Trainee Children's Wellbeing Practitioner

Islington CAMHS are looking to recruit three trainee CWPs to continue to improve children and young people’s mental health services in Islington. The training forms part of the service transformation initiative delivered by Health Education England as part of the Children and Young

People’s Psychological Trainings. Trainees will be employed by Whittington Health, managed and supervised by a CAMHS clinician to train for a one-year post graduate qualification (PG Diploma Child and Young Persons Psychological Wellbeing Practice) through University College London.

PLEASE NOTE: In addition to the Job application, you will need to submit an application to University College London for a place on the programme. Please submit your application for Islington CAMHS first and you will be notified about the UCL portal application in due course. CWP Programme Information

Candidates will need to be in post for 12th January 2026 and start the CWP training course with UCL on 16th January 2026.

This post will be capped at 50 applicants so may be subject to closing earlier than the suggested end date.

If shortlisted, we will be asking candidates to send in a short video recording before the interview explaining anxiety. This will be explained to you if you are contacted with an interview date.

There will also be opportunity to meet current CWPs for any questions.

Interview dates: Projected for late September/Early October (subject to change)

This is a training position; the post holder will undertake online and face to face training at University College London alongside working face to face in service for Islington CAMHS. They will be taught to deliver evidence based guided self-help interventions for children and young people experiencing mild to moderate mental health difficulties. 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. The training and service experience will equip the post holder with the necessary knowledge, attitude and capabilities to operate effectively in an inclusive, value driven service.

The post holder will attend all university London based taught and self-study days required by the education provider in person and online, as specified within the agreed national curriculum and work in the service for the remaining days of the week using their newly developed skills. The CWPs therefore must work full time and be available for all training days from January 2026.

The post-holder will work within Islington CAMHS delivering, under supervision, high-quality; brief outcome focused evidence-based interventions and guided self-help for children and young people experiencing mild to moderate mental health difficulties.

Please read all the attached documents before applying for the role.

Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population, working hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the way we look after our staff. We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this population, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, and religion or belief. The Trust believes that as a public sector organisation we have an obligation to have recruitment, training, promotion and other formal employment policies and procedures that are sensitive to these differences. We think that by doing so, we are better able to treat our patients as well as being a better place to work.

To support staff development and wellbeing we offer monthly Lunchtime Learning CPD, whole service EDI Forums and group reflective spaces for staff identifying as ethnically marginalised and under-represented. We also have an EDI Lead within our service. Our mission statement can be found: Islington CAMHS Mission Statement

We warmly welcome applicants who reflect Islington's diverse ethnic/cultural mix and applications from all under-represented groups and with protected characteristics.

For further information or if you need assistance with the application process or there are accessibility barriers that need to be considered for interview, pleases please contact [email protected]

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Lauren Hassan Leslie Job title: CWP Supervisor Email address: [email protected] Telephone number: 020 33161824

Siobhan Kelly

020 3316 1824