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Trainee Senior Wellbeing Practitioner
Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust View all jobs
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Reference: 2487211
Job summary
We have an exciting opportunity for a Trainee Senior Wellbeing Practitioner to join the Northumberland Mental Health Support Team in Alnwick/Coquet. As a trainee, you will enrol on the 24-months Senior Wellbeing Programme at the University of Northumbria.
We are looking for an enthusiastic, dynamic and self-motivated individual with a passion for delivering early intervention and innovative new models of working in children's mental health.
The post holder will be responsible for delivering the 3 core functions of a Mental Health Support Team: 1:1 evidence-based interventions, whole school approach work and provide advice and guidance to our partners across education, health and social care. These roles sit within the 'getting help' sector of the Thrive model. As a Senior Wellbeing Practitioner, you will also deliver the enhanced practice pathways and provide supervision to Education Mental Health Practitioners within the team.
We support a blended/hybrid model of working recognising the value of home life balance. We will ensure we consider suitable arrangements are made to your work and home base to guarantee 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
The role will involve delivering a range of evidenced-based low intensity psychological interventions for children and young people with mild/moderate need. These will be delivered individually and in small group-based programmes. This will also include the facilitation of a range of psychoeducation sessions and staff training.
The role will provide support to education settings to improve the whole school approach to emotional well-being.
The post holder will also deliver a consultation and signposting role to a range of early help, targeted and specialist support services supporting children and young people's emotional health and wellbeing.
As a Senior Wellbeing Practitioner you will provide supervision to Education Mental Health Practitioners in the team and engage proactively in the wider supervision offer and service development initiatives.
Engaging proactively with the wider team and our external partners is fundamental to the role and the delivery of the Mental Health Support Team functions.
About us
We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, covering one of the largest geographical areas of any NHS trust in the country. Leading in innovation and quality - opening a state of the art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England? Work in an organisation that supports its staff and focuses on staff experience as much as it does the experience of its patients?
You can live and breathe in an area that has the cleanest air, cost effective living, great nightlife, some of the best schools with a wealth of history available on your doorstep. Sound too good to be true? Well it isn't, this is what you get when you work for Northumbria Healthcare, this is the Northumbria Way! Please read 'applicant guidance notes' before submitting your application.
Details
Date posted
11 November 2026
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 6
Salary
£39,959 to £48,117 a year per annum
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time, Flexible working
Reference number
319-8363330LH
Job locations
Ponteland Primary Care Centre
Meadowfield
Ponteland
NE20 9SD
United Kingdom
Job description
Job responsibilities
The role involves delivering on the 3 core functions of a Mental Health Support Team: delivering 1:1 low intensity intervention, whole school delivery and providing an advisory and consultative role.
The role will involve holding a caseload, managing this in terms of delivering intervention and supporting through to discharge. There will be close working with education settings to support the delivery of the whole school approach.
We have a robust supervision structure in place, and the post holder will take an active participation in both clinical and case management supervision, group/peer supervision and the service safeguarding supervision arrangements we have in place.
Part of the delivery will be liaising with our system partners and contributing to the wider contribution across the emotional and mental health pathway in Northumberland. The role will involve active engagement with the recording and evaluation systems in place, in accordance with the Benchmarking Framework and service delivery targets.
To role model compassionate and inclusive leadership in order to shape the creation of a collective leadership culture within the trust. This means demonstrating a consistent leadership style which:
(a) engages, enables and empowers others
(b) uses coaching to promote ownership of learning and quality improvement and
(c) facilitates team working and collaboration within teams / departments and across organisational boundaries.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The role involves delivering on the 3 core functions of a Mental Health Support Team: delivering 1:1 low intensity intervention, whole school delivery and providing an advisory and consultative role.
The role will involve holding a caseload, managing this in terms of delivering intervention and supporting through to discharge. There will be close working with education settings to support the delivery of the whole school approach.
We have a robust supervision structure in place, and the post holder will take an active participation in both clinical and case management supervision, group/peer supervision and the service safeguarding supervision arrangements we have in place.
Part of the delivery will be liaising with our system partners and contributing to the wider contribution across the emotional and mental health pathway in Northumberland. The role will involve active engagement with the recording and evaluation systems in place, in accordance with the Benchmarking Framework and service delivery targets.
To role model compassionate and inclusive leadership in order to shape the creation of a collective leadership culture within the trust. This means demonstrating a consistent leadership style which:
(a) engages, enables and empowers others
(b) uses coaching to promote ownership of learning and quality improvement and
(c) facilitates team working and collaboration within teams / departments and across organisational boundaries.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Completion or working towards completion of Senior Wellbeing Practitioner Programme
- Registered with relevant professional body
Desirable
- Post-graduate diploma in Mental Health and Emotional Wellbeing in Education Environments (EMHP)
Experience
Essential
- At least 1 year post-qualifying experience of working as an EMHP or CWP
- Experience of delivering interventions in education settings
Desirable
- Experience of working with children and young people and an understanding of the education system in England
Other requirements
Essential
- It is an essential requirement of the role that the post holder has a valid UK driving licence and is either 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
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Completion or working towards completion of Senior Wellbeing Practitioner Programme
- Registered with relevant professional body
Desirable
- Post-graduate diploma in Mental Health and Emotional Wellbeing in Education Environments (EMHP)
Experience
Essential
- At least 1 year post-qualifying experience of working as an EMHP or CWP
- Experience of delivering interventions in education settings
Desirable
- Experience of working with children and young people and an understanding of the education system in England
Other requirements
Essential
- It is an essential requirement of the role that the post holder has a valid UK driving licence and is either 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
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
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
Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Ponteland Primary Care Centre
Meadowfield
Ponteland
NE20 9SD
United Kingdom
Employer's website
https://www.northumbria.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
Employer details
Employer name
Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Ponteland Primary Care Centre
Meadowfield
Ponteland
NE20 9SD
United Kingdom
Employer's website
https://www.northumbria.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)