Senior Low Intensity CBT Practitioner (School Cluster Lead)

Our vision is to empower all children, young people, and families to thrive.

We are the leading provider of Mental Health Support Teams MHSTs in Stockton-on-Tees and Hartlepool, offering mental health and emotional wellbeing support directly in schools.

We work in partnership with - Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust CAMHS, Changing Futures North East, The Link, Mind, and The Junction to make sure young people can access the right help, at the right time.

Together, we also deliver The Tees Valley Getting Help Service another local offer across the Tees Valley that provides mental health support to children and young people aged 5 to18 or up to 25 if they have an EHCP.

Everything we do is shaped by the iThrive framework, ensuring support is accessible, needs led, and designed around the child or young person.

Our mission is simple: to help families navigate mental health support so they can get the right support at the right time.

Main duties of the job

This post aims to develop the role of Educational Mental Health Practitioners and Children's Wellbeing Practitioners. It provides an opportunity for clinicians who have formal training and experience in using evidence based low or high intensity CBT interventions to develop their careers and support Alliance to develop their Mental Health Support Teams in schools.

The post holder will develop, support, and supervise Educational Mental Health Practitioners and Children's Wellbeing practitioners to deliver evidence-based practice in guided self-help, CBT and group-based interventions.

In addition to CYP mental health expertise the post holder will be expected to contribute to the services universal offer through psychoeducation, assemblies, transition preparation and promote partnership working with local authority teams, to contribute to community development. For example attending education forums and multi-agency forums.

Closing date: 3 June 2026

Interviews: 9 June 2026

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This is a great time to join Alliance, where our team is leading on the transformation of local children's mental health and wellbeing services.

Alliance offers first rate training and development opportunities, 38 days annual leave pro rata, rising 1 day every 5 years of service as well as the option to purchase additional annual leave EAP health scheme including costs towards eye tests/glasses, dental treatment, physio treatment and shopping discounts alongside a 3% contributory pension scheme. We also offer lots of health and wellbeing initiatives for our staff and promote flexible working for a positive work life balance.

We are committed to promoting equal opportunities in our employment practice and service delivery. We are signatories to the Mindful Employers Charter. Alliance also has Investors in People status and the Better Health at Work Award. We are Disability Confident Committed.

We follow safer recruitment of staff for all appointments. It is a requirement that all staff understand it is each persons individual responsibility and are committed to promoting and safeguarding the welfare of clients. Please note that due to the nature of the duties of these roles, an enhanced criminal records disclosure will be sought in the event of a successful application.