Job Summary
This full‑time training will begin in January 2026 with around 2.5 days a week for academic work (teaching and personal study) and 2.5 days based at the service seeing clients related to training assignments. The trainee will be both an employee of the service and an enrolled student with King's College London. Upon completion, qualified trainees will receive a KCL Postgraduate Diploma.
About Us
Croydon MSHT is a growing service designed to help meet the mental health needs of children and young people (CYP) in education settings. As an early intervention service, the MHST delivers school interventions for those with mild to moderate mental health issues and supports schools in developing their Whole‑School Approach to mental health and wellbeing. The team will also help CYP with more severe needs access the right support, working with schools to provide a link to specialist NHS services.
Details
* date posted: 20 October 2025
* pay scheme: Agenda for change
* band: Band 6
* salary: £44,485 to £52,521 a year incl. HCAs
* contract: Fixed term
* duration: 12 months
* working pattern: Full‑time
* reference number: 334‑CLI‑7495399
* job locations: Christopher Wren House, 115 High St, Croydon, CR0 1QG
Job Responsibilities
This intensive training post will equip the post‑holder to provide interventions for children, young people, or families using the core principles of the CYP Psychological Training Programme and consistent with the evidence base in the area of CBT. The post‑holder will work in the service for at least 2.5 days of the week, using the newly developed skills whilst attending the training programme or undertaking self‑study days for the remaining days, as required by the education provider.
Working with schools to improve mental health outcomes for children and young people, including planning and delivering activities as part of a whole school/college approach, providing assessment and intervention using evidence‑based approaches and providing guided signposting and liaison with other services.
* Work as part of the Croydon MHST team to manage a defined caseload with a focus on providing focused assessment and evidence‑based intervention for children and young people (CYP) with mild to moderate mental health difficulties and their parents/carers.
* Assess clients for suitability for the treatment for which modality‑specific training is provided.
* Make decisions on suitability of new referrals, adhering to the department's referral protocols, and refer unsuitable clients to the relevant service or back to the referral agent as necessary.
* Formulate, implement and evaluate therapeutic intervention for clients in line with their training modality and experience.
* Involve the system around the child in treatment as appropriate, e.g., parent/carer, school, conveying therapy formulations with sensitivity in easily understood language.
* Attend multi‑disciplinary meetings relating to referrals or clients in treatment, where appropriate.
* Complete all requirements relating to data collection within the service.
* Keep coherent records of all clinical activity in line with service protocols.
* Work closely with other members of the team, ensuring appropriate step‑up and step‑down arrangements are in place to maintain a stepped care approach.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Qualifications that demonstrate a capacity to complete academic work at postgraduate diploma level.
* A registerable professional qualification (e.g. clinical or educational psychology, social work, counselling, mental health nursing, occupational therapy, etc.).
* Applications may be considered from those who do not have a registerable professional training if they have at least 3 years' experience in a CAMHS or equivalent setting and can demonstrate equivalence through the RPL (recognition of prior learning) process.
* Minimum second‑class Bachelor's Degree from a UK University or an overseas qualification of an equivalent standard in a relevant subject (e.g. psychology, social work, etc.).
Experience
* A minimum of two years experience of working with children/families/young people in a mental health setting.
* A good understanding and some experience of the following: group, individual and multi‑disciplinary work, clinical governance and audit and the process of clinical supervision in CAMHS.
* Experience of working with safeguarding issues.
* Experience of multi‑agency working and liaising across internal & external agencies.
Knowledge
* A good working knowledge of mental health disorders in children and adolescents.
* Knowledge of assessment of risk and management of risk factors.
* The principles of clinical governance and practice and confidentiality and information sharing.
* Knowledge and understanding of issues relating to safeguarding children and young people.
Skills
* Ability to communicate effectively and sensitively with children, young people, and their families.
* Ability to maintain a reflective stance in emotive/challenging interactions with children and their families.
* Ability to use supervision to reflect on practice.
* Ability to organise own time and diary, to manage competing demands and a high caseload.
* Capability to complete academic work at postgraduate diploma level, including IELTS or equivalent to the appropriate level for students with English as a foreign language (BAND D).
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration.
Employer details
South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
Christopher Wren House, 115 High St, Croydon, CR0 1QG
Website: https://www.slam.nhs.uk/
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