Job summary
Passionate about the mental health and wellbeing of children and young people?
If so, we would like to hear from you.
The CFYP U18's Wellbeing Service are looking to recruit trainee Child and Young Person Wellbeing Practitioner's to continue to improve children and young people's mental health services in Suffolk. The training forms part of the service transformation initiative delivered by NHS England as part of the Children and Young People's Mental Health (CYP-MH) programme.
The Under 18 Wellbeing Service is part of the national accredited IAPT initiative. The aim of this is to increase mental health access to those living in Suffolk under the age of 18 who are experiencing mild to moderate levels of anxiety and depression. The service works in within the Children's Families and Young Person's care group of NSFT, providing low and high intensity mental health care to the local population.
The CWP Role predominantly involves assessment and subsequent delivery of manualised low intensity, high volume short term psychological interventions based on Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT). Much of the work delivered is around anxiety and low mood.
Main duties of the job
We are seeking to recruit 3 graduate level practitioners to provide guided self-help therapy and parenting interventions. These posts are salaried at NHS Agenda for Change band 4 and fully funded for a one year post graduate diploma in Child Wellbeing Practice through Kings CollegeLondon. Further intensive supervision and on the job training will be provided by an experienced supervisor within each team.During training, the post-holders will work under close supervision to gain experience across healthcare and community settings to enable them to gain the level of competence required to deliver high-quality, evidence-based early interventions for children and young people experiencingmild to moderate mental health problems.
Trainees will be located in either Ipswich or Bury St Edmunds with the ability to travel to different localities in Suffolk.Please read the full Job Description and Person Specification before applying for the role.
About us
This is a trainee position and post holder will undertake training at Kings College London alongside working in the U18's Wellbeing Service. They will be taught to deliver evidence based guided self-help interventions for children and young people experiencing mild to moderate mental healthdifficulties. 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 in early/mid-January 2024 and posts cannot be offered to candidates unless they can guarantee this start date.
Shortlisted candidates will also need to submit an application form to KCL for a place on the Diploma in Child Wellbeing Practice. The application form details are attached/linked below and will need to be completed at the same time as your application for a post.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please read the full Job Description and Person Specification before applying for the role. Please note that an application to Kings College London Post Graduate Diploma in Child Wellbeing Practice needs to be made alongside your application to the U18's Wellbeing Service. It is important that you read theattached guidance:
Further information can also be found on the KCL CYP-MH website here: www.kings-cyp.com/page/cwp
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please read the full Job Description and Person Specification before applying for the role. Please note that an application to Kings College London Post Graduate Diploma in Child Wellbeing Practice needs to be made alongside your application to the U18's Wellbeing Service. It is important that you read theattached guidance:
Further information can also be found on the KCL CYP-MH website here: www.kings-cyp.com/page/cwp
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Previous experience of working with children and young people
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of children and young people gained through academic study in child development, child wellbeing or mental health
Qualifications
Essential
- Undergraduate degree, upper second class or above, in Psychology OR related subject (e.g., Psychology, Education, Childhood development, Social Work etc), OR any subject with further training or experience in a relevant field (e.g., Teaching/TA; Learning Support; HCA; Youth Work; Counselling etc) OR relevant professional experience in CYP Mental Health/ Education/ Mentorship (to be considered on a case-by-case basis) indicating ability to study at degree level.
Desirable
- Training in nursing, social work, occupational therapy, counselling or within a specific psychological therapy Psychology or other health /social care/youth related undergraduate degree
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Previous experience of working with children and young people
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of children and young people gained through academic study in child development, child wellbeing or mental health
Qualifications
Essential
- Undergraduate degree, upper second class or above, in Psychology OR related subject (e.g., Psychology, Education, Childhood development, Social Work etc), OR any subject with further training or experience in a relevant field (e.g., Teaching/TA; Learning Support; HCA; Youth Work; Counselling etc) OR relevant professional experience in CYP Mental Health/ Education/ Mentorship (to be considered on a case-by-case basis) indicating ability to study at degree level.
Desirable
- Training in nursing, social work, occupational therapy, counselling or within a specific psychological therapy Psychology or other health /social care/youth related undergraduate degree
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
