for children and young people experiencing emotional and behavioural difficulties especially those who would not normally meet the threshold or engage with CAMHS.

Alongside working towards a Postgraduate Diploma in Child and Young Person's Psychological Wellbeing Practice at Kings College London (KCL), you will work in clinic under the supervision of a CWP Supervisor and there will be close links with the specialist Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT) CAMHS teams.

The training programme is part of the Children and Young Persons Increasing Access to Psychological Therapies (CYP-IAPT). The aim of the programme is to provide evidence-based treatment's that are brief, low in intensity for mild to moderate emotional and behavioural difficulties in children and young people.

We ask that, when you write your personal statement within your application, you rank your preference of training location in order of first and second preference:

Hounslow Community CAMHS

Hammersmith & Fulham Community CAMHS

Main duties of the job

This is a training position post holder will undertake training at Kings College London alongside working in service for Hounslow or Hammersmith and Fulham CCAMHS. 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.

Applicants will need to be ready to start work 20th January 2025 and posts cannot be offered to candidates unless they can guarantee this start date.

Please note that an application to Kings College London Post Graduate Diploma Child Wellbeing Practice needs to be made alongside your application to West London NHS Trust. It is important that you read the linked guidance below:

KCL CWP Cohort 10 Jan 2025 - KCL Programme Brochure.pdf

KCL CWP Cohort 10 Jan 2025 - KCL Application Guidance.pdf

Please contact cyp-mh@kcl.ac.uk if you have any questions about the course.

About us

West London NHS Trust is one of the most diverse healthcare providers in the UK, delivering a range of mental health and physical healthcare and community services. The Trust runs Broadmoor Hospital, one of three high secure hospitals in the country, with an international reputation.

Our high secure services care for patients from South of England and we provide low and medium secure services across eight London boroughs. The Trust also provides mental and physical healthcare in three London boroughs (Ealing, Hounslow and Hammersmith & Fulham). We employ 4,500 staff, of whom 56% are BME. Our turnover for 2023-24 is £426m.

The Trust is rated as 'Good' overallby the Care Quality Commission. Forensic services are rated as 'Outstanding'.

The Trust is an established partner and contributor in the development of the evolving North West London Integrated Care System and the Integrated Care Board. The Trust leads the NW London Children and Adolescent Mental Health provider collaborative.