CYP IAPT CBT Trainee/ CAMHS Registered Practitioner
Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust
Gloucester, GL1 3PX
Salary
£39,959 to £48,117
Contract
Fixed-Term
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
9 September 2026
9 days left
Job description
This role is offered on a fixed term/ secondment basis for 12 months. Internal applicants who wish to be considered for a secondment opportunity shoul...
- Provide specialist CAMHS assessment and treatment interventions for children & young people (0-18yrs), presenting with emotional & mental health difficulties and those CYP with learning disabilities.
- Undertake clinical responsibility for caseload, adhering to risk management & care planning processes in line with Care Programme Approach (CPA) liaising with Trust and Gloucestershire multi-agency partners.
- Provide CAMHS specialist clinical risk assessments (inc Self Harm) & complex risk management plans as part of routine clinical work.
- Provide clinical interventions within a multidisciplinary team where expected roles, responsibilities and activity/performance expectations are outlined within a job plan. Job plan will be reviewed quarterly, may be adjusted to meet team/service led requirements.
- Ensure high quality, accurate & contemporaneous clinical record keeping is maintained in line with current Trust policies.
- Provide CAMHS consultation, training & advice to professionals working within a range of children's services within Gloucestershire .
- Provide clinical supervision to junior staff as required & CPD learning activities within the team.
- Provide professional based clinical reasoning, knowledge, skills & competencies re; a range of CAMHS interventions.
- Demonstrate working with colleagues to develop strong multidisciplinary ethos and focus to delivering high quality clinical services.
- The "voice" of the child will be central to developing personalised care plans.
The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification.
Please also note, as this is an NHSE funded course, those applying who have completed previous relevant NHSE funded training courses (e.g. CWPs & EMHPs) must be 4 years post completion.
We reserve the right to close the recruitment once sufficient applications have been received.
The Trust is required to work in line with the Governments UK Visa and Immigration Rules and Regulations. For more information about sponsorship for certain roles, please visit - https://www.gov.uk/browse/visas-immigration/work-visas
We have a skilled and dedicated workforce of over 5000 colleagues working in a diverse range of services over 55 sites and within people's homes. We strive to enable a welcoming workplace culture that builds and celebrates civility, inclusivity and diversity, while providing a sense of belonging and trust.
Annual staff surveys, regular Pulse surveys and other engagement opportunities provide our people with lots of opportunity to tell us about their experiences of working with us. In the latest staff survey, 61% of colleagues gave us their views. It was great to hear that:
- 72% of colleagues would recommend the Trust as a place to work, ranking us 1st for Provider Trusts in the South West region on this question.
- 76% would recommend the standard of care provided in our services if a friend or relative needed treatment, also ranking us 1st in the South West region.
- 81% said that care of patients and service users is the Trust's priority, compared with an average in comparable NHS Trusts in England of 64%.
This high-level overview shows we are in a healthy position, with higher scores than average for comparable organisations, alongside a great response rate, indicating good staff engagement. However, we also know we have plenty of room for improvement in many areas. To that end, we continue to prioritise and invest in our commitment to genuinely becoming a Great Place to Work with consistent top-quartile performance in the annual staff survey and Pulse surveys.
QUALIFICATIONS
Essential
- Professional Health or Social Care qualification: RNLD, RMHN, OT, MHSW
- Demonstrate current registration with a regulated professional body/ organisation: NMC, HCPC
- Evidence of formal post registration learning
- KSA applicants a level 6 qualification; a first degree or equivalent. Minimum of 4 years equivalent full-time work in a relevant mental health or psychotherapeutic setting. Ability to complete KSA self statements, KSA 1 life stages and human development. KSA 4 Models of therapy. KSA 6 Maintain and manage reports. KSA 8 Awareness of risk. KSA 14 Record of experience. These statements to be completed prior to interview and after shortlisting.
Desirable
- Post graduate training within a relevant CAMHS field or skill
- Profession specific additional qualifications (i.e LD, nurse prescriber, DBT, CBT, AMHP, family therapy or systemic practice)
- Clinical supervisor qualification/training/
- Accreditation
LENGTH AND / OR NATURE OF EXPERIENCE
Essential
- Significant clinical experience of delivering evidence based/best practice clinical interventions within CAMHS or related services and/or adult mental health settings. For LD posts, demonstrate experience with delivering the above related to working with children and young people with complex learning disability needs.
- Experience of undertaking specialist Self Harm assessments of children and young people
- Significant clinical experience of specialist care planning & case management/care coordination (including complex clinical risk assessment & management) within a mental health or learning disability setting.
- Significant experience of CAMHS related multi-agency collaborative working and joint care planning
- Experience of identifying and managing complex safeguarding concerns, including using formal processes to escalate safeguarding issues
- Experience of providing specialist CAMHS related consultation/training and advice to partner agencies
- Significant experience of providing personalised care planning to meet mental health or learning disabilities needs
- Significant experience of delivering profession-based interventions within a clinical/therapeutic setting
Desirable
- Experience of providing clinical supervision
- Experience of providing specialist consultation/ support to partner agencies
How to apply
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Provenance
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First seen
27 August 2026
Last checked
31 August 2026
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