Education Mental Health Practitioner

Job Summary
The Link, along with other voluntary and community sector providers have formed a partnership to create the South Tees Mental Health Support Team, also known as The InsideOut Team.The InsideOut Team are the Middlesbrough and Redcar Mental Health Support Team, we work with, and in schools, supporting children and young people experiencing mild to moderate mental health issues, through the whole school approach to mental health and wellbeing.

Main duties of the job
The post-holder will work within the InsideOut Mental Health Support Team, as part of a multidisciplinary team, delivering, with supervision, high-quality; brief outcome focused evidence-based interventions for children and young people in an educational or community setting, who are experiencing mild to moderate mental health difficulties. These may include psycho-education, self-help and work with presentation such as anxiety and low mood. The postholder will also support staff in education settings to identify and where appropriate manage issues related to mental health and wellbeing.

About us
The Link is a Middlesbrough based professional mental health and emotional wellbeing provider. We provide therapeutic services to children, young people and families across the North East including Redcar & Cleveland, Middlesbrough, Hartlepool, Stockton on Tees and Darlington. Our services include a wide range of workshops and training, therapeutic assessments, one to one therapeutic interventions including specialist therapies and Children and Young People Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (CYP IAPT) evidence-based therapies.

Details
Date posted: 22 July 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 5
Salary: £33,487 to £38,682 a year
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: B0553-26-0001
Job locations: 101 The Greenway, Middlesbrough, TS3 9PA, United Kingdom

Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

• Holds a recognised qualification through Health Education England Quality Assured EMHP training programme
• Holds a Psychology or other Health/social care/youth related undergraduate degree
• Holds a recognised membership of a relevant professional body (i.e.BABCP//BPS)
• Is accredited/ registered with a relevant professional body (i.e.BABCP//BPS)

Desirable

• Holds a recognised qualification in counselling or psychological therapy

Experience
Essential

• Post qualification experience as a practising Education Mental Health Practitioner
• Experience of working with children and young people
• Demonstrates an understanding of CYP IAPT
• Experience of working within a childrens mental health service
• Experience of working within educational establishments
• Demonstrates an understanding and ability to work with low-intensity CBT approaches and is willing to support the implementation of The Link & InsideOut model and integrate within practice.
• Ability to conduct group parenting programmes.
• Ability to work within educational settings to increase mental health awareness within the staff group
• Demonstrates an understanding of assessment and risk.
• Shows a willingness to work flexibly to meet the needs of both service, children, young people and families.
• Ability to work with an agreed caseload and manage agreed targets and performance measures
• Demonstrates an understanding of childrens mental health

Desirable

• Demonstrates an understanding of The Link service, including referral pathways and criteria for access.

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.

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer Contact Details
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