Camden CAMHS Wellbeing Team are recruiting for 1x recruit to train parenting practitioner. This is an NHSE funded training post as part of the CYP Psychological Trainings (formerly CYP-IAPT) which involves some time working as a practitioner in The Camden CAMHS Wellbeing Team and some time studying with KCL/Anna Freud undertaking a programme of training in Parent Training.

Recruit to Train is a government-funded initiative aiming to grow the child mental health workforce to meet much needed demand. To help reach this goal, NHSE covers salary and training costs for a 1-year post, allowing services to employ trainees to aid in implementing new or expanding existing 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.

Main duties of the job

This full-time training will begin in January 2025 with around 2.5 days a week for academic work (teaching and personal study), and 2.5 days based at the service seeing clients related to training assignments. Trainees will be both an employee of the service and an enrolled student with King's College London. Upon completion, qualified trainees will receive a KCL Postgraduate Diploma. Successful candidates will be required to complete assignments outside work time.

Please note: The position will be based at The Tavistock Centre but successful candidates will be expected to travel to Denmark Hill Campus of King's College London for teaching during the training year.

This is a dual application process. You must also complete a KCL 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 KCL training place if you are successful in securing this post and you meet the university training requirements (such as academic background, relevant experience, visa approval). As you also apply for a training course that is delivered by Kings College London, your data may be shared with them for the purpose of processing your application (shortlisting) and enrolling you onto this Programme.

Please read the application guidance and course brochure attached and find more information at https://www.kings-cyp.com/page/recruit-to-train

About us

The Tavistock and Portman is caring, compassionate and committed co-creating the care and training we offer.

We are passionate about the quality of our work and committed to openness, the use of evidence and the application of improvement science.

We value all our staff, are concerned for their well being, and seek to foster leadership, innovation and excellence in our workforce.

We embrace diversity in our workforce and work to make our services and training as accessible as possible.

We have made a firm commitment to being and anti-racist, anti-homophobic and anti- transphobic organisation.

Job description

Job responsibilities

The Wellbeing Team is an emotional wellbeing pathway which is part of Camden CAMHS Service. The Wellbeing Team provides evidence-based CBT and parenting interventions to children and families with mild to moderate mental health concerns via:

Assessment and formulation of mild to moderate mental health concernsBrief, evidence-based Cognitive Behavioural TherapyGroup interventions for parents and young people including the Incredible Years Group

1:1 guided self-help parenting interventions

Personalised individual parenting interventions

The team includes 3 CWPs, 4 Trainee CWPs, a parenting practitioner, CBT Therapists, a supervisor and service lead.

This intensive training post will equip the post-holder to provide interventions for parents and families using the core principles of the CYP Psychological Training Programme and consistent with the evidence base in parenting intervention including The Incredible Years Group Programme and Personalised Individual Parent Training (PIPT). 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.

The post holder will hold an appropriate training case load and complete the necessary assignments to meet the course requirements.

Please see attached job description and person specification for more details on main responsibilities.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Qualifications that demonstrate a capacity to complete academic work at postgraduate diploma level. Minimum second-class Bachelor's Degree from a UK University or an overseas qualification of an equivalent standard in a relevant subject (e.g. psychology, social work etc).
• A 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, other psychotherapy, counselling).

Knowledge

Essential

• Demonstrates an appreciation of the importance of working with parents to address child behavioural problems.
• Knowledge and understanding of issues relating to safeguarding children

Desirable

• Demonstrates an appreciation of the range of factors that can impact on the presentation of child behavioural problems.
• Demonstrates an understanding of services that work with children and families with behavioural problems.
• Demonstrates knowledge of theory in relation to child conduct problems (e.g., social learning theory).

Experience

Essential

• Two years professional experience working with children with behavioural problems and families their families
• Experience of working with safeguarding issues
• Experience of multi agency working and liaising across internal & external agencies

Desirable

• Experience of working with child behaviour problems using parenting approaches

Skills and abilities

Essential

• Ability to communicate effectively and sensitively with families, children and thier network, e.g., schools, nurseries etc
• Ability to adapt communication style according to the varying needs of families
• 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 organise own time and diary
• Ability to follow policy and make proposal for change
• Ability to maintain accurate 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 (BAND D) https://www.kcl.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/apply/entry-requirements/english-language.aspx

Desirable

• Ability to adopt collaborative approach to working with parents of children with behavioural problems
• Understanding of evidence-based practice and the ability to demonstrate how this influences clinical practice

Employer details

Employer name

Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust

Address

The Tavistock and Portman

120 Belsize Lane

Belsize Lane

NW35BA

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