# Trainee Child Wellbeing Practitioner > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/trainee-child-wellbeing-practitioner/75d32369-5f6e-4cda-902c-6244b710d39c - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/trainee-child-wellbeing-practitioner/75d32369-5f6e-4cda-902c-6244b710d39c.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** HMP Bronzefield - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Psychological wellbeing practitioner - **Grade:** Band 4 - **Salary:** £34,186 - £37,389 HCAS dependant on location - **Contract type:** 12 months (Please note that this is a fixed-term training post. Completion of the training programme does not create an expectation or guarantee of permanent employment at the end of the contract.) - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Mon - Fri) - **Closing date:** 2026-10-02T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-09-18T13:21:18.417Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/London/Central_North_West_London_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Trainee_Child_Wellbeing_Practitioner/Trainee_Child_Wellbeing_Practitioner-v8299725 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8299725?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.cnwl.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview CNWL CAMHS are looking to recruit 2x Trainee CWPs to continue to improve children and young people’s mental health services. 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 Psychological Trainings (PT) (formerly CYP IAPT) programmes. Please note that there are two 12 month fixed term posts available. One based in the CAMHS Early Intervention Team in Westminster and the second based in Brent CYP Primary Care Mental Health Team. Please note that this is a fixed-term training post. Completion of the training programme does not create an expectation or guarantee of permanent employment at the end of the contract. ### Main duties of the job This is a training position post holder will undertake training at University College London alongside working in service for \[service\]. They will be taught to deliver evidence based guided self-help interventions for children and young people experiencing mild to moderate mental health difficulties. They will also be taught how to deliver interventions in the community, for example, participation activities, training and group delivery. 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, as well as be expected to actively engage local communities. Applicants will need to be ready to start work in early/mid-January 2025 and posts cannot be offered to candidates unless they can guarantee this start date. Shortlisted candidates will also need to be assessed for their eligibility to join UCL for a place on the PGDip in Child and Young Persons Psychological Wellbeing Practice training programme, which can be accessed via the link below: https://evision.ucl.ac.uk/urd/sits.urd/run/siw_ipp_lgn.login_enc?0qhYzuG1h9udTFM8i9sPhtGiUgIR6D6iP0QBDHq24aV3AVw8VNXRYxDmc3LlBtzaFHDKnOhbH0M= The UCL application form will need to be completed at the same time as your application for a post. end of the contract. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities We are seeking to recruit two graduate level practitioners to provide guided self-help therapy and parenting interventions. These posts are salaried at NHS Agenda for Change upper band 4 and fully funded for a one year post graduate diploma in Child Wellbeing Practice through University College London. 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 experiencing mild to moderate mental health problems. ### 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 ### Experience **Essential** - Previous experience of working with children and young people **Desirable** - Experience of working in mental health or related services - Worked in a service where agreed targets in place to demonstrating outcomes - Experience of working with diverse populations ### Skills and Competancies **Essential** - Ability to study as a self-motivated learner and implement training with appropriate support - Ability to personally manage a sensitive, traumatic and potentially emotionally distressing caseload. - Demonstrates ability to work well with other professionals/ colleagues **Desirable** - Ability to manage own caseload and time - Demonstrate ability to present mental health psychoeducation to non-mental health audiences ### Education and Qualification **Essential** - Undergraduate degree, upper second class or above, in Psychology OR related subject (e.g., Psychology, Educa)on, 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/Educa)on/Mentorship (to be considered on a case-by-case basis) **Desirable** - Training in nursing, social work, occupaonal therapy, counselling or within a specific psychological therapy - Psychology or other health /social care/youth related undergraduate degree ## Documents - [cnwl values (pdf, 182.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1162) - [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) - [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) - [accommodation information for new starters (pdf, 120.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=2438) - [trainee child wellbeing practitioner jd and spec (pdf, 397.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10619320) - [ucl application - guidance for providing references (pdf, 78.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10619321) ## 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.