Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust
Mental Health Practitioner Therapy Trainee - (ASC/LD)
The closing date is 21 September 2025
Job summary
Child and Young People's Mental Health Practitioner Therapy Trainee - Autism Spectrum Condition or Learning Difficulties (ASC/LD)
This is a 1-year fixed term contract. The successful candidate must be able to start the post on 12th January 2026.
Step2 is an Early Intervention Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service working towards improving the mental health and emotional wellbeing of children and young people in Hertfordshire.
We have an exciting opportunity for a CYP Psychological Trainees: Therapy Trainee (ASC/LD) to join our team as part of the NHSE funded Children and Young People (CYP) Psychological Training Programmes. This government-funded initiative promotes the growth and skill of the child mental health workforce to meet much needed demand. NHSE covers salary and training costs for a 1-year position, allowing services to employ trainees to support specialist pathways to bridge the gaps in CYP mental health support. 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.
Main duties of the job
Training Information
Course start date: 19th January 2026.
The post holder will be expected to have 2.5 days a week for academic work (teaching and personal study) and 2.5 days based at the service seeing clients (children, young people, and carers) related to training assignments.
Trainees will be both an employee of the service and an enrolled student with UCL/Anna Freud. Upon completion, qualified trainees will receive a UCL Postgraduate Diploma.
Please note: The position will be based at Starfish House, 3 North Road, Stevenage, SG1 4AT/Step2 Early Intervention CAMHS, with travel across the county of Hertfordshire. Successful candidates will also be expected to travel to Anna Freud in Central London (Rodney St, N1 9JH) for teaching during the training year.
More information about the course content and the different modalities can be found on the Anna Freud webpage.
For details of the role please see the attached Job Description & Person Specification document.
About us
Working for organisation section:
We offer our staff a number of great benefits, wellbeing initiatives and lifestyle savings which can be easily accessed via our benefits and wellbeing portal.
For more detail, please read our 'HCT Benefits' document which is attached to our vacancy adverts.
The Trust is committed to gold standard recruitment. In support of this, please read our 'Supplementary Information' document which is attached to our vacancy adverts.
Details
Date posted
11 September 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 6
Salary
£38,682 to £46,580 a year per annum pro rata
Contract
Fixed term
Duration
1 year
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
812-25-KR-Step2-CYP-616
Job locations
* Starfish House
* 3 North Road
* Stevenage
* SG1 4AT
Employer details
Employer name
Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust
Address
* Starfish House
* 3 North Road
* Stevenage
* SG1 4AT
Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact:
Clinical Team Leader
Kirsty Robertson
kirsty.robertson12@nhs.net
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