Recruit to Train CAMHS Clinician / CBT Therapist

The post holder will conduct thorough CAMHS Assessments, CBT Assessments and provide evidence-based CBT therapy in line with the NICE guidelines for CYP. The post holder will be part of a multi-disciplinary team made up of various disciplines and professions to include: child psychotherapy, nursing, psychiatry, psychology, social work and systemic family therapy.

We are seeking highly motivated candidates who are enthusiastic about making a difference to children's mental health through evidence-based interventions based on NICE Guideline recommended treatment.

The Family Mental Health Team (FMHT) has an exciting opportunity to recruit one CBT Recruit to Train Trainee to join our team as part of the NHS England (NHSE) funded Children and Young People (CYP) Psychological Training Programmes (formerly CYP-IAPT).

Recruit to Train is a government-funded initiative aiming to grow the child mental health workforce to meet much needed demand. 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.

The Family Mental Health Team (FMHT) is a CAMHS team working with children and families aged up to 18. We are an MDT providing a range of group and individual interventions to parents and young people with a variety of mental health presentations (anxiety, low mood, challenging behaviours, including more complex and chronic mental health presentations).

Although this is a fixed term contract there may be opportunities for employment once the course is completed. The team values a supportive working environment, continued professional development and career advancement.

Please note: The position will be based at The Tavistock Centre but successful candidates will be expected to travel to Anna Freud in North London (Rodney St, N1 9JH) for teaching during the training year., The Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health trust with a focus on training and education alongside a full range of mental health services and psychological therapies for children and their families, young people and adults.

We are committed to improving mental health and emotional wellbeing, believing that high quality mental health services should be available for all who need them. We bring a distinctive contribution based on the importance we attach to social experience at all stages of people's lives, and our focus on psychological and developmental approaches to the promotion of health and the prevention and treatment of mental ill health

The Tavistock and Portman is caring, compassionate and committed to 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 wellbeing, 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 an anti-racist, anti-homophobic and anti-transphobic organisation. We work with others, in the UK and internationally, who share our values and can enable us to achieve our mission.