Job summary
- Main area
- Mental Health
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 6
- Contract
- 12 months (Fixed Term Contracts)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 363-SS7536988
- Employer
- East London NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Charter House
- Town
- Luton
- Salary
- £37,338 - £44,962 pa
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 31/10/2025 23:59
Employer heading
CYP-PT Training (Formally RtT): CAMHS Practitioner (CBT Modality)
NHS AfC: Band 6
ELFT has long been recognised as a centre of excellence for mental and health care, innovation and improvement. So it is a very exciting time for you to come and work for us. Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive – so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.
Job overview
1 post: CYP- PT Trainee CAMHS practitioner (formally RtT) – CBT modality Emotional and Behavioural Team, Luton CAMHS (1.0 FTE, I year Fixed Term Contract)
Our service has an exciting opportunity to join one of our central CAMHS teams as a CYP PT CBT modality Trainee (formally RtT), part of the National Health Service England (NHSE) funded CAMHS workforce training. The post-holder will be training on the Children & Young People Mental Health (CYP-MH) CBT Course and carrying out clinical work in our service to complement their studies and use their newly developed skills. We are seeking a highly motivated and enthusiastic mental health practitioner to work and train within our service. The training post will equip the post-holder to provide CBT interventions for children, young people or families using evidence-based intervention consistent with the course they are attending. The post holder will work with people with different cultural backgrounds and ages and developmental needs, using interpreters when necessary and should be committed to equity, diversity and inclusion.
This is a training position and so all candidates will need to apply for both the trainee role with our organisation and the UCL Post Graduate Diploma in Child and Young Person IAPT Therapy in order to be shortlisted (for more information about the course and minimum entry criteria, please see the course page and brochures
Main duties of the job
This is an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic practitioner who is keen to develop further experience, training and knowledge of delivering evidence-based CBT interventions to children and their carers/families. The successful candidate will work in one of our core specialist CAMHS pathways providing CBT intervention for a range of moderate to severe mental health problems under supervision from a senior colleague.
Responsibilities will include direct clinical work and management of complex and sometimes high risk cases with support of your line manager and clinical supervisor. You will be a member of the MDT and involved in multi-disciplinary meetings and broader service developments. You will be expected to liaise with other agencies involved in the care of the children and young people on your caseload, including schools, social care or other community agencies.
The post will be hosted in the Emotional and Behavioural Team (EBT) in Luton specialist CAMHS which is a multi-disciplinary team delivering a wide range of mental health assessments and therapeutic interventions to children, young people between the ages of 0-18 and their families.
Working for our organisation
Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive – so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please also read attached job description and person specification for full details.
Information about the Training & the Job Role
This is a fixed term post with this training year funded by NHSE. After successful completion of the course the fixed term training contract will end, however applicants would be encouraged to apply for any vacant posts within the service and will be provided with support and advice in job applications.
This role will be best suited for applicants that are able to balance a very busy work and study schedule. You will be an employee at the service but also enrolled on a Postgraduate Diploma course. As this is a Postgraduate level training, you will be required to study and perform at academic level. Applicants must be prepared to work towards their studies outside of protected study time (such as on weekends and after work). Protected study time or teaching days are typically two days a week during term (with possibility of extra university days near start) and will be a mixture of in person and online sessions. Applicants must be willing to travel into London to attend their lectures.
More information about the courses and how the training works can be found here (AFC website) and including the course brochures, and we strongly recommend you read the FAQs.
NHSE have implemented a rule regarding beneficiaries of their training year funding – this affects candidates who have been on one of the courses listed on the NHSE website from 1st August 2022. We recommend you read this if you plan to apply to future trainings.
This is an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic practitioner who is keen to develop further experience, training and knowledge of delivering evidence-based CBT interventions to children and their carers/families. The successful candidate will work in one of our core specialist CAMHS pathways providing CBT intervention for a range of moderate to severe mental health problems under supervision from a senior colleague.
Responsibilities will include direct clinical work and management of complex and sometimes high risk cases with support of your line manager and clinical supervisor. You will be a member of the MDT and involved in multi-disciplinary meetings and broader service developments. You will be expected to liaise with other agencies involved in the care of the children and young people on your caseload, including schools, social care or other community agencies.
Information about how to Apply
This is a training position and so all candidates will need to apply for both the trainee role with our organisation and the UCL Post Graduate Diploma in Child and Young Person IAPT Therapy in order to be shortlisted (for more information about the course and minimum entry criteria, please see the course page and brochures:
Direct UCL application link: https://evision.ucl.ac.uk/urd/sits.urd/run/siw_ipp_lgn.login_enc?0qhYzuG1h9udTFM8i9sPhtGiUgIR6D6iP0QBDHq24aUE7Anl4FtDGBDmc3LlBtzaVi6cWmaNYWo=
Application guidance document for candidates with direct application link included : https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/17bbinRzAlIfH8SKe3t18I2m14L7sli5e?usp=drive_link
Please complete your university application using the UCL University Application Guidance supplied.
UCL covers the modalities of ASC/LD, Under 5s, IPT-A and CBT, You only need one application to the associated University no matter how many training posts you apply for. However, it is very important to mention which modality/modalities you are applying for and why you are qualified & interested in them in your personal statement as this will be assessed by the course team to determine course/modality suitability.
Please note that when you apply to this role, your name will be shared with the Higher Education Institute (HEI) running the course. The service will usually be the Course Team’s main way of contacting you until you have been sent an Offer, and so the Course Team at the HEI may ask for information if it is relevant to deciding course eligibility. Other information that might be shared:
- Reason behind ineligibility for the course.
- Queries regarding application
- Name change - confirm with service to ensure that they are reviewing the correct candidate.
This is an integral part of the process to confirm that you have applied to the University and that you meet their course requirements. Please apply to the University at the same time as applying to this job position.
If you apply to this job, you are giving permission that information relevant to establishing eligibility can be shared between the HEI and the Service. No irrelevant information will be disclosed or discussed.
As these are training positions, please be aware that this is a dual application process where you must be employed in a Recruit to Train funded job to also receive a place on the course, and vice-versa. If you are ineligible for the University Course, we will be unable to be offer the role. If you withdraw from an employment offer but you have accepted a university offer, you will be unable to join the course. You must apply to the course at the same time as this job.
Please note in this instance the course is not optional; the roles are dependent on meeting all course requirements.
Applicants for this training at UCL will need to be available to start by the 12th of January 2026 at the latest (with the course starting on the 19th January 2026).
For further information regarding this post, please contact:
Dr Helen Barker, Clinical Team Lead, Luton Emotional and Behavioural Team [email protected]
Telephone number: 01525 638614 or 01525 638613.
We are expecting a high number of applicants for this post, so please apply early. We will need to close the advert before the official closing date, if we have reached our agreed maximum number of applicants.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- • Minimum second-class Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent standard in a relevant subject (e.g. psychology, social work etc)
- • Evidence of continuing professional development
Desirable criteria
- • Professional knowledge acquired through degree/diploma
- • A training in a mental-health related profession (e.g., psychology, nursing, health visiting; social-work, occupational therapy, speech and language therapy, special needs teaching, psychiatry, other psychotherapy, counselling and low –intensity therapies)
Other
Essential criteria
- • To have knowledge and understanding of the research process
- • Car driver. Willingness to drive for work purposes.
- • To be I.T competent
- • Commitment to client centred, non discriminatory practice
- • Commitment to lifelong learning
- • Willingness to be flexible
Experience
Essential criteria
- • Two years experience in a mental health setting, working with young people or adults with mental illness.
- Experience of working with safeguarding issues
- Experience of multi agency working and liaising across internal & external agencies
Desirable criteria
- • Experience of using Routine Outcome Measures (ROMS)
- • Experience of working with children and young people who have serious mental illness and their families and carers in the community
- Experience of working in a multi-cultural setting
Knowledge and Skills
Essential criteria
- • To have ability to manage case load
- • To be able to function as part of multi disciplinary team and liaise with external agencies i.e. primary care, education, social and health care.
- • To have ability to assess client need, both mental health, health and social needs
- • Ability to reflect on and critically appraise the performance of self and others.
- • Ability to organise own time and diary and that of junior staff and learners
- • Have ability to follow policy and make proposal for change
- • Understanding of evidence based practice and the ability to demonstrate how this influences clinical practice
- • Maintain patient records both written and electronic
- • Understanding of the legal and social policy issues influencing the work environment.
- • Ability to maintain effective working relationships with relevant parties
Desirable criteria
- • To have knowledge and understanding of the research process
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Dr Helen Barker
- Job title
- Clinical Team Lead Luton EB Team
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01582 638613
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