Senior Wellbeing Practitioner
At a glance
- Band
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time, Flexible working, Compressed hours
- Posted
- 02/09/2026
- Closes
- 13/09/2026
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Role summary
This exciting opportunity is for a Senior Wellbeing Practitioner to join the Northumberland Mental Health Support Team in Alnwick. The role involves coordinating and delivering evidence-based interventions for children and young people with mild to moderate mental health problems in educational settings. The post holder will provide enhanced Systems Working Skills and play a lead role in service development, including whole school approaches and school-based consultation models. The position offers excellent clinical supervision, training, and CPD, supporting a blended/hybrid working model.
Essential criteria
- Degree or an equivalent level of relevant experience
- Relevant knowledge acquired through successful completion of post graduate diploma in Mental Health and Emotional Wellbeing in education environment this will include a Recognised CYP IAPT Low Intensity Qualification to work an Education Mental Health Practitioner Qualification or a Children & Young People Wellbeing Practitioner.
- Relevant knowledge acquired through successful completion of or working towards the Senior Wellbeing Practitioner programme.
- Membership/registration of relevant professional body
- Basic literacy and numeracy qualifications
Desirable criteria
- Relevant post-qualification training that may have been attended in an EMHP or CWP role
- Experience and knowledge
- Experience of working with children and young people and an understanding of the education system in England
- Experience of delivering supervision (ideally CBT informed supervision)
- At least 2year post-qualification experience working as a CWP or an EMHP with children and young people with mental health difficulties and their families
- Experience of delivering interventions in education settings
- Experience of delivering CBT informed practice
- Experience of multi-agency collaborative working
- Experience of monitoring performance & outcomes
- It is an essential requirement of the role that the post holder has a valid driving licence and is either a car owner and able to use the car for work purposes, or has a Trust personal lease vehicle which may be used for the role. However, the Trust would consider making reasonable adjustments to the role, if necessary, to enable a disabled person to undertake the role
- Qualifications / Professional Registration
- Degree or an equivalent level of relevant experience
- Relevant knowledge acquired through successful completion of post graduate diploma in Mental Health and Emotional Wellbeing in education environment this will include a Recognised CYP IAPT Low Intensity Qualification to work an Education Mental Health Practitioner Qualification or a Children & Young People Wellbeing Practitioner.
- Relevant knowledge acquired through successful completion of or working towards the Senior Wellbeing Practitioner programme.
- Membership/registration of relevant professional body
- Basic literacy and numeracy qualifications
- Relevant post-qualification training that may have been attended in an EMHP or CWP role
- Experience and knowledge
- Experience of working with children and young people and an understanding of the education system in England
- Experience of delivering supervision (ideally CBT informed supervision)
- At least 2year post-qualification experience working as a CWP or an EMHP with children and young people with mental health difficulties and their families
- Experience of delivering interventions in education settings
- Experience of delivering CBT informed practice
- Experience of multi-agency collaborative working
- Experience of monitoring performance & outcomes
- It is an essential requirement of the role that the post holder has a valid driving licence and is either a car owner and able to use the car for work purposes, or has a Trust personal lease vehicle which may be used for the role. However, the Trust would consider making reasonable adjustments to the role, if necessary, to enable a disabled person to undertake the role
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 6 at £37,338 – £44,962 a year, across England.
This advert: £39,959 – £48,117 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Job summary
Northumberland Mental Health Support Team has an exciting opportunity for a Senior Wellbeing Practitioner to join our Alnwick and Coquet Mental Health Support Team.
The role will provide consolidated and enhanced clinical skills in the Senior Wellbeing Practitioner role, leading the co-ordination and delivery of evidence-based interventions for children and young people in education with mild to moderate mental health problems. The post holder will provide enhanced Systems Working Skills and a lead role in the service development. The role will involve the co-ordination, delivery and evaluation of the whole schools approaches (EMHPs only) and school-based consultation models.
We provide excellent clinical, case management and peer led clinical skills supervision arrangements, training and CPD.
We support a blended / hybrid model of working and ensure suitable travel expenses are provided to support in this role.
Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the closing date once the required number of suitable applications have been received.
Main duties of the job
- To provide consolidated & enhanced clinical skills in the role of a Senior Wellbeing Practitioner.
- To deliver evidence-based intervention for children and young people in education setting with mild to moderate mental health problems.
- To provide enhanced System Working S
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