Trainee CYP-IAPT Systemic Family Practitioner

Job overview

As part of our long-standing collaboration with the Children and Young Peoples Psychological Trainings (formerly known as CYP-IAPT) we are seeking to recruit 2 Trainee Systemic Family Practitioners to work within our Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) across the Durham and Tees Valley localities. One post is within Durham and Darlington Learning Disability CAMHS and one post is within Redcar CAMHS (Getting More Help Service). We are looking for candidates who are passionate about developing their skills and knowledge and keen to deliver evidence based psychological interventions to children and families. You will provide care and interventions to children and young people experiencing difficulties with depression, self-harm and conduct difficulties under clinical supervision.

These posts are full-time for 12 months, with the successful candidates working within their allocated CAMHS team for the duration, splitting their working week between training at the University of Northumbria and carrying out clinical work within their team. Candidates will work towards achieving a Post Graduate Diploma in Evidence Based Psychological Therapy (Systemic Family Practice). At the end of the fixed term contract, candidates will be encouraged to apply for posts within our CAMH services.

Main duties of the job

As part of the Children and Young Peoples' Psychological Trainings initiative, the programme aims to transform existing mental health services for children and young people by supporting new and existing practitioners to become competent Systemic Family Practitioners. Northumbria University and TEWV are passionate about developing excellent practitioners and equipping trainees with the knowledge and skills necessary to provide effective evidence based systemic and family interventions for children and young people and their families.

Successful candidates will have the opportunity to develop their knowledge and understanding, professional skills and abilities and personal values required of competent systemic family practitioners. During the programme, successful candidates will learn a range of systemic skills across competencies including assessment, intervention and how to provide interventions to children, young people and their families. Collaborative practice is at the heart of systemic practice and we welcome applications from passionate clinicians who strive to work in partnership with children and families. You will access a range of learning modules covering foundation systemic skills alongside specialist modules for supporting children and young people experiencing difficulties with depression, self-harm and conduct difficulties.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The course is taught over one year and will include a mix of university contact (e.g. lectures, workshops, tutorials) independent study and contact with children, young people and their families. The clinical work involves being part of a multi-disciplinary CAMHS team and successful candidates will carry their own caseload of systemic family practice training cases. Clinical supervision will be provided weekly.

The training involves weekly teaching and supervision days at the University of Northumbria. Applicants must be willing to travel to Newcastle and have their own transport. Assessment is comprised of a written ecording submissions, case studies and assessed competency and supervision logs.

Location: Training is provided at the University of Northumbria and the clinical team base will be in one of our Community CAMHS bases within the Durham and Darlington localities for the Learning Disability CAMHS post. The Redcar CAMHS post will be based at the Ridings in Redcar. We will ask you at interview for your preferred team/s and whilst every effort will be made to match candidates to their preferred location, this cannot be guaranteed.

Additional information for the post

To be eligible for a trainee post, you must have a core professional training (e.g. nursing, social work, occupational therapy, etc) alongside registration with a regulatory body such as NMC, HCPC, etc. We are looking to recruit motivated clinicians with some experience and an interest in working with families. We welcome interested applicants getting in touch with us to discuss these roles and how we as a service will support you in your development.

Applicants applying on a secondment basis must ensure that prior to applying they have agreement from their current line manager that they can be released. In the event that permanent funding is secured for this post the successful applicant will be confirmed in post on a permanent basis.

*Please note in this instance the course is not optional; there will be a joint interview process including University of Northumbria to appoint to these roles. The roles are dependent on meeting all course requirements.

*Candidates cannot be accepted onto any training programme if they are currently undertaking studies elsewhere (that will not be completed by January 2026).

*We do not accept candidates who have previously studied for the same award at another institution.

*All applicants will need to be available to start the training in January 2026