# CBT Trainee (ASC-LD) > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/cbt-trainee-asc-ld/825c880f-6e99-4f47-a9b5-e4aacf0070d7 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/cbt-trainee-asc-ld/825c880f-6e99-4f47-a9b5-e4aacf0070d7.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** HMP Bronzefield - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Cognitive behavioural therapist - **Grade:** Band 6 - **Salary:** £39,959 - £48,117 per annum - **Contract type:** 12 months (Secondment 12 months) - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-11-03T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-20T11:00:39.058Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/Milton_Keynes/Central_North_West_London_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Mental_Health/Mental_Health-v8370509 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8370509?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.cnwl.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Our service has an exciting opportunity for a CYP Psychological Trainings: Therapy Trainee (ASC-LD) to join our team as part of the NHS England (NHSE) funded Children and Young People (CYP) Psychological Training Programmes. This government-funded initiative promotes the growth and skill of the child mental health workforce to meet much needed demand. NHSE covers salary and training costs for a 1-year position, allowing services to employ trainees to support specialist pathways to bridge the gaps in CYP mental health support. This is a unique opportunity to apply your learning from weekly teaching into practical clinical interventions working with clients in the service making a direct impact in the lives of children, young people and their families. this is a training and employment post and candidates will need to manage a demanding combination of academic work, self-study and clinical case work. We are seeking highly motivated candidates who are enthusiastic about making a difference to children and young people’s mental health through evidence-based interventions based on NICE Guideline recommended treatment. You will be committed to the CYP Psychological Training Programme core principles: Accessibility, accountability, participation, awareness and evidence-based practice and in providing an inclusive and effective service for children and young people, along with a dedication to equity, diversity and inclusion. ### Main duties of the job Please note the position will be based at Eaglestone Health Centre, Eaglestone, Milton Keynes but successful candidates will be expected to travel to Anna Freud in Central London (Rodney St, N1 9JH) for teaching during the training year. More information about the course content and the different modalities can be found on the Anna Freud webpage: https://www.annafreud.org/ucl-postgraduate-study/ucl-postgraduate-programmes/child-and-young-person-iapt-therapy-pg-dip/ Training Information: Course start date: 18th January 2027 This full-time training will begin in January 2026 with around 2.5 days a week for academic work (teaching and personal study), and 2.5 days based at the service seeing clients (children, young people, and carers) related to training assignments. Trainees will be both an employee of the service and an enrolled student with UCL/Anna Freud. Upon completion, qualified trainees will receive a UCL Postgraduate Diploma. Application Process: This is a dual application process. In addition to applying for this position with us, you must also complete a UCL application for the Course Team to review. The Course Team will liaise with us on whether you meet the academic requirements for the course during the recruitment process. You will only be offered a UCL training place if you are successful in securing this post and you meet the university training requirements. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities This intensive training post will equip the post holder to provide interventions for children, young people or families using the core principles of the CYP Psychological Training Programme and consistent with the evidence base in the area of ASC-LD. The post holder will work in the service for at least 2.5 days of the week using the newly developed skills whilst attending the training programme or undertaking self-study days for the remaining days, as required by the education provider. Candidates will need to show evidence of being eligible for meeting BABCP KSA requirements for accreditation if they do not hold a core professional training. Please note that this is a training post offered as a fixed term opportunity. Successful completion of the training programme does not create an expectation or guarantee of permanent employment at the end of the training contract. ### Applicant requirements 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. ## Person Specification ### Knowledge **Essential** - Knowledge and understanding of issues relating to risk and safeguarding of children and young people. **Desirable** - Knowledge and understanding of CBT theory and its application ### Experience **Essential** - Experience working within children and young people in a mental health setting - Experience of multi-agency and/or multi-disciplinary working and liaising across internal and external agencies **Desirable** - Previous experience of working within a CBT framework and/or using CBT informed interventions - Experience working within a CBT framework and/or using CBT informed interventions (e.g. PWP, CWP, EMHP and Parent Trainer) - Experience of assessing and managing risk and safeguarding issues ### Qualifications **Essential** - Minimum second-class Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent standard in a relevant subject (e.g. psychology, social work etc); OR Applicants who do not fulfil the academic criteria but have relevant professional experience are still encouraged to apply and will be considered on a case-by-case basis. **Desirable** - Previous 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, psychotherapy, counselling, CWP, EMHP and low intensity therapies) - Proven record of previous academic attainment ### Skills/Competencies **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 carers - Ability to use supervision to reflect on practice - Ability to follow policy and clinical governance procedures and make proposal for change - Ability to maintain accurate records - Able to accommodate travel demands associated with the role - Ability to complete academic work across different learning environments at postgraduate level and balance the academic demands of the course with clinical placement demands **Desirable** - Understanding of evidence based practice and the ability to demonstrate how this influences good clinical practice ## Documents - [cnwl values (pdf, 182.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1162) - [job description (pdf, 464.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10698152) - [cnwl staff charter (pdf, 684.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2868) - [cnwl staff networks (pdf, 320.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1160) - [person specification (pdf, 336.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10698153) - [cnwl reward and wellbeing handbook 2020 (pdf, 1.1mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1773) - [cnwl culture scarf behaviour framework (pdf, 710.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2869) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.