Trainee Children's Wellbeing Practitioner
Job summary
4 x Trainee Children's Wellbeing Practitioner [CWP]Band 4
JOB TITLE: Trainee CWP
HOURS: 10 sessions / 37.5 hours
DURATION: 1 Year Fixed Term Contract
LOCATION: Tavistock Centre, 120 Belsize Lane, London, NW3 5BA.
Camden CAMHS Wellbeing Team are recruiting 4 trainee CWPs to continue to improve children and young people's mental health services in Camden. The training forms part of the service transformation initiative delivered by NHS England as part of the Children and Young People's Mental Health CYP Psychological Trainings (PT) (formerly CYP IAPT) programmes.
Camden CAMHS Wellbeing Team, work with children and families aged 4-18. We provide group and individual CBT and parent training interventions to parents and young people with mild to moderate anxiety, low mood, or challenging behaviour. The Team also has an active role in community engagement, offering trainings to universal services and service user involvement projects. The team includes 3 CWP's, 4 Trainee CWP's, a parenting practitioner, systemic practitioner, CBT Therapists, a supervisor and service lead.
Our team work closely with community multidisciplinary Teams. The Tavistock has a national and international reputation as a training centre and provides an excellent environment in which trainees.
Main duties of the job
This is a training position post holder will undertake training at Kings College London alongside working in service for The Wellbeing Team. They will be taught to deliver evidence based guided self-help interventions for children and young people experiencing mild to moderate mental health difficulties.
Applicants will need to be ready to start work in early/mid-January 2026 and posts cannot be offered to candidates unless they can guarantee this start date.
Please be aware the information on your application form (name and contact details, qualifications and prior relevant experience) will be shared with the Anna Freud staff team as part of the recruitment process. By submitting your application to this role, you are agreeing to your details being shared with Anna Freud. Candidates must ensure that they address each point of the person specification in the application. Due to the high volume of applications, we may close this position before the closing date.
Please note that an application to Kings College London Post Graduate Diploma Child Wellbeing Practice needs to be made alongside your application to the Wellbeing Team, Tavistock & Portman NHS Foundation Trust. It is important that you read the attached guidance/linked guidance below:
KCL CWP Jan 2026 - KCL Programme Brochure
KCL CWP Jan 2026 - KCL Application Guidance
About us
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
We contribute to the pool of ideas through our own research and development but are also committed to bringing together the best ideas of the time, old and new, from inside and out, together with the most gifted and able professionals in our fields of endeavour. We aim to share our ideas and practice through as many routes as possible.
As a Trust we aim constantly to be evolving in nature and form in relation to the environment in which we work, to ensure that our contribution remains relevant.
Details
Date posted
11 September 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 4
Salary
£33,094 to £36,195 a year Per annum including HCAS
Contract
Fixed term
Duration
12 months
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
260-TP-983
Job locations
Tavistock and Portman Foundation Trust
120 Belsize Lane
London
NW3 5BA
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description and Person specification for more information on the role requirements and duties.
Job descriptionJob responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description and Person specification for more information on the role requirements and duties.
Person Specification
Essential
Essential
- Undergraduate degree, upper second class or above, in Psychology OR related subject (e.g., Psychology, Education, Childhood development, Social Work etc), OR any subject with further training or experience in a relevant field (e.g., Teaching/TA; Learning Support; HCA; Youth Work; Counselling etc
- Previous experience of working with children and young people
- Knowledge of children and young people gained through academic study in child development, child wellbeing or mental health
- Ability to learn in a variety of settings and using a variety of learning methods, including remote delivery of teaching
- Ability to study as a self-motivated learner who can formulate their own progress towards learning objectives and negotiate pathways to achievement with supervisory teams
- Ability to personally manage a sensitive, traumatic and potentially emotionally distressing caseload
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Good time management and organisational skills
Essential
Essential
- Undergraduate degree, upper second class or above, in Psychology OR related subject (e.g., Psychology, Education, Childhood development, Social Work etc), OR any subject with further training or experience in a relevant field (e.g., Teaching/TA; Learning Support; HCA; Youth Work; Counselling etc
- Previous experience of working with children and young people
- Knowledge of children and young people gained through academic study in child development, child wellbeing or mental health
- Ability to learn in a variety of settings and using a variety of learning methods, including remote delivery of teaching
- Ability to study as a self-motivated learner who can formulate their own progress towards learning objectives and negotiate pathways to achievement with supervisory teams
- Ability to personally manage a sensitive, traumatic and potentially emotionally distressing caseload
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Good time management and organisational skills
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Additional informationDisclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Employer details
Employer name
Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Tavistock and Portman Foundation Trust
120 Belsize Lane
London
NW3 5BA
Employer's website
https://tavistockandportman.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
Employer details
Employer name
Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Tavistock and Portman Foundation Trust
120 Belsize Lane
London
NW3 5BA
Employer's website
Salary range
- £33,094 - £36,195 per year