Supervising Practitioner

Job summary Compass are delighted to offer a flexible approach to the posts advertised; whilst it is important to recognise that our work with children, young people and families is largely on site we can provide hybrid, part-time and term time only opportunities for the right candidates.
Compass is delighted to have been selected as the new provider of Mental Health Support Teams in education settings in Birmingham North (Great Barr) working in partnership to meet the emotional health and wellbeing needs of children and young people across the North of the City.
We will be working in partnership with health, care and education in the local area from September 2023.
If you have the passion and drive to deliver evidence-based early interventions for children and young people, working across both educational settings and the community read on.
This role is a real opportunity to help shape the services we provide with children, young people, families and educational settings and to develop your career in mental health support to children, young people and families.
Compass Birmingham MHST is an early intervention mental health and emotional wellbeing service.
The service delivers evidenced based interventions for children and young people with mild to moderate mental health needs.
Main duties of the job It is part of the MHST Trailblazer Programme, which has been commissioned following the Transforming Children and Young Peoples Mental Health Care Provision: A Green Paper (2017).
The role will work alongside new and existing colleagues to further develop MHSTs in Birmingham with a focus on building partnerships with education settings and to drive the implementation of highly effective and CYPF focussed mental health and wellbeing services in line with the national MHST operating framework; managing supervising and innovating with practitioners and colleagues in the service.
You will need to demonstrate in your application that you have a nationally recognised qualification meeting the requirements of the MHST training examples include EMHP, CWP, mental health nurse, psychotherapy or social work qualification which must be registered with the appropriate governing body, BABCP or NMC or an equivalent and two years experience working to support the emotional health, wellbeing or pastoral needs of children and young people.
Candidates will either have a Post Graduate qualification in supervision and/or management or ability and willingness to undertake further training.
Applicants must have excellent communication skills and be able to network with other agencies as central to the role.
You must possess a full driving licence and have access to a vehicle.
An enhanced level DBS check is required for this role.
About us Compass is committed to safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults and you should share our commitment.
All Compass posts are subject to appropriate level DBS checks.
We positively encourage applications from all members of the community, regardless of gender, race, faith, disability, gender reassignment, age or sexual orientation and encourage applications from people who have experiences in life which enrich skills and empathy.
This is part of our commitment to equality and developing a truly inclusive and representative workforce.
We are happy to discuss any reasonable adjustments individuals may require in the recruitment process, on commencement, or once in post.
Benefits We offer a range of benefits including: 27 days holiday + bank holidays, rising to 32 days over time Life assurance at 2 x basic salary Competitive contributory pension scheme Family-friendly policies 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme and OH service Enhanced sick pay Excellent learning & development opportunities and career progression Annual performance / salary review Please note this advert will close once we have sufficient candidates, so please apply as soon as possible.
Job description Job responsibilities Compass are delighted to offer a flexible approach to the posts advertised; whilst it is important to recognise that our work with children, young people and families is largely on site we can provide hybrid, part-time and term time only opportunities for the right candidates.
Compass is delighted to have been selected as the new provider of Mental Health Support Teams in education settings in Birmingham North (Great Barr) working in partnership to meet the emotional health and wellbeing needs of children and young people across the North of the City.
We will be working in partnership with health, care and education in the local area from September 2023.
If you have the passion and drive to deliver evidence-based early interventions for children and young people, working across both educational settings and the community read on.
This role is a real opportunity to help shape the services we provide with children, young people, families and educational settings and to develop your career in mental health support to children, young people and families.
Compass Birmingham MHST is an early intervention mental health and emotional wellbeing service.
The service delivers evidenced based interventions for children and young people with mild to moderate mental health needs.
Person Specification Qualifications Essential Core professional and/or clinical qualification ) EMHP, CWP, PMHW, nursing with specialism in mental health or learning disability nursing, Occupational Therapy, Social Work) and must be committed to maintaining registration if applicable Evidence of continued professional development Post Graduate Certificate in Supervision (EMHP supervisor course) or Two years post qualification experience of working therapeutically with children and young people and willingness to undertake PG Cert if required Desirable Management / supervision training Therapeutic post graduate qualification ( ideally in low intensity CBT) Post Graduate qualification in a relevant discipline Mentorship qualification Experience Essential Two years post qualification experience of working therapeutically with children and young people , as an EMHP/CYP-IAPT practitioner Experience of line management and/or delivery of clinical supervision Experience of delivering CBT informed supervision, ideally of practice related to education settings Experience of working in a community and/or educational environment Evidence of clinical development in practice Experience of effective engagement with CYPF Risk assessment and management in the delivery of clinical services(including safeguarding) Desirable Experience of leadership within Children and Young People clinical service areas Experience of providing mentorship Experience of organising team duties Experience of inducting staff members Experience of working in a community and/or educational environment Experience of working in a skill mix team Additional Criteria Essential Leadership and the ability to delegate and supervise staff Recognition and escalation of risk, contributing to control measures Planning workload, time management Work under pressure and able to manage changing priorities Understand need for evidence and statistical data collection, and achieving targets IT skills Team player and a dynamic personality Multi-agency/disciplinary working Excellent communication skills and able to relate to CYPFs Innovative practice and ability to influence others Positive attitude; flexible and adaptable; solution focused; and tenacious.
Has a strong degree of personal integrity Access to own transport or evidence of ability to commute efficiently between community venues.
Ongoing commitment to maintain registration in core profession Desirable Ability to analyse, evaluate and rationalise data and enable progressive models of delivery and intervention