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Hours: (Part-time) 25 Hours per week
Based at: Hybrid – Tyneside and Northumberland
Contract length: Permanent
Salary: £24,898.64 [PTE] / £36,850
About this role: The Senior Counselling Manager role provides strategic leadership, clinical governance and operational oversight of counselling services across Tyneside and Northumberland Mind. This role is created during a period of significant, continuous growth within our organisation, directly reflecting the rising and evolving mental health needs of our local community.
To meet this increasing demand, the postholder will drive departmental expansion, ensure safe, evidence-based service delivery and champion cross departmental collaboration. By aligning departmental resources with wider organisational strategy, the Senior Counselling Manager ensures we remain agile, resilient and highly impactful in supporting our community.
Further question? Email: Alex Wilson – Chief Executive Officer – alex.wilson@tynesidemind.org.uk

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Hours: (Part-time) 25 Hours per week
Based at: Hybrid – Gateshead / Newcastle Offices
Contract length: Permanent
Salary: £24,898.64
About this role: The Senior Project Manager role was created in response to the increasing demand for mental health and wellbeing services and the continued growth of Tyneside and Northumberland Mind. Reporting directly to the CEO, this is a key leadership position that will provide strategic and operational oversight across a growing portfolio of trauma-informed, person-led and community-based services.
The successful candidate will lead the mobilisation and delivery of commissioned and grant-funded programmes, support and develop Project Leads, strengthen governance, quality and performance, and build strong partnerships with NHS, local authorities, commissioners and VCSE organisations. They will play a pivotal role in driving service improvement, ensuring financial and operational sustainability, and helping shape the future growth and impact of our organisation.
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced leader who is passionate about improving mental health outcomes and wants to play a central role in developing high-quality services that make a meaningful difference to people and communities across Tyneside and Northumberland.
Further question? Email: Alex Wilson – Chief Executive Officer alex.wilson@tynesidemind.org.uk

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Hours: (Part-time) 21 Hours per week
Based at: Hybrid – Gateshead / Newcastle Offices
Contract length: 15 months with potential for extension
Salary: £14,687.40 [PTE] / £ 25,877.80 [FTE]
About this role: We’re looking for Mental Health Link Workers to join an innovative pilot project supporting adults across Newcastle and Gateshead who frequently attend Emergency Departments, NHS 111 (Option 2), and local Primary Care Networks.
This is a unique opportunity to help reshape how people in crisis are supported, working across health and community services to address the underlying psychosocial needs that often drive repeated crisis presentations. You’ll provide compassionate, person-centred care coordination, helping individuals build stability, resilience, and meaningful connections to the right support at the right time.
Working closely with NHS colleagues and community partners, you’ll triage referrals, co-create personalised support plans, deliver 1:1 and group support, and ensure robust risk management, while contributing to learning and development across this pioneering pilot.
If you’re passionate about joined-up care, reducing health inequalities, and making a tangible difference in people’s lives, we’d love to hear from you.
Further question? Email: Sophie Marshall – Head of Business Development Sophie.Marshall@tynesidemind.org.uk

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Closing Date: 31st July 2026
Tyneside and Northumberland Mind are seeking experienced and engaging Associate/Contract Trainers to support the development and delivery of high-quality training programmes for organisations, businesses, public sector partners, and community groups.
This is an exciting opportunity to work alongside a leading mental health charity, delivering impactful training that increases awareness, knowledge, and confidence around mental health, wellbeing, and related social issues. Trainers will be engaged on a flexible, contract basis to deliver a range of learning programmes, both online and face-to-face, to diverse audiences across the region and beyond.
Working collaboratively with the Training Team, you will deliver professional, evidence-informed training sessions that support organisations to develop healthier, more inclusive, and supportive workplace and community environments.
Opportunities may include delivering existing accredited and non-accredited courses, as well as contributing to the development and adaptation of training materials to meet client needs.
We are interested in hearing from trainers with expertise across a range of mental health and wellbeing themes, review the recruitment pack for details regarding exact courses.
We hope to hear from you!

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Volunteers are essential to our mental health mission and we’re always on the lookout for enthusiastic individuals to join our team. Whether you want to lend a hand at events, support back-office operations or be involved in our services – we could use your help!
For more information about our volunteering opportunities please visit our volunteering page here.
Tyneside and Northumberland Mind are an anti-racist and anti-prejudice organisation. We are committed to having frank, open conversations about all forms of prejudice and discrimination, including racism. We acknowledge that racism and discrimination exist in our sector and within our organisation, but we are actively working to move our charity, our people, and our sector towards equity. We are not perfect, and we are still learning, but we vow “to do the best we can until we know better, then when we know better, we will do better” (quote adapted from Maya Angelou).
We welcome and encourage applicants from under-represented groups; ethnically marginalised people, LGBTQIA+ people, people with physical or intellectual differences, neurodiverse people, and those with lived experience of mental ill-health. We actively use positive action to counter any potential bias in our recruitment processes. Reasonable adjustments and training will be provided to candidates who show a high level of competency but lack similar formal experience or who may require additional support to perform their best in the role. We are a ‘Disability Confident Committed’ employer and welcome applicants with diagnosed and self-identified disabilities to apply for this role. Please mention in your application if you require any reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process. This will not affect your application.
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