Job Description

• Are you passionate about improving childrens emotional wellbeing?
• Would you like to join a well-established and successful Mental Health Support Team with a strong team culture and excellent support?

We have the perfect opportunity for you!
We are recruiting for a QualifiedEducation Mental Health Practitioner (EMHP)to deliver evidence-based early interventions for children and young people. This exciting role spans both educational settings and healthcare sectors across North Tees.
You will be based with the well-established and successful trailblazer Mental Health Support Team (MHST), based with Alliance Psychology. The team is located in Stockton and provides mental health support across a range of educational settings in the Hartlepool and Stockton local authority areas.
The role will be subject to an enhanced DBS check with barring.
Main duties of the job
We are looking for qualified Education Mental Health Practitioners with experience working in Mental Health Support Teams, as qualified practitioners. You should be confident working as part of a team, and skilled at building effective relationships with a range of stakeholders, particularly within educational settings.
You will deliver mental health interventions on a one to one and group basis as well as delivering whole school approaches helping schools embed strategies to promote and support mental health and well being.
About us
The North Tees Mental Health Support Team is delivered by a consortium of partners, primarily from the voluntary and community sector. You will be employed by Changing Futures North East, a charity that has supported children, young people, and families for over 25 years. We help children and families thrive through strong, healthy relationships and are proud partners in several mental health support services across Hartlepool and Teesside.
Details
Date posted
12 September 2025
Pay scheme
Other
Salary
28,500 to 31,139 a year Dependant on experience
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
B0449-25-0001
Job locations
Changing Futures N E
3 Abbey Street
Hartlepool
Cleveland
TS240JR
Alliance Psychological Services Ltd
24 Yarm Road
Stockton-on-tees
Cleveland
TS18 3NA
Job description
Job responsibilities
You will be based with the well-established and successful trailblazer Mental Health Support Teams (MHST) within Alliance Psychology.The team is located in Stockton and provides mental health support across a range of educational settings in the Hartlepool & Stockton local authority areas.
We are looking for qualified Education Mental Health Practitioners with experience working in Mental Health Support Teams, either as trainees or qualified practitioners. You should be confident working as part of a team, and skilled at building effective relationships with a range of stakeholders, particularly within educational settings.
You will deliver mental health interventions on a one to one and group basis as well as delivering whole school approaches helping schools embed strategies to promote and support mental health and well being. Job description
Job responsibilities
You will be based with the well-established and successful trailblazer Mental Health Support Teams (MHST) within Alliance Psychology.The team is located in Stockton and provides mental health support across a range of educational settings in the Hartlepool & Stockton local authority areas.
We are looking for qualified Education Mental Health Practitioners with experience working in Mental Health Support Teams, either as trainees or qualified practitioners. You should be confident working as part of a team, and skilled at building effective relationships with a range of stakeholders, particularly within educational settings.
You will deliver mental health interventions on a one to one and group basis as well as delivering whole school approaches helping schools embed strategies to promote and support mental health and well being.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

• Qualified Education Mental Health Practitioner

Experience
Essential

• Work within Mental Health Support Team for schools either as trainee or qualified EMHP
• Experience of working with children and young people, their families and others.
• Experience of working and liaising with a wide variety of agencies and stakeholders

Desirable

• Experience of working with children and their families in a healthcare setting
• Experience of working with children and their families in an education setting
• Delivery of group interventions for children and young people.

Personal Qualities and Specific Attributes
Essential

• Self-motivated
• Able to travel to meet the requirements of the post
• Team player
• Excellent time management and organisational skills
• Able to meet the physical requirements of the role after reasonable adjustments have been made for any illness or disability.
• Full, enhanced and current satisfactory DBS disclosure for the role
• Ability to personally manage a sensitive, traumatic and potentially emotionally distressing caseload
• Excellent oral and written communication skills

Specialist Experience
Essential

• Experience of working with children and young people who have social, emotional and/or behavioural difficulties
• Experience of working with anxiety disorders
• Experience of working with affective (mood) disorders
• Experience of the delivery of specific therapeutic interventions to children, young people or their families (e.g. CBT, solution focused brief therapy)

Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

• Qualified Education Mental Health Practitioner

Experience
Essential

• Work within Mental Health Support Team for schools either as trainee or qualified EMHP
• Experience of working with children and young people, their families and others.
• Experience of working and liaising with a wide variety of agencies and stakeholders

Desirable

• Experience of working with children and their families in a healthcare setting
• Experience of working with children and their families in an education setting
• Delivery of group interventions for children and young people.

Personal Qualities and Specific Attributes
Essential

• Self-motivated
• Able to travel to meet the requirements of the post
• Team player
• Excellent time management and organisational skills
• Able to meet the physical requirements of the role after reasonable adjustments have been made for any illness or disability.
• Full, enhanced and current satisfactory DBS disclosure for the role
• Ability to personally manage a sensitive, traumatic and potentially emotionally distressing caseload
• Excellent oral and written communication skills

Specialist Experience
Essential

• Experience of working with children and young people who have social, emotional and/or behavioural difficulties
• Experience of working with anxiety disorders
• Experience of working with affective (mood) disorders
• Experience of the delivery of specific therapeutic interventions to children, young people or their families (e.g. CBT, solution focused brief therapy)

Skills Required