Trainee CBT Practitioner

Living Well Consortium, a partnership of member organisations in Birmingham and Solihull, is recruiting for Trainee CBT High Intensity Practitioners to work within their NHS Talking Therapies service. The Traineeship involves two days per week in teaching led by the University of Birmingham and three days per week working with a Living Well Consortium Service Provider.

The CBT HI Practitioner role sits within step 3 of the mental health stepped care model – providing high intensity cognitive behavioural-based interventions for people experiencing anxiety and/or depression. The workforce provides evidence-based treatments in line with NICE guidance.

Practitioners will work with people to equip them with the tools and techniques they need to manage anxiety and depression effectively, as well as to work towards their goals. The aim is to help people make positive changes to improve their wellbeing and quality of life.

The Traineeship is one year long and, at the end of the programme, successful candidates will be fully qualified CBT HI Practitioners.

Candidates should work in a BABCP core profession. Applicants without a core profession must be able to demonstrate they have met the BABCP Knowledge Skills and Attitudes (KSA) criteria by completion of a KSA portfolio. More information about the KSA portfolio can be found here: https://babcp.com/Knowledge-Skills-Attitudes

Successful candidates will be employed with a Living Well Consortium Service Provider.

Terms and Conditions

• • Working hours: 37.5 hours per week
  • Salary: £38,682.00pro rata per annum
  • Fixed term for twelve months
  • Traineeship begins in September 2026
  • Hybrid working (in person working required at Employer and University multiple days per week)
• Working hours:

Recruitment Process

To apply please send a completed Application Form Front Sheet, Application Form, Self Declaration Form,  and Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form as a PDF to hr.team@livingwellconsortium.com

Applicants who apply by submitting all of the above forms will receive an email acknowledging receipt of their application. Candidates who do not apply as requested above will not be considered and may not receive a response acknowledging their application.

Closing date: Midnight, Sunday 10th May 2026. We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications.

Academic Screening Test: Tuesday 9th June 2026 

Interview date: TBC

For further information about the role, please contact  hr.team@livingwellconsortium.com 

Living Well Consortium is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, Living Well Consortium will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. If reasonable accommodations are needed to participate in the job application or interview process, please contact us via the email address above or call on 0121 663 1254.

Living Well Consortium is a Disability Confident Committed Employer.