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The Children’s Society is hiring a Senior Wellbeing Practitioner for the Rise Mental Health Support Teams in Newcastle & Gateshead. The role focuses on providing evidence-based interventions in educational settings for children with mild to moderate mental health difficulties, with opportunities to influence whole-school approaches.
We seek an EMHP-trained practitioner with 3+ years post-qualification experience, capable of supervising junior staff and contributing to service development.
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Permanent with funding until 30th November 2026, with potential extension
35 hours/week
£35,100 per annum
Location: Newcastle / Gateshead(Haylofts)
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.
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:
Closing date: Midnight on 25/09/2026Interviews: 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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