CYP-PT Therapies Trainee Systemic Family Practitioner (CDD)Band 6

Main area

Child and Adolescent

Grade

Band 6

Contract

Secondment: 1 year (12 months from January 2027)

Hours

Full time - 37.5 hours per week

Job ref

367-SS-101684

Site

Hertsmere Civic Offices

Town

Borehamwood

Salary

£41,957 - £50,387 Per annum, Pro rata including 5% HCAS

Salary period

Yearly

Closing

11/10/2026 23:59

Values Based Screener

At Hertfordshire Partnership Foundation Trust we are looking for people to join us who share our values and those of the NHS. Before your application can be considered please take part on our online values questionnaire, which you can find below. When you have finished you will be sent a 'completion code' by email, which will be valid for 6 months and required to submit your application form.

Job overview

The Hertfordshire Mental Health Support Team (MHST) has an exciting opportunity for a CYP-PT Therapies Trainee Systemic Family Practitioner to join our team as part of the NHS England (NHSE) funded Children and Young People (CYP) Psychological Training Programmes (formerly CYP-IAPT/Recruit to Train).

CYP-PT Therapies is a government-funded initiative aiming to grow the child mental health workforce to meet much needed demand. To help reach this goal, NHSE covers salary and training costs for a 1-year post, allowing services to employ trainees to aid in implementing new or expanding existing specialist pathways to bridge the gaps in CYP mental health support.

This is a unique opportunity to translate your learning into practical clinical interventions and make a direct impact on the lives of children, young people, and their families. The successful candidate will hold a caseload across both the South MHST and South CYPMHS providing valuable experience across both services.

Please note: This position will be based in South Hertfordshire but successful candidates will be expected to travel toDenmark Hill Campus of King's College London for teaching during the training year.

Before applying for this post, please ensure you read through the attached job description and person specification; the course brochure and the KCL Application Guidance. Visit: for more information about the course content.

To be considered for this post, you must apply for this NHS job and complete an application with Kings College London (KCL). Please click the following link to apply to KCL:

University teaching begins on Monday 18th January 2027

PRIVACY NOTICE: As you also apply for a training course that is delivered by Kings College London (KCL), your data may be shared with them for the purpose of processing your application (shortlisting) and enrolling you onto this Programme.

Main duties of the job

Main duties include:

• Attendance at university and implementation of learning from the Systemic Family Practice in Conduct Disorder and Depression (SFP CDD) course into clinical practice.
• Holding a caseload across both the South MHST and South Children and Young People's Mental Health Service (CYPMHS
• With the support of the clinical supervisor, consultant systemic psychotherapist or clinical team manager, make decisions on suitability of new referrals, adhering to the MHST and CYPMHS referral criteria and protocols.
• Assessing clients regarding suitability for Systemic Family Therapy.
• In line with i-THRIVE principles, work collaboratively with team members to ensure appropriate signposting, transfer, or onward referral for children and young people whose needs are not best met through systemic intervention.
• Collaboratively formulating, implementing and evaluating the therapeutic intervention with children, young people and their families.

Working for our organisation

Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (HPFT) is an outstanding organisation with ambitions to match. We are one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of 'Outstanding' from the Care Quality Commission, and our aim is to be the leading provider of mental health and specialist learning disability services in the country.

Our family of over 3500 members of staff provide health and social care for over 400,000 people with mental ill health, physical ill health and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings. We also deliver a range of nationally commissioned specialist services including Tier 4 services for children and young people, perinatal services, plus medium and low secure learning disabilities services.

The care we provide makes a fantastic difference to the lives of our service users, their families and carers - everything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout:

Our Trust values are:

Welcoming. Kind. Positive. Respectful. Professional.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

We are seeking highly motivated candidates who are enthusiastic about making a difference to children's mental health through evidence-based interventions based on NICE Guidelines recommended treatments.

Based in the South Mental Health Support Team (MHST), this role includes holding a caseload across both the South MHST and South Children and Young People's Mental Health Service (CYPMHS), providing valuable experience across both services.

You will be committed to the CYP Psychological Training Programme core principles: Accessibility, accountability, participation, awareness and evidence-based practice and in providing an inclusive and effective service for children and young people, along with a dedication to equity, diversity and inclusion.

This intensive training post will equip the post-holder to provide interventions to 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 Systemic Family Therapy for Conduct Disorders and Depression (CDD).

This full time training position will begin in January 2027 with around 2.5 days a week for academic work (teaching and personal study), and 2.5 days based within the services using the newly developed skills to support children and young people and their families. Trainees 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.

The post holder will:

• With the support of the clinical supervisor, consultant systemic psychotherapist or clinical team manager, make decisions on suitability of new referrals, adhering to the MHST and CYPMHS referral criteria and protocols....