CYP-PT Therapy Trainee CBT Practitioner/Band 6

The successful candidates would be working within CNWL Mental Health Support Team - Brent or Harrow.

The MHST works with young people age 5 - 18 with mild to moderate mental health presentations attending school/education settings.

• Provide evidence-based interventions for mild to moderate mental health issues.
• Support the senior mental health lead in each education setting to introduce or develop their whole school or college approach.
• Give timely advice to school and college staff, and liaising with external specialist services, to help children and young people to get the right support and stay in education.

The role will involve clinical work in school settings as appropriate to meet the requirements for the training course.

The post holder would attend MHST team meetings, group and 1:1 supervision and be part of the team.

Job Purpose

This is a training role within the Child and Young Persons Improving Access To Psychological Therapies Programme (CYP-IAPT Anna Freud/UCL) The post-holder will work within the CAMHS Early Intervention MHST service (NHS, Local Authority or voluntary sector) providing therapies whilst undertaking a programme of trainingin an evidence-based therapy for this role. This intensive training post will equip the postholder to provide evidence-based interventions based NICE Guideline recommended treatment and on CYP-IAPT core principles of accessibility, accountability, participation, awareness and evidence-based practice to provide an inclusive and effective service for children and young people. The post holder will work in the service for at least 2.5 days of the week using the newly developed skills whilst training for the remaining days.

The post holder will hold an appropriate training case load for the course and work with Children Young people and families with different cultural backgrounds and ages, using interpreters when necessary and should be committed to equal opportunitiesand inclusive, non-discriminatory practice.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

CLINICAL

1. With the assistance of their clinical supervisor accept appropriate referrals.

2. Assess clients for suitability for the treatment for which training is provided.

3. Make decisions on suitability of new referrals, adhering to the departments referral protocols, and refer unsuitable clients on to the relevant service or back to the referral agent as necessary.

4. Formulate, implement and evaluate therapy programmes for clients in line with their training modality and experience.

5. Involve family members and others in treatment as necessary, conveying therapy formulations with sensitivity in easily understood language.

6. Adhere to an agreed activity contract relating to the number of client contacts offered, and clinical sessions carried out per week in order to minimise waiting times and ensure treatment delivery remains accessible and convenient. This will reflect their part-tome work within the host trust or service.

7. Attend multi-disciplinary meetings relating to referrals or clients in treatment, where appropriate.

8. Complete all requirements relating to data collection within the service.

9. Keep coherent records of all clinical activity in line with service protocols

10. Work closely with other members of the team ensuring appropriate step-up and step-down arrangements are in place to maintain a stepped care approach.

11. Assess and integrate issues surrounding work and employment into the overall therapy process

CNWL is a major provider of Community and Mental health services across the South East of England.

CNWL's Strategy 2022-25

We will deliver the best possible outcomes for our service users and carers, through:

• Focus on excellent care
• Attract, retain and include all levels
• Strong local partnerships
• Simple effective processes
• Digitally-enabled, data driven

• Compassion: Our staff will be led by compassion and embody the values of care outlined in our Staff Charter.
• Respect: We will respect and value the diversity of our service users and staff, to create a respectful and inclusive environment, which recognises the uniqueness of each individual
• Empowerment: We will involve, inform and empower our service users, carers, and their families to take an active role in the management of their illness and adopt recovery principles. We will ensure our staff receive appropriate direction and support, to enable them to develop and grow.
• Partnership: We will work closely with our partners to ensure that our combined efforts are focused on achieving the best possible outcomes for the people we serve.

Essential: - Normally a minimum of a second-class Bachelor's degree from a UK university or an overseas qualification of an equivalent standard in a relevant academic subject (e.g. Psychology, Education, Childhood Development, Social Work OR any subject with further training or experience in a relevant field (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).

Desirable: - Previous experience of working within a CBT framework; - Previous experience of CAMHS and community based working.

Essential: - Knowledge and understanding of issues relating to risk and safeguarding children and young people.

Desirable: - Knowledge and understanding of CBT theory and its application.

Essential: - Relevant experience of working with children / young people in a mental health setting.; - Experience of assessing and managing risk and safeguarding issues.; - Experience of multi-agency and/or multi-disciplinary working and liaising across internal & external agencies.

Desirable: - Previous experience of working within a CBT framework and/or using CBT informed interventions.; - A year or more experience working within a CBT framework and/or using CBT informed interventions (e.g., PWP, CWP, EMHP and Parent Trainer).

Essential: - Ability to communicate effectively and sensitively with children, young people, and their families, whilst considering social differences.; - Ability to maintain a reflective stance in emotive/challenging interactions with children and their families.; - Ability to work in a collaborative and respectful manner with children, young people and their families.; - Ability to use supervision to reflect on current and future practice.; - Ability to manage academic demands alongside placement/clinical or service demands.; - Ability to organise own time and diary.; - Ability to follow local policy and procedures (e.g., within a CBT pathway) and make proposals for change.; - Ability to maintain accurate clinical records.; - Capability to complete academic work at postgraduate diploma level, including IELTS or equivalent to the appropriate level for students with English as a foreign language (Level 2)

Desirable: - Understanding of evidence-based clinical practice and the ability to demonstrate how this influences good clinical practice.