RISE Senior Wellbeing Practitioner

The Children's Society; Newcastle upon Tyne; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 39,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

36 days annual leave

Enhanced maternity/paternity leave

Pension match up to 8%

Free counselling service

Skills development opportunities

2 days volunteering time per year

Job summary

The Children’s Society is recruiting a Senior Wellbeing Practitioner for the Rise Mental Health Support Teams in Newcastle & Gateshead. The role focuses on delivering evidence-based interventions in educational settings for children and young people with mild to moderate mental health needs, while supporting schools to develop a whole-school approach to wellbeing.

We seek an EMHP-trained professional with extensive post-qualification experience, capable of supervising low-intensity practitioners

Qualifications

• 3+ years post-qualification experience as an Education Mental Health Practitioner.
• Experience in delivering clinical caseload and clinical skills supervision to low-intensity practitioners (trainee and qualified EMHP & CWP).
• Skills in managing various duties associated with the role, including line management responsibilities, delivering supervision, and holding a small caseload.
• Ability to support the management team and clinical lead with strategic service development.
• BABCP/BPS recognised supervision qualification relevant to the low-intensity workforce. Though this is not essential.

Responsibilities

• Line management responsibilities and delivering supervision.
• Holding a small caseload and providing clinical supervision.
• Supporting the management team and clinical lead with service development.

Skills

EMHP experience

Caseload management

Clinical supervision

Line management

Strategic service development

Job description

Permanent with funding until 30th November 2026, with potential extension.

35 hours/week

£35,100 per annum

Location: Newcastle / Gateshead (Haylofts)

Benefits include but not limited to:

• 36 days’ annual leave, inclusive of flexible bank holidays, increasing with length of service
• Enhanced maternity/paternity leave
• We match up to 8% pension
• Free counselling service
• Opportunities to develop and widen your skills
• 2 days of paid volunteering time per annum to support another part of the organisation

About us:

The Children’s Society has been helping children and young people in this country for over 140 years. We deliver essential local services that provide safe, trusted support to children and young people during times of significant need.

Our Youth Impact domain creates impact for children and young people. With highly skilled and experienced staff working across England and Wales, we provide direct support to children, young people, parents and carers, as well as conduct research and influence Government to make changes. We also provide training for professionals. Our value driven team change the lives of children in this country for the better and with your help and expertise, tomorrow we can support even more.

About the role:

The Children’s Society has a vacancy for a Senior Wellbeing Practitioner within our Rise Mental Health Support Teams (MHST) in Newcastle & Gateshead. The Rise service, offers evidence-based individual and group interventions in educational settings for children and young people experiencing mild to moderate mental health difficulties, as well as supporting settings to develop their whole school/college approach to mental health.

Senior Wellbeing Practitioners (SWP) are a new role developed by NHSE as part of CYP-IAPT workforce development, and a new addition to our Rise service.

We are seeking an EMHP-trained Senior Wellbeing Practitioner with:

• 3+ years post-qualification experience as an Education Mental Health Practitioner.
• Experience in delivering clinical caseload and clinical skills supervision to low-intensity practitioners (trainee and qualified EMHP & CWP).
• Skills in managing various duties associated with the role, including line management responsibilities, delivering supervision, and holding a small caseload.
• Ability to support the management team and clinical lead with strategic service development.
• BABCP/BPS recognised supervision qualification relevant to the low-intensity workforce. Though this is not essential.

Closing date:

Midnight on 25/09/2026

Interviews:

Yet to be confirmed

The Children’s Society is committed to safeguarding and protection of the children and young people we work with. As such, our safer recruitment process includes a Basic or Enhanced DBS check, 5 years of references, and additional vetting checks relevant to the role. We have a comprehensive range of policies and procedures in place to promote safeguarding and safer working practices across all areas of our organisation.

In support of our commitment to diversity and inclusion, shortlisting is carried out on an anonymised basis. Personal details are hidden from the shortlisting panel, and candidates are referenced by a candidate number only. As part of this process, we ask that your CV is anonymised before submission - this means removing personal information such as your name, contact details, age, and any other identifying details.

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