AMBIT Assistant Trainer

Location

London / Remote

Application Deadline

Friday November 27 2026

Deadline Time

12:00 PM

Positions Available

4

Vacancy Type

Zero Hours

Working Hours

Flexible - a minimum of 5 days per year is expected

Salary

24.68 per hour (44917 per annum FTE)

Job Documents

Job Summary

Passionate About AMBIT Join Our Training Team

Anna Freud is seeking fourAMBIT Assistant Trainers to join our world-leading mental health charity for children young people and their families. Our mission is to close the gap in wellbeing and mental health by advancing translating delivering and sharing the best science and practice with everyone who impacts the lives of children young people and their families. More information about Anna Freud is available on our website.

Our EDI commitment

We are dedicated to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace and being an equal opportunities employer whereby equity diversity and inclusion (EDI) are core to our recruitment practices. All candidates who meet the job criteria will be considered for employment regardless of ethnic origin religion or belief gender sexual orientation disability age socioeconomic background caring responsibilities and care experience.

We ask candidates to share their diversity dimensions with us to help us identify tackle and prevent bias across the employee lifecycle. We believe a diverse workforce enhances our ability to support mental health and wellbeing allowing us to better meet the needs of the children young people and families we serve.

As a Disability Confident employer disabled candidates meeting our criteria are guaranteed an interview. Applications are submitted anonymously and assessed using a fair evaluation process based on the criteria set out in our job profiles.

What we offer

This is an exciting opportunity to combine your frontline AMBIT experience with training delivery helping professionals across a range of sectors embed evidence-informed practice that improves outcomes for people with multiple needs. Youll work alongside experienced AMBIT Lead Trainers developing your skills while making a meaningful contribution to workforce development.

We offer a range of staff benefits including wellbeing offers such as free counselling through our Employee Assistance Programme. We are proud to have staff-led Diversity Networks offering unique opportunities for learning connection and impact.

What youll do

You will co-deliver training alongside a Lead Trainer help tailor content to meet the needs of different teams share examples from your own AMBIT practice or attend supervision and programme meetings. Working as part of a collaborative and supportive AMBIT team youll help bring learning to life for professionals across a range of sectors and settings.

What youll bring

This opportunity is suitable for practitioners in mental health social care or other related professions who are trained in AMBIT.

Essential experience and skills:

• Experience working with young people or adults with multiple needs in health social care education justice or related settings.
• Practical experience of working in an AMBIT-informed team and applying AMBIT approaches in practice.
• Confidence delivering engaging training to professionals from a range of backgrounds.
• Presentation and facilitation skills both online and face-to-face.
• Collaborative approach and willingness to travel across the UK to support training delivery.

Key details

Hours: flexible - a minimum of 5 days per year is expected.

Salary: 24.68 per hour (44917 per annum FTE).

Location: hybrid (a mixture of home/onsite working): working from home and Anna Freud 48 Rodney Street London N1 9JH in line with Anna Freuds hybrid working policy. Please note: travel to training locations nationally and internationally will be required (expenses paid). Specific working arrangements will be discussed during the interview process.

Contract type: zero hours.

Next steps

Closing date for applications: midday (12pm) Friday 27 November 2026. Please note that due to high application volumes we may close this advert early. We encourage you to apply promptly and to keep an eye on our future vacancies for more opportunities.

Notification of interview: shortlisted applicants will be notified no later than Friday 4 December 2026. During shortlisting applicants are anonymously assessed using the criteria visible in the Job Profile. Please note: due to the high volume of applications received we will not be able to provide feedback to unsuccessful applicants.

Interviews: will be held remotely between 9-11 December 2026.

How to apply: click on the apply now button to apply online. We are unable to accept CVs and kindly request no contact from agencies.

Questions

Please email with any job enquiries or if you require assistance or experience difficulties when applying. Please note that successful candidate(s) will be asked to evidence their Right to Work in the UK post-job offer we do not hold a sponsor license therefore we are unable to provide Visa sponsorship.

Required Experience:

Junior IC