Job Description

CWP Trainee

CHUMS CIC Social Enterprise is an NHS Approved and QNCC accredited provider of clinical services to children and families. The service left the NHS in 2011 to become an independent Social Enterprise, affording the organisation more freedom to offer its services in a way that best suits the needs of the service users.

CHUMS is a Children and Young People's Psychological Therapy (CYP-PT) compliant service and has been successful in setting up an early intervention service which comprises of a large CYP-PT training hub. We have Family Wellbeing Teams in each of our localities, where the CWPs are placed.

The aims of this service are to meet the emotional wellbeing needs of children and their families through guided self-help. We have the opportunity to extend the team to include 8 further trainee CWP places predominantly based in Milton Keynes, Luton, Bedford Borough and Central Bedfordshire localities, with some virtual support.

These are training posts to provide support to children and young people with mild to moderate mental health difficulties. The ideal candidates will have an undergraduate degree (psychology or similar), as well as some experience of working with children and young people up to the age of 18 with a range of mild to moderate mental health difficulties, either individually or in groups.

The post holder will be taught to deliver evidence based guided self-help interventions with children and young people or their parents/carers when the CYP is experiencing mild to moderate mental health difficulties. They will also be taught how to deliver interventions in the community, for example participation activities, training and group delivery. Trainees will receive supervision to support their professional development.

Our head office is in the grounds of Wrest Park, Silsoe. Post holders will be required to travel independently as needed within the community.

Applicants will need to be ready to start work in early/mid-January 2024 and posts cannot be offered to candidates unless they can guarantee this start date.

Shortlisted candidates will also need to submit an application form to UCL for a place on the Diploma in Child Wellbeing Practice

. The UCL application form will need to be completed at the same time as your application for a post. Please visit their website for more information:

https://www.ucl.ac.uk/prospective-students/graduate/taught-degrees/child-and-young-persons-psychological-wellbeing-practice-pg-dip

The UCL application details are contained in the separate document, UCL CWP Course guide.

If you would like to be considered for this role, please complete an application form, available on our website:

https://chums.uk.com/vacancies/ and return it to - recruitment@chums.uk.com

Please note: CV's will not be accepted for this vacancy.

Closing date for applications is 12pm, 22/09/2025.

Shortlisted candidates will be offered interviews from 13th October 2025.

Job Types: Full-time, Fixed term contract
Contract length: 12 months

Pay: 26,530.00 per year

Benefits:

Health & wellbeing programme On-site parking Store discount
Work Location: In person