Job summary
This is a training position. The post holder will undertake training at University College London alongside working in service for our SET CAMHS Service (South End, Essex & Thurrock)
This course enables you to support children and young people with mild to moderate:
1. Anxiety (working with primary and secondary school pupils, parents and carers)
2. Low mood (adolescents)
3. Common behavioural difficulties (working with parents and carers).
Additionally, you will:
4. Be trained to offer consultations and training to colleagues from partner agencies.
5. Be introduced to a range of outcome and feedback measures used in CYP Psychological Trainings (PT), and review and interpret them with children, young people, parents and carers
Applicants will need to be ready to start work on 17th January 2025 and posts cannot be offered to candidates unless they can guarantee this start date.
The PgDip CWP training programme will take place over 12 months
6. There are approximately 64 teaching days in the year, split between three term
During university holidays, you're expected to work full time in your service. Trainees will have the usual annual leave allocation in line with HCRG Care Group Policy.
Assessment
7. You'll be assessed through presentations, reflective analysis, a poster, a case report and video clips of your clinical practice.
8. You will develop a portfolio of a range of case work over the year, aiming for a minimum of 30 pieces of case work.
Main duties of the job
We are seeking to recruit 15 graduate level practitioners to provide guided self-help therapy and parenting interventions .
These posts are fully funded for a one year.
9. Evidence-based and collaborative practice
10. Availability and awareness of evidence-based interventions
11. Goal-focused, client-centred interventions using feedback tools to facilitate collaboration between professionals, young people and families, leading to more personalised care
12. Giving children, young people and families a voice and influence
13. Cross-agency collaboration between health, social care, voluntary and independent sectors
14. Working with partner organisations to reduce stigma of mental health and improve understanding of the importance of emotional wellbeing
15. Making services accountable by monitoring and sharing outcome data with young people, families and commissioners.
About us
About the Company
We change lives by transforming health and care.
Established in 2006, we are one of the UKs leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do.
Were committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. Were a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone.
While it doesnt happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and well need to close it earlier than the date weve shown here. If youre keen to join our team, wed love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can.
To find out more about HCRG Care Group, please visit
Job description
Job responsibilities
You will feel valued as a Children's Wellbeing Practitioner Trainee within HCRG Care Group, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:
16. Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on every day purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you
17. Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover lifes emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates
18. Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling
19. Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our Outstanding learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise
20. An open, just culture where youre encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year
21. The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with the majority of our rated services holding good or outstanding ratings from the Care Quality Commission
The Ideal Candidate
Please note that you will need to submit an application to University College London for a place on the programme, in addition to the job application that you make with us.
*You can apply to the University of London via this link:Child and Young Persons Psychological Wellbeing Practice PG Dip | Prospective Students Graduate - UCL University College London
22. Second-class or higher bachelors degree from a UK university in a relevant subject ( psychology, education, childhood development, social work)
23. An overseas qualification of an equivalent standard in a relevant subject
24. Degree in any subject with further training or experience in a relevant field ( teaching, TA, learning support, HCA, youth work, counselling).
You will also need to be confident using IT systems and be able to demonstrate working knowledge of Microsoft Office packages Outlook, Word, Excel.
You will need aDriving license and use of vehicle for work purposes
Person Specification
General Requirements
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