CYP IAPT High / Low Intensity CBT Practitioner Supervisor or Trainee Supervisor
We are currently recruiting 1 Full time High/Low Intensity CBT Practitioner Supervisor or Trainee Supervisor post to start with our organisation in September 2026
Voluntary and community sector providers have formed a partnership to create the South Tees Mental Health Support Team, also known as The InsideOut MHST. The partnership members include.
- The Link
- Teesside Mind
- The Junction Foundation
- A Time 4 you
- ABC Counselling
- Changing Futures North East
The partnership is fully supported and working in collaboration with NHS TEWV and will work directly into schools alongside existing provision, to support mild to moderate mental health and wellbeing needs. This partnership approach will help embed a culture of openness around mental health, forge stronger links between education settings and the wider Mental Health offer in South Tees and ensure children and young people can access appropriate support and stay in education.
Candidates for this role must have at least 2 years post qualification experience working within the role of a High or Low Intensity Children Young People’s CBT Practitioner; this must be detailed with the application, stating the details of the qualification and the relevant experience within this specific role.
Candidates who have already received the Supervisory qualification needed to perform this role will not need to attend further formal training (detailed below) The salary is negotiable based on qualification and experience.
Successful candidates will be offered an educational programme specifically for the role in partnership with Northumbria University. The Postgraduate Certificate in Clinical Supervision
is specifically designed for professionals who are in, or will be required to use, Clinical Supervision roles within services participating, in the Children and Young Peoples’ Improving Access to Psychological Therapy (CYP-IAPT) initiative including Mental health support teams (EMHP) and Children’s Wellbeing Practitioners (CWP’s). During training this post will be paid at NHS Agenda for Change (AfC) Band 5 Point intermediate (£33,487).
During training, the post holder will have the opportunity to develop the knowledge & understanding, professional skills & abilities and personal values required of competent and effective Clinical Supervisors. The course is taught over two years and will include a mix of university contact, remote/online teaching e.g. lectures, tutorials, independent study and service-based supervision practice.
On successful completion of training, the post holder will be equipped with the necessary skills, knowledge, capabilities and qualification to develop, support, and supervise Educational Mental Health Practitioners to deliver evidence-based practice. This post holder, once qualified, will be paid at NHS Agenda for Change (AfC) Band 6 intermediate (£38,682).
The post holder will play a key role in the development of our Educational Mental Health Practitioners and Child Wellbeing Practitioner’s within the InsideOut Mental Health Support Team, who will have the responsibility for delivering schools’ overarching approach to providing mental health and wellbeing support for children and young people.
As this is a full-time training post, initially you will apply for the post, just as you would with any other job application, and then you will be expected to make a separate application to the university mentioned later in the recruitment and selection process if you are applying as a trainee.
The expected start date for this position is September 2026, following an application to enrol onto the University course the post holder will complete a pre-course induction at the end of August with A Time 4 You, in preparation for the course to start in September 2026.
All employing organisations are based in the South Tees area. Please download person/role specification and application form below.
To apply for this post, please send your CV along with your completed application form to Laura Huller (Operations Director) info@atime4you.co.uk
Interviews will be taking place in July