About this role
Job summary
The Kent & Medway All-Age Eating Disorders Service (AAEDS) has an exciting opportunity to join the team as a Recruit to Train Trainee, part of the NHSE funded Recruit to Train Programme in partnership with the Anna Freud Centre, University College London, and Kings College London. You will train as a Systemic Family Practitioner in Eating Disorders.
This is a training role within the Child and Young Persons Improving Access To Psychological Therapies Programme (CYP-IAPT). The post-holder will work within the Kent & Medway All-Age Eating Disorders Service providing interventions to children, young people and their families whilst undertaking a programme of training for this role.
This is a one-year fixed term post with this training year funded by NHSE.
This intensive training post will equip the post-holder to provide interventions based on CYP-IAPT care principles and also an evidence-based intervention consistent with their training course (SFP-ED). The post-holder will work in the Kent & Medway All Age Eating Disorder Service for at least 3 days of the week using the newly developed skills whilst attending the training programme for the remaining 2 days.
This post can be based at either The Courtyard in Maidstone or George Turle House in Canterbury. Because there will be travel across trust sites in good time where required, a driver would be preferred.
Main duties of the job
The post-holder will work with people with different cultural backgrounds and ages, using interpreters when necessary and should be committed to equal opportunities.
This role will be best suited for applicants that are able to balance a very busy work and study schedule. You will be an employee at the service 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 two days a week during term-time (with possibility of extra university days near start) and will be a mixture of in-person and online sessions. Applicants must be willing to travel into London to attend their lectures.
Applicants for this training at KCL will need to be available to start by the 11th of January 2027 at the latest (with the course starting on the 18th of January 2027).
About us
We are Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust. We care for the mental health and wellbeing of people across Kent and Medway and are rated 'Good' by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).
Our teams support children, young people and adults with a wide range of mental health needs. We also provide specialist services, including all-age eating disorder services and neurodevelopmental assessments for children and young people, such as autism and ADHD.
Because we work across the whole county and across hospital and community settings, we can make care more joined up and easier to access for the people we serve.
Our vision is simple: we are here to help communities not just live with mental illness, but live well. It's why we're passionate about working with communities to make mental health care better for everyone. Everything we do is guided by our values: caring, inclusive, curious and confident.
Join us if you share our passion for better mental health care and want to be part of a team that's working well together.
Job description Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description for the main responsibilities expected of this trainee post.
Person Specification
Training, Qualifications and Registration Essential
A registerable professional qualification in a relevant subject (e.g. psychology, social work, counselling, nursing, occupational therapy etc.) from a UK university or equivalent. Qualifications that demonstrate a capacity to complete academic work at postgraduate diploma level.
Desirable
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 Essential
Ideally at least two years' experience of working with children / young people in a mental health setting Experience of multi-agency working and liaising across internal & external agencies.
Knowledge and Skills Essential
Knowledge and understanding of issues relating to safeguarding children and young people. Ability to maintain a reflective stance in emotive/challenging interactions with children and their families. Capability to complete academic work at postgraduate diploma level
Desirable
Understanding evidence-based practice and the ability to demonstrate how this influences clinical practice.
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details Employer name Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust
Address The Courtyard/George Turle House
Pudding Lane
Maidstone/Canterbury
ME14 1PA
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.kentmedwaymentalhealth.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)