Overview
Northumbria Healthcare Foundation Trust (NHCFT) has an opportunity to recruit trainee Senior Education Mental Health Practitioners to join the Northumberland ‘Be You’ Mental Health Support Team (MHST). Our current Be You teams are in Hexham, Blyth, Bedlington, Ashington, Alnwick, Coquet, Cramlington and Seaton Valley.
These posts involve the completion of a 12-month Senior Wellbeing Practitioner course through the University of Northumbria commencing in January 2026, whilst working and delivering the 3 core functions of an MHST. You will receive both University and service support and supervision throughout the training programme.
These training posts will work alongside Education Mental Health Practitioners, supporting pupils with mild to moderate mental health needs. In addition, you also work with the Be You OTs, Peer Mentor and a Designated Senior Mental Health Lead in schools Coordinator. We work closely with colleagues from Northumberland Council, Educational Psychologist, assistants and voluntary partner Cygnus.
As a Senior EMHP you will also provide clinical and case management supervision to both trainee and qualified EMHPs.
During your training year you will continue to deliver on the 3 core functions of an MHST: one-to-one support for young people, whole school delivery and providing advice and guidance. As part of the Senior Wellbeing Practitioner training you will develop enhanced clinical skills which will then become part of your role as you progress through the training programme.
The post will require you to support trainee and qualified Education Mental Health Practitioners within the MHST both informally and through formal clinical and case management supervision arrangements. You will have your own supervision and line management arrangements in place to ensure you are supported in your role too.
Post holders will be required to meet the work experience entry requirements for the Trust and the academic requirements for the University of Northumbria.
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.
Responsibilities
* Work alongside Education Mental Health Practitioners, supporting pupils with mild to moderate mental health needs.
* Collaborate with Be You OTs, Peer Mentor and a Designated Senior Mental Health Lead in schools Coordinator.
* Work with colleagues from Northumberland Council, Educational Psychologist, assistants and voluntary partner Cygnus.
* Provide clinical and case management supervision to both trainee and qualified EMHPs.
* During training, deliver on the 3 core functions of an MHST: one-to-one support for young people, whole school delivery, and providing advice and guidance.
* Develop enhanced clinical skills as part of the Senior Wellbeing Practitioner training to become part of your role as you progress.
* Support trainee and qualified EMHPs within the MHST through informal and formal supervision arrangements; have your own supervision and line management arrangements in place.
Requirements
* Post holders will be required to meet the work experience entry requirements for the Trust and the academic requirements for the University of Northumbria.
About the trust
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.
Contacts
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Suzanne Wile
Job title: Primary Mental Health Team Senior Lead
Email: suzanne.wile@northumbria-healthcare.nhs.uk
Telephone: 0191 2933012
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