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CAMHS Systemic CYP- IAPT Trainee
The closing date is 21 September 2025
We are seeking a committed practitioner who wishes to further their studies by training with South West CYP IAPT in Systemic Therapy. We are offering one funded place on the Systemic Practitioner CYP-IAPT course.
The successful candidate will work within community CAMHS, delivering evidence-based systemic interventions for children and adolescents experiencing depression, self-harm, and/or conduct disorder. Training is fully funded, and on successful completion we anticipate offering a substantive contract within community CAMHS.
The post is likely to be based in West Cornwall for most of the training, but may involve travel between clinics. Future employment base will depend on service need and personal circumstances, and may include Redruth and/or Penzance.
The course runs for one year, January to December, funded by Health Education England. You will study at the University of Exeter two days per week and work in a children's mental health service for 2-3 days per week.
We welcome applicants from a range of professional backgrounds who have CAMHS experience and relevant competencies in children's mental health in line with the CYP-IAPT Knowledge and Skills Framework.https://youtu.be/AAw8fv32fP8
Main duties of the job
INTERVIEW 30th September EXPECTED START DATE is 5th January 2026 and candidates will need to register for the course by December 2025.
This is a training role within the Child and Young Persons Improving Access to Psychological Therapies Programme (CYP-IAPT). The post-holders will work within Cornwall CAMHS service at Cornwall Partnership Trust, providing systemic interventions whilst undertaking a programme of training for these roles at the University of Exeter.
Systemic therapy explores relationships and involves working with family members and sub-systems to safely explore difficult emotions and thoughts and emotions, to understand each other's experiences and perspectives. The training and supervisory experience will equip the learners to deliver evidence based systemic interventions in either eating disorders or community CAMHS.
Learners will gain a critical and reflective understanding of the CYP IAPT model of service change, outcome monitoring, and fundamentals of systemic approaches working with children and families.
This clinical practise will complement and enhance the knowledge gained from the university as you will be given the opportunity to learn a range of systemic techniques and interventions under the supervision of highly specialised family and systemic practitioners.
The post- holder would be expected to attend and fulfil all the requirements of the training element of the post and continue to work within the CAMHS service on qualification.
About us
We're an NHS community and mental health provider Trust based in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. We deliver community and hospital-based care to improve people's physical and mental health. We also provide specialist support to people with dementia or a learning disability.
We are a people organisation and people matter to us. As part of the team, you'll help support the health and wellbeing of the people who live and visit this beautiful part of the UK.
Over 4,000 people make up the Trust. This includes doctors, nurses, therapists, plus admin and support staff.
We work in people's homes, in community clinics and bases. Some staff work from one of our 13 community hospitals. Our aspiration is to have great people, provide great care, be a great place to work and a great partner.
Just over 532,000 people live here. A third of people who live in Cornwall are supported by acute hospital services in Devon. As a result, we also work closely with our partners in Devon. In the summer, and during other holidays lots of people choose to visit the area. This increases the numbers of people who use our services.
Job responsibilities
For full information of the roles and responsibilities of this role, please see the attached job description and person specification.
Person Specification
Education/Experience
* Professional qualification - RN (Mental Health / Child) / OT / Social Worker / Psychologist or equivalent experience to meeting CYP-IAPT knowledge and skills framework)
* Experience of working with children and adolescents with complex mental health needs in a child-focussed multi-agency setting
* Experience of working in multi-disciplinary CAMHS teams and multi-agency setting
* Able to assess, plan, implement and evaluate treatment
* Current professional registration - NMC, HCPC
* Qualification in a relevant intervention
* Evidence of plans for further professional updating
Skills and Aptitude
* Can communicate and establish effective working relationships with children and young people and their families
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.
Employer name
Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
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