Mental Health Therapist/Counsellor
Trinity Academy Newcastle, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Tyne and Wear, NE4 8XJ16 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
10 July 2026 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
24 June 2026
Job details
Job role
- Other support roles
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time: 37 hours a week, Monday to Friday, Term time only plus 5 training days,
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- N10 SCP 39 (£50,269) to SCP 43 (£54,495), pro rata (£43,163.67 to £46,792.34)
What skills and experience we're looking for
We are looking for an enthusiastic, self-motivated and inspiring Mental Health Therapist/Counsellor to join our Newcastle School in the Sanctuary. Our successful candidate will have a professional qualification to a first-degree level in a relevant field and experience of working with children and young adults who have experienced extensive early life trauma.
You will be expected to Deliver services within a trauma-informed framework, embedding principles of safety, trust, collaboration, empowerment and inclusion. The role will contribute to the development of a trauma informed culture through direct clinical work, consultation, and the design and delivery of high quality CPD for staff, parents and external partners.
What the school offers its staff
Trinity Academy Newcastle Multi- Academy Trust is a growing Trust specialising in Social, Emotional and Mental Health difficulties.
The Trust is committed to staff wellbeing and mental health and also has a focus on ‘growing our own’. Due to this we offer an extensive innovative CPD programme. Our Executive Leadership Team is dedicated to a one trust vision.
We are looking for a honest, calm and kind practitioners to join our Trust.
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.
Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.
Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children
You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.
Applying for the job
Apply for the job by following the link below.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
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About Trinity Academy Newcastle
- School type
- Academy, ages 5 to 16
- School size
- 206 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 5 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Trinity Academy Newcastle website
- Email address
- HR.central@tanmat.org
- Phone number
- 0191 2986950
Trinity Academy Newcastle Trust is a Multi-Academy Trust which incorporates a Pre-16 Special Converter Academy (Trinity Academy Newcastle), a Post-16 Converter Academy (Trinity Solutions Academy) and one private limited company (Trinity Post-16 Solutions Ltd). As a Multi Academy Trust, we are determined to strive for excellence in everything we do. In doing this, we know that we change lives on a daily basis. In an environment where kindness, honesty and calm are revered, we are ‘preparing the parents of the future’.
Arranging a visit to Trinity Academy Newcastle
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email HR.central@tanmat.org.
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