Team Lead

Location: Newcastle City Centre

Employer: Everyturn Mental Health-Streetwise (Working in partnership with Children North East)

Job Type: Part-Time (18.75 hours per week, mostly weekend and evening work)

This is a 2 year fixed-term role (pilot)

We’re excited to be opening a brand-new Children and Young People’s Safe Haven in Newcastle and Gateshead City Centres in January 2026, a warm, welcoming space where young people can get immediate support during times of mental health distress. This innovative service is a partnership between Everyturn Mental Health-Streetwise, and Children North East, and we’re looking for a passionate and motivated Team Lead to help lead and develop this project.

About the role

As Team Lead, you will drive the day-to-day delivery of the Safe Haven, ensuring young people receive safe, high-quality, and compassionate support. You’ll provide hands-on leadership, manage the staff team, oversee service performance, and work closely with partners across Everyturn Streetwise and CNE, to ensure the service runs smoothly. This is a brilliant opportunity to shape a brand-new service, influence local pathways, and create a supportive environment that genuinely changes outcomes for young people and families.

What we're looking for

We would love to hear from you if you possess the following:

Essential:

• A relevant professional qualification (Counselling, Social Work, Youth Work, PGCE, etc.)
• Experience supporting young people’s mental health through 1:1, group or crisis support.
• Ability to lead, motivate, and support staff.
• Strong risk assessment and safeguarding knowledge.
• Excellent communication, organisation, and record-keeping skills.
• Ability to work autonomously and thrive in a changing, fast-paced environment.
• Full driving licence and access to a vehicle.

Desirable:

• Management experience or a management qualification.
• Experience delivering training to professionals.

What we offer in return:

We are proud to have been recognised and certified as a Great Place to Work, which speaks volumes on how much we value our staff members. In return for the hard work and dedication from our teams, we offer the following benefits:

• 30 days annual leave plus bank holidays (rising to 32 days at 5 years’ service) and the option to purchase orsell day

Here at Everyturn Mental Health we champion equality, diversity and inclusion within the organisation by ensuring our opportunities are open to all and our approach is inclusive. We positively encourage applications from candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion/belief, marital status, or pregnancy/maternity.

We welcome you to be yourself at work and have a range of Colleague Networks for members and allies of the LGBTQAI+; Minoritised Communities; Menopause and Neurodivergent Communities.

In order to streamline our recruitment process, once we have received a sufficient number of applications, we reserve the right to expire vacancies, so please submit your application as soon as possible.