EMHP and CWP Trainees

This is a joint recruitment exercise between Off the Record (OTR) and Croydon Drop In (CDI). Therefore, your data will be shared between these organisations as part of the recruitment process. Please indicate on your application whether you have a preference to work in Croydon (for CDI or OTR Croydon) or in Merton (for OTR Merton).

We are seeking 10 highly motivated and enthusiastic practitioners to work and train within our award-winning Voluntary Sector services based in Croydon and Merton. The training posts will equip the post-holders to provide interventions for children, young people or families using evidence-based interventions consistent with the training. The post holders will work with people with different cultural backgrounds and ages and you will be committed to equality, diversity, inclusion and anti-racist practice. The training forms part of the service transformation initiative delivered by NHS England as part of the national Children and Young People’s Mental Health (CYP-MH) programme.

This is a training position with the post holders undertaking training at Kings College London as well as working in our face to face frontline Mental Health Support Teams in schools and/or community services. You will be taught to deliver evidence based guided self-help interventions for children and young people experiencing mild to moderate mental health difficulties. The post holders will use their newly developed skills to support children, young people and parent/carers who are referred into the MHST or community services and you will receive clinical supervision to support your professional development.

Please read the Job Descriptions and Person Specifications before applying for the role and note that an application to Kings College London Post Graduate Diploma in Child and Young Persons Psychological Trainings must be made at the same time as your application to CDI/OTR. It is crucially important that you read the University guidance.

Information about the Training & the Job Role
This is a fixed term post with this training year funded by the NHS. After successful completion of the course the fixed term training contract will end however we will seek recurrent funding. Applicants will be encouraged to stay within their existing service providers or apply for vacant posts within our services and will be provided support and advice in job applications.

This full-time role will be best suited for applicants who are able to balance a busy work and study schedule, with frequent travel across different sites for university and work. You will be an employee at CDI or OTR but also enrolled on a Postgraduate Diploma course. As this is a Postgraduate level training, you will be required to study and perform at academic level. Applicants must be prepared to work towards their studies outside of protected study time (such as on weekends and after work). Protected study time or teaching days are typically 2 days a week during term (with possibility of extra university days near the start) and will be a mixture of in person and online sessions. Applicants must be willing to travel into London to attend their lectures.

The Postgraduate Diploma in Child and Young Person Psychological Trainings (CYP-PT) Education Mental Health Practice (EMHP) & Children’s Wellbeing Practitioner (CWP)

All applicants to the programmes above will be required to undertake Postgraduate Diploma level training at Kings College London alongside a work placement. Please note that you will need to submit an application form to Kings College London for a place on the Postgraduate Diploma in Child and Young Person Psychological Trainings (CYP-PT), in addition to the job application that you make to us. It is strongly advised to submit an early application to prevent the delay of a decision.

Following success at the job interview all trainees will be required to attend teaching for up to three days per week for one year. Teaching and lectures will be mostly based at King’s College London Campus in Denmark Hill. Students will be taught using a combination of lecture style workshops and small group seminars. Assessment on the programme will comprise of a combination or written, oral and video assessments. On successful completion of the course, students will graduate with a Postgraduate Diploma in Education Mental Health Practice or Children’s Wellbeing Practice.

Entrance criteria is detailed in the Person Specification and applications to the programme will be reviewed against this – applicants who do not fulfil the academic criteria may still be considered on a case-by-case basis. Please contact cyp-mh@kcl.ac.uk with queries.

Note that applications will not be considered from applicants who are formally registered (or re-sitting examinations) for another programme of study at KCL or any other Higher Education Institution.

It is essential that you read the information below carefully prior to completing the application. It contains important information and instructions for successful completion of the application. Please be sure to complete all the sections of the form with all relevant information (all questions with a red asterisk next to them are mandatory and you will not be able to submit without answering these). Please click on the following link to apply to KCL online: https://apply.kcl.ac.uk/ (Use either Google Chrome or Firefox as your browser. The application portal is not optimised for Internet Explorer).

The course brochures are available here:

Education Mental Health Practice PGDip (EMHP) (kings-cyp.com)

Child Wellbeing Practice PGDip (CWP) (kings-cyp.com)

Answers to Frequently Asked Questions can be found at: https://www.kcl.ac.uk/study/postgraduate-taught/how-to-apply/important-information-for-applying

For an informal discussion contact Tim Richards (CDI Croydon) 07596 545743 timrichards@croydondropin.org.uk or Michelle Handley (OTR Croydon) 07895 521672 michellehandley@talkofftherecord.org or Gosia Pawlowska (OTR Merton) 07519548901 gosiapawlowska@talkofftherecord.org

All applications are to be made via our websites

Working for CDI – CDI – Croydon Drop In and Careers (talkofftherecord.org)

Closing date for applications: 10am Monday 30.09.24

Interviews: w/c 28.10.24