Recruit to Train

The newly recruited staff will undertake a 1 year full-time training on the Postgraduate Diploma in CYP IAPT Therapy. The course typically starts in Mid-January and during term time, trainees will have around 2.5 days a week for academic work (studying, university etc), and 2.5 days based at the service seeing clients related to their course. 

Pending confirmation of funding and course viability, we are likely to be offering the following modalities:

PG Diploma in CYP IAPT Therapy at UCL

• Autism Spectrum Conditions and Learning Disabilities (ASC/LD)

• Interpersonal Psychotherapy for Adolescents (IPT-A)

• Infant Mental Health (0-5s) 

• Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)

More information

Please contact the Recruit to Train Project Manager - lauren.shum if you have further queries. 

Service Requirements for Successful Funding Application:

PLEASE READ THIS SECTION CAREFULLY BEFORE BEGINNING TO COMPLETE YOUR APPLICATION

Before submitting an application for Recruit to Train places, please ensure that you have read, understand and are in a position to meet all the requirements below prior to the start of training in early 2024.

Equipment:

• Provision of a video camera and SD card for recording sessions

• Access to Windows computer (Laptop if trainee is working from home)

• Access to Microsoft Teams and OneDrive

Organisational:

Please note that the funding will only cover course fees and salary support (as specified under ‘funding’) and therefore additional costs for travel and equipment etc. will need to be discussed and managed locally. Training will be held at the Anna Freud, Kings Cross, London. 

Agreement from service & supervisor for new staff to be released for the required number of days per week throughout the year to attend University training.

Depending on the chosen pathway additional costs might be incurred for training materials and course manuals as needed (such as the Incredible Years manual) – should your application be successful please check with the Recruit to Train Project Manager what are the requirements for the specific therapy modality. We will need to confirm that you have the required manuals at the beginning of the training.

Supervision:

Agreement of relevant supervisor – identified and agreed prior to application. Preference will be given to applications featuring named supervisors.

Named supervisor must have at least 2 years’ supervisory experience in the relevant training modality. The supervision for Recruit to Train staff entails 60 minutes of individual supervision weekly. This supervision will be part of the students learning support and should be in addition to caseload management.

Site supervisors will be eligible to apply for the CYP IAPT Certificate in Supervision if they have not already completed the training.

Management support:

Successful services will be expected to take 1 training place on the PG Certificate in Leading Transformation & Change for a current member of staff moving into a management role. Preference will be given to those who put forward a suitable staff member keen to develop and embed the CYP IAPT principles in service and support the new workforce.

If you already have managers trained on the PG Certificate Leading Transformation & Change (previously known as the CYP IAPT Management course) in the service, we expect these to be overseeing and supporting the new workforce.

Caseload:

Access to relevant cases – for details on numbers of cases required for each training course, please refer to the brochures that you can access via the link above. 

Deadlines:

The service bid process has now been completed for January 2024.  

Please see the FAQ (updated regularly) which has other further information. 

Please see the FAQ  (updated regularly) which has other further information. 

Confirmation of Receiving Funding: 

If services are successful in their application, they will receive a recruitment pack with information to help them advertise the trainee places. Adverts should be placed as soon as possible after receiving these packs, and recruitment must be complete at least seven weeks before the course starts (to allow for HR/contract turnaround times and full induction at the service prior to the course starting). 

The recruitment process involves applications needing to apply for both the course and the job at the same time. The job advert should contain the University's application documents and links to help with this process.

Services will shortlist and provide these names to the University (via the Project Manager). The University will check their applications portal to confirm if the candidate has applied and will also review the application to establish whether they will be eligible for the course. After checking these names, they will send back their considerations and the Service will then be able to move forward and invite candidates to interview. 

Further details will be provided about this process if your service is confirmed as successful. The workforce team also offers recruitment support from the Project Manager via regular liaison with services and will be your main point of contact for any queries. 

After Recruitment: 

Your service will receive notifications from NHSE's funding team to enable them to begin to process the payments. Funding is paid quarterly in arrears. 

Services should ensure that they have Supervisors in place to support their trainees, with at least weekly one-hour supervisions.  Clinical management is held with the service and the trainees should have their case management reviewed at least once a month. 

During term time, trainees should have 2 days protected study time to either attend university or self-study. There is half a day also reserved for study, however we encourage trainees to use this as they see fit (and agree with Supervisor) to ensure completion of the course (such as visiting University for admin purposes, seeing more cases if they are behind etc.). 

Services should notify the Project Manager if there are any issues surrounding trainees that might prevent them from completing the course.